Vol. I. No. i. 



WELLESLEY, JANUARY, 1898. 



( 25 cents a year. 



Single copies, 5 cents. 



There are two reasons why this paper 
is printed. The first is, that all who have 
the religious interests of our town at 
heart may be brought into closer co-oper- 
ation with each other. The second is, 
that there may be an opportunity for an 
earnest and honest discussion of the 
problems relating to the moral and spirit- 
ual development of the town. 

Each Church will have space for its 
own items of news. Whatever is outside 
of tlie news columns is intended to be of 
interest not only to all church members 
but to every thoughtful Wellesley 
citizen. Articles and letters are invited 
from all who desire to further the higher 
life of the town. 

The Pastors, in assuming the editorial 
responsibility of the paper, are not 
seeking a personal organ. Neither have 
they entered upon this venture as a sub- 
stitute for a trip to the Klondike. It may 
be that such a trip will ultimately appear 
advisable, as they have asked no one else 
to be financially responsible for the 
paper. But at the start they are most op- 
timistic concerning their fellow citizens, 
and are sanguine enougli to believe that 
such a monthly publication as Our Town 
hopes to be will be not only read, but, to 
some extent, at least, believed. 



a claim upon the friendship of his elders. 
When he has sometliing profitable and 
interesting to do, in company with other 
boys, he will not usually decline to do it. 
The Club recently organized in Wellesley 
proposes to give the boys an interest that 
shall be both stimulating and enter- 
taining. And the boys have responded 
most heartily. 



There ark so man}' women in Wellesley 
that a boy feels a little crowded to the 
wall. Nearly everything that goes on is 
planned either for the "older fellows" or 
for the women. To be sure, there are 
those who think that if a boy has all out- 
doors he ought to be satisfied, and they 
turn him out to pasture like a horse. 
And there are some who think that when 
a boy has all in-doors he needs nothing 
more ; so they shut him in, away from 
his fellows and his most congenial pur- 
suits. Neither of these methods is wise. 
A bov has a right to comrades and also 



THE RELIGIOUS UNITY OF A TOWN 

Why not? Unity does not demand that 
all men agree, but that all work together 
for the common welfare. It asks, not 
conformity, nor even organic union, but 
co-operation. The value of such unity is 
recognized and required in other impor- 
tant town aifairs. It controls, for exam- 
ple, the management of our schools. The 
day is gone b}' when each one of a dozen 
schools in a town may go its own way. 
Our schools work together for the wel- 
fare of the whole town. In public mat- 
ters, also, while men may be divided into 
parties, yet the desire of all is for the 
welfare of the whole town. The town is 
a unit and it is recognized to be the best 
policy that villages in a town shall co-op- 
erate, not contend. So alone can the high- 
est welfare of the town, in its public pol- 
icy, be forwarded. 

But if in these matters unity is de- 
sirable, why is it not in tliose which con- 
cern the moral and religious life of the 
whole community? Nothing is of more 
importance to the whole town than the 
health and strength of its religious in- 
stitutions. And here co-operation may 
be more wide-spread than in any other 
department of our common life. Here 
that unity, which means working 
together for a common advantage, is 
most important and most feasible, as it 
would seem to be most natural. 

Something of this unity does exist in 
the religious life of every town. Beneath 









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all differences of outward manifestation 
there is one aim and purpose. All, alike, 
are intent to forward the best manhood 
and womanhood. There is a common de- 
sire to be loyal to God and to humanity, 
to exalt the highest moral standard. 
This unity exists, even though no organ- 
ization is employed to reveal it. It is 
declared whenever men of all religious 
bodies are invited to meet together to 
voice a common religious sentiment. 

The Kingdom of God ! It has citizens in 
every part of our town. Never mind by 
what name they are called, is it not 
evident that they can wisely emphasize 
the great facts that unite them, without 
discrediting other important matters 
upon which opinions diifer? It could 
easily be shown that there is much want, 
and even paganism, in many of our cities 
and towns, which can be directly traced 
to neglect due to such lack of religious 
unity. Not to discuss how such unity 
can be obtained, we emphasize now the 
plain duty of seeking it. If the religious 
forces of the Commonwealth would unite 
in some practical co-operation, many 
long desired reforms could be instantly 
and greatly forwarded. Let us begin 
with our own town. Let us emphasize 
our fellowship in The Kingdom of God. 
Let us be interested in one another. 
So far as we can let us work together. 
Let us meet as opportunity offers. Nor 
would we omit from this invitation any 
one who is a ''citizen of The Kingdom of 
God." We would not limit it by mem- 
bership in any organization. There shall 
be with us no distinction of Roman 
Catholic or Protestant, orthodox or 
liberal, churcli-member or not church- 
member, male or female, black or white, 
Town or Gown. Whoever cares for the 
highest moral, ethical or religious welfare 
of our town we invite to this co-operation. 
The name of tins paper stands for this 
broad idea ; and so far as he can forward 
this idea, the writer of tliis article pledges 
himself, while he extends the invitation 
to all others. p. t. f. 



TOWN AND GOWN 

It is a good thing for the Town that 
Wellesley College is located within its 
borders. 



Suppose we say that over again to con- 
vince ourselves tiiat we believe it. 

It is a good thing — but what need of 
repeating such a self-evident assertion? 
Does not every citizen of Wellesley be- 
lieve it? No, did some one say ? That is 
a pity, for the College is. here to stay, 
and the country district of West Need- 
ham has become famous to the ends of 
the earth because this woman's institu- 
tion has borne its name of Wellesley. 
Perhaps it is worth while to put down in 
black and white some of the sentiments 
that are expressed more or less publicly 
concerning the relation of Town and 
Gown. Ventilation has come to be 
regarded as a fundamental sanitary 
measure. 

Speaking for the Town : Of course in 
theory a woman's college is all right. 
An education is a good thing for any- 
body. But this College doesn't seem to 
care about the Town very much. It uses 
the Town for what it can get out of it, 
and then drops us. None of its officers 
or faculty, witii but two or three excep- 
tions, make their homes in tlie Town. We 
get no taxes from its large property, even 
tiiough we have been to large expense for 
sidewalks and ligliting on account of that 
property. We would be willing enough, 
to exempt from taxation the land that is 
used. But what of that large tract north 
of the railroad, or that other on Dover 
street? If the Town received any real 
benefit from the College, beyond the re- 
putation of the name, it would gladly do 
the College favors. But it doesn't. The 
faculty know but few of the townspeople 
nor do tliey seem to care to. Neither 
they nor the students enter actively into 
the religious or philanthropic work of the 
Town. There are no university extension 
lectures or classes. Only a few of the 
townspeople get invited to what goes on 
at the College. There wouldn't be room 
for them in the College chapel anyway. 
Therefore, why should the residents of 
Wellesley be particularly enthusiastic 
over the College?. 

Speaking for the Gown : Because we 
have a beautiful situation people think 
we are rich and miserly. But the fact is 
we are running into debt. We have an 
utterly insufficient endowment. We are 
giving our pupils everything under cost. 



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We cannot atFord to pay taxes. We can- 
not atford even to house the president and 
faculty as they ought to be lioused. The 
problem thrust upon those who are in 
charge is greater than outsiders think. 
They are set to the task of making Ijricks 
witnout straw. Most of the faculty 
are overworked. They can hardly find 
the time to do their regular work, and 
are practically compelled to give up all 
outside activities. The students also are 
very busy, perhaps more than is entirely 
desirable. We wish the Town would help 
us out by a little more sympathy. Hasn't 
Wellesley College done a splendid work 
for women? And isn't it a little un- 
reasonable for the townspeople to forget 
all tiiat we have done for the cause of 
Christian education and grumble because 
they can't make a few dollars out of the 
property we occupy ? The present town 
of Wellesley has a money valuation 
greater by two million dollars than the 
whole town of Needham, including the 
present Wellesley, had before the College 
was founded. Who is going to say that 
we haven't been tlie cause of a good share 
of that increase? Besides there isn't a 
town in the state wliich has a park 
nearly so beautiful as the College grounds 
which are always open to the public. 

Speaking for Our Town : We hope 
Town and Gown will learn to know each 
other better and look at the problem 
from each other's point of view. We 
would like to help in such a desirable 
achievement. We l)elieve heartily in 
both of you and we want you to become 
one llesh, for together you conipose our 
Town. E. H. c. 

A GROWirSfG TOWN 

It gave promise of growtii from the 
outset and before it was thought of as a 
suburb of Boston. In fact, when that 
thought began to appear it was met with 
a protest from the ranks of the early 
settler, who, while believing in the 
growth of the town, wanted it kept a 
country town. The object proposed in 
this was a good one. Especially as the 
growth intended by it pointed at things 
orderly on our streets and at manners 
and customs that are commonly incident 
to simple country life. It was in those 
times that a citizen of the town met in 
Boston a friend who was a farmer from 



the farming districts. The friend asked, 
"Where is it you live?" "I live in Grant- 
ville." •' O yes," came the response, "in 
the town of Needham ; we think of it as 
poor soil — a desert in fact." There was 
no denying the farmer friend's report of 
the soil, but his calling this section a desert, 
brought to mind Ruskin's quotations from 
Isaiah and used as a heading to his 
lecture, "Of Queen's Gardens." "Be thou 
glad, O thirsting Desert : let the desert 
be made cheerful, and bloom as the lily : 
and the barren places shall run wild with 
wood." Something like it has become a 
reality during these years of growth in 
our town. It would be hard to name any- 
thing vital to its growth that we have 
missed by reason of its poor quality of 
soil. In point of health, we are gainers 
by it and it does grow trees that shade 
and beautify our streets. It presents a 
surface that stretches out before you in 
fine scenery from its hills. It has those 
uplifting, softening, purifying and in- 
spiring influences of outward nature. It 
has liad also within itself a life into 
which a profound human interest has 
come through the endeavors of those 
who have been citizens here, who liave 
had its interests at heart, who have 
labored for its progress. One lingers with 
grateful recognition over that phase of 
our town's history. 

To denote the growth of the town in 
instutions, public and i^rivate, we have 
only to recall a time when there was no 
Wellesley College and no Dana Hall 
School and when none of these other 
private schools for young ladies and 
young men were in existence. The 

growth of the town becomes quite ap- 
parent when regarded from a point of 
view which precedes the advent of these 
things. Look at our High School building 
and turn your tlioughts l)ack to a High 
School struggling into existance but 
with no building anywhere in which to 
hold its sessions. Alndywhohas recently 
come to our town to live was heard to 
remark that everything desirable in a 
home seemed to surround one here. 
However this may be, the growth of the 
town is an assured fact of the past nnd 
present, and its further and continuous 
growth is something one may safely pre- 
dict. A. B. v. 



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OUR T£WH 



Published on the first of every month by Charles M. 
Eaton, Weliesley Hills, Massachusetts. 

Advertising agent, Aiex E Wight, Weliesley Hills. 

Subscriptions received at Flagg's News Stand, 
Weliesley, or at the publisher's office. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Weliesley 
Hills Post Office. 



Weliesley Boys' Club 

A club for boys between fourteen and twenty years 
of age has been oiganized in Weliesley. It meets 
every Thursday evening in the dining hall of the 
Congregational Church. The officers elected are: 
President, William Stanwood; Vice-President, Fred 
Stanwood; Secretary, W. S. Hall; Treasurer, Alfred 
Swenson; Managing Committee, the President, the 
Vice-President, Rev. W. E. Hayes, Rev. E. H. 
Chandler, Bertram Sanstedt, John Rothery, Henry 
Porter. About thirty members have been enrolled. 

At the first meeting the Club was entertained by a 
graphophone, exhibited by Bertram Goldthwaite. A 
weeklaterMr. I. H. Farnham showed a large number 
of most interesting lantern slides. On Dec. 30, the 
Club enjoyed a social evening, and the following week 
was addressed by Mr. G. A. Ross. 

The programs for the future will follow, for the 
most part, a uniform outline. On the first Thursday 
of each month there will be a talk by some outsider. 
The second Thursday will be devoted to the discussion 
of current events. The fourth Thursday will be given 
up to a debate and on the third Thursday it is hoped 
that there will be a talk given Ijy some member of the 
College. Fifth Thursdays are to l)e used for mis- 
cellaneous entertainments. The room will be open 
from 7 to 9.30. The Club is to be furnished with 
periodicals and gamss. 



LETTERS TO THE EDITOR 



A Good Example 

To the Editor of Our Town: — 

I enclose fifty cents. Please apply twenty- 
five cents to my subscription, and let the remaining 
twenty-five cents pay for Our Town to some one who 
cannot, or will not, subscribe. Let it be the man or 
woman who thinks this a foolish movement. I am 
confident that you will win a friend instead of an op- 
ponent before the year is out. A. B. c. 



Mellesle^ Conoreoational Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 179S. Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891. 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 

DEACONS 

Benj. H. Sanborn, Gideon D. Richardson, 

William R. Hanks, Charles E. Shattuck. 

Weekly Calendar 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Worship. 

11.55 Sunday School and Adult Bible Class. 

3.30 Junior C. E. Society. 

6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 

7.15 P^vening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Woman's Union. 

FRIDAY 
7.30 Mid-week Service. 

Sittings in the Churoli can be secured from Mr. W. R. Hanks at 
the close of any morning service. The Pastor can be found at 
heme daily from 1.30 to 2.30, and usually on Thursday evenings. 

Prof. Katherine Lee Bates of Weliesley College will 
speak at the Woman's Union Meeting, Jan. 25, at 3, 
on the subject of "Reading for the Home." 

Five members have died during 1897, and thirteen 
were dismissed by letter to other churches. Twelve 
were added by letter from other churches. 

On January (st, the Church reported 278 members, 
86 men and 192 women. Of these 70 were living out- 
side of the bounds of the Parish. Since that date 
Mrs. H. A. Joslin, Edward Benner and William S. 
Wilder have been received into the church fellowship. 

The Christian Endeavor Society has elected as 
officers for the ne-^ct six months: President, Miss 
Gertrude A. Pomeroy; Vice-President, Mrs. Katharine 
E. Hagar; Recording Secretary, .Miss Grace Farnham; 
Corresponding Secretary, Mr. G. C. Fuller; Treasurer, 
Miss C. Evelyn Robbins; Superintendent of Junior 
Society, Mrs. E. H. Chandler; Assistant, Mrs. 
Katharine E. Hagar; Chairmen of Committees: Mr. 
Robert E. Anderson, Prayer Meeting; Miss Mary T. 
Wiswall, Lookout; Miss Florence H. Weston, Sunday 
School; Miss Fannie C. Guild, Missionary; Miss Helen 
M. Withington, Social; Mr. Edward S. Fletcher, Music; 
Miss Ethel M. Fuller, Good Literature; Miss Mabel 
A. Dadmun, Finance. 



Likes Our Towti 

To the Editor ofOir Town:— 

I like the name you have selected for the 
new venture in journalism. It is decidedly "local" 
and that's wliat is wanted. At the same time it 
suggests thoughts as broad as from the Natick line to 
Lower Falls and from Weston to Needham and 
Dover. Moreover, one may dig as deep as he desires 
in this field, or go as high as the very heavens. By 
the way, rub that thought into your readers, that all 
Wellesleyites, irrespective of the size of their 
pocket books, own as high as they can reach, and they 
can reach as high as thev desire. D. E. v. 



The Talks on "The History of the Bible," given by 
the Pastor, have covered these topics: 

I. The Hebrew Manuscripts and Textual 
Criticism. 
II. The Story of the Manuscripts. 

III. The Massorah and the Versions. 

IV. Examples of Textual ('liticism in the Revised 

Old Testament. 
V. The Language and Manuscripts of the New 

Testament. 
VI. The Formation of the O. T. Canon. 
VII. The Formation of the N. T. Canon. 
Vlir. The Great English Versions. 

The topics and dates of the two remaining talks 

will be as follows: 

IX. The .\pocrypha. Jan. 19. 

X. The Polychrome Bible. Jan. 26. 

Following this course will be another upon the 

books of the I'-nglish Bible, studied with reference both 

to their character as literature and theirspiritual value. 

The class is open to all who wish to attend it. 



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jfirst Conoregational Gburcb In 
•cmellcslei^ mils 

Organized, February 24, 1847. 
REV. PARRiS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 

DEACONS 

George D. Ware, John K. Richardson, 

P'rank L. Fuller, Charles C. Thomas. 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 

12.00 Sunday School. 

3.00 Junior Christian Endeavor. 

4.00 Adult Bible Classes. 

7.00 Union Service in charge of Y. P. S. C. E. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

Communion Services on the first Sundays of Jan., 
March, May, Sept., and Nov., at morning service. 

THE ANNUAL MEETING: In addition to the 
officers named above, those elected or whose term of 
office has not expired, are as follows: Treasurer, L. 
V. N. Peck; Collector, Geo. D. Ware; Clerk of 
Church, and Sup't. of S. S., T. W. Travis; Prudential 
Committee, Joseph W. Peabody, C. C. Thomas, 
Andrew Lees; Deaconesses, Mrs. C. M. Corey, Mrs. 
Margaret Oldham, Mrs. S. F. Leach, Mrs. D. E 
Adams. 

Report of Clerk: Present membership, 123, a net 
gain, for the year, of four. Membership of Sunday 
School, 138, a gain of 36, or, counting the Home 
Dep't, a gain of 51. (Note: The actual number of 
church-members in our parish is over 170. We cor- 
dially invite all who can do so to join us by letter.) 

Y. P. S. C. E. ANNUAL MEETING: The officers 
of last year were reappointed as far as possible. The 
Pastor is President, Mr. C. C. Thomas, Vice-President; 
Miss Isabella Fiske, Treas., and Miss Ethel Putney, 
Secretary. The following amendments to the con- 
stitution were presented, "The annual meeting, for 
the election of officers, shall be held during the month 
of October." And "Each article concerning com- 
mittees shall be amended so as to leave the number 
of its members optional." The Society has raised 
during the year $100.50 which it has added to its New 
Church fund. Also it has collected at its services, 
J94.25, of which it has sent $63.03 to Home Missions 
and $10 elsewhere. It has contributed $15 toward 
the new Hymn books in the Chapel and $4 to S. S. 
Christmas expenses. 

WOMEN'S MEETINGS FOR JANUARY: 4th 
at Mrs. Peabody's, Topic, "Teaching Children Ob- 
edience." nth, with Mrs. Morrill, Topic: "Foreign Mis- 
sions." i8th, with Mrs. Oldham, sewing circle. 25th, with 
Mrs. Oldham, Topic, "The Problem of Self-control." 

SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES: Jan. 16, A 
Question Box. Mr. Joseph W. Peabody conducts the 
meeting. Send or hand questions to him at any time. 
The sooner the better. Jan. 23, The Practical Appli- 
cation of The Beatitudes. A splendid topic. Jan. 30, 
A Praise Service: Theme, For Christ and His Church. 



THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT in our church is Mr. 
L. V. N. Peck. It is hoped that every fami'y will sub- 
scribe for one or more copies, Future improvement 
in the paper wIM depend upon the support that it 
receives. 



WELLESLEY HILLS SCHOOL 

A select and limited school for girls. 

Fits for Wellesley and other colleges. 

Special classes for those not desiring a college 

course. 
For catalogue and all information, address the 
Principal, 

Miss SARAH E, LAUGHTON. 

Wellesley Hills. 



MISS GERTRUDE HOUSTON NYE 

Teacher of Piano and Harmony, 

South Natick, Mass. 
REFERENCES— 

Miss Eastman, I Wellesley. 

Miss Sarah P. Eastman, ) 

Miss Sarah E. Laugh ton, Wellesley Hills. 



FRED H. YOUNG 

Teacher of Pianoforte and Harmony. 
Post Office Box 207, 

Wellesley Hills. 



PROFESSIONAL TUTORING 



Miss Grace B. Townsend, Wellesley '96, approved by the 
Departments of Mathematics, Latin, and Greek of Wellesley 
College, solicits tutoring in these subjects. Miss Townsend will 
make special arrangements for those desiring instruction dunng 
vacation and for students wishing to meet her in Boston. For 
terms, references, etc., address, Wellesley Hills, Mass. 



niSS SUSAN SHARP PRATT 
Vocal Instruction. 

Wellesley Hills. 



DANA HALL SCHOOL- WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

Special advantages in the Modern Languages, 
Music and Art. 

For circulars address the Principals, 

JULIA A. EASTMAN, 
SARAH P. EASTMAN. 



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•CClelleslep Ibills sanitarian Society 

Organized 1871 
REV. ALBERT B. VORSE. Pastor 
Treasurer, Edward Lawrence, 

Clerk, Henry D. Win ton. 

Religious Services 

SUND.W 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

Woman's Alliance, every other Tuesday. 

The Junior Branch Alliance Meetings, in the 
Church Parlor, every Saturday morning, from nine to 
ten. 

Communion Service on the first Sundays of Jan., 
Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service. 

Rev. F.B. Hornbrooke of Newton will preach at the 
Unitarian Church on Sunday evening, Jan. 16. This 
meeting is one of a series under the auspices of the 
Branch Alliance. Services commence at 7.30. 



There exists in the Unitarian body today an organ- 
ization known as the "National Alliance of Unitarian 
and other Liberal Christian Women." The object of 
the Alliance is "To quicken the religious life of our 
Unitarian Churches, and to bring the women into 
closer acquaintance, co-operation, and fellowship." The 
practical work of the body is charity work at home 
and abroad, helping of weak societies, needy students, 
etc. It conducts a Post Office Mission, Cheerful 
Letter Exchange and Study Classes. A Branch 
Alliance is connected with the Unitarian Church at 
Wellesley Hills — now in its second year of work. 
Lectures and study fill up a portion of the time of its 
fortnightly meetings, a social time following. The 
President of the Society is Mrs. Calvin W. Smith; 
Vice President, Mrs. Anna B. Park; .Secretary, Mrs. 
George A. Purdie; Treasurer, Mrs. Annie E. Spencer. 
The Post C)ffice Mission Work is under the manage- 
ment of Mrs. John Edmunds. A very efficient Com- 
mittee on Hospitality has for its Chairman, Mrs.George 
W. Dudlev. 



The Junior Branch Alliance was organized in the 
fall of 1896. Its officers are a President, a Treasurer 
and a Secretary: the older children filling the last 
named offices. Its purpose is to develop a helpful 
spirit in our children and put them in touch with 
home interests, as well as the broader interests of 
Humanity. There are two special centers around 
which they work; the first is the Maybasket 
sale and entertainment, which occurs the last 
week in April, and from which nearly fifty 
dollars were realized last year. From this fund, five 
dollars were given to the Floating Hospital; five to the 
Institute for the Blind; five went towards buying a 
comfortable chair for a cripple; and fifteen toward a 
carpet for the church. There is still a small overplus 
in the bank. The other center is our Church Sale. 
Two tables were furnished with articles made or con- 
tributed by the children; from the sale of these small 
things more than twenty dollars were added to the 
general fund. Between these busy seasons, they have 
found time to make six wrappers for the babies of the 
Floating Hospital, and quite a number of picture 
scrap books. The children are interested and happy 
and especially glad to work for the tiny unfortunates 
whose condition always arouses sympathy. 



STORY & CUTTER 

Successors to 

C W. F»ERFiY 

DRUGGISTS 

Wellesley - - Mass. 
VVn. E. GLOVER 

FISH 5r AND ^ OYSTERS 

Hotel Block - West Newton 

WELLESLEY ROUTES TUESDAYS AND 

THURSDAYS OF EACH WEEK. 

C.H.DADMUN JOHN BENSON G. FRANK HORTON 

Phillips (^ompany 

Successors to 

FREEMAN PHILLIPS 
CARPENTER . AND . BUILDER 

Jobbing: attended to promptly. 
Plans estimated. 

Shop, Forest Street, 

WELLESLEY HILLS, HASS. 

ROBINSON & EATON 
Real .. Estate .. and .. Insurance 

Wellesley Hills. 
CARD OF THANKS. 

To all friends, who synyjathize with us, in our deep affliction, — 

For the ni.iny kind words, notes and deeds, We thank you, 
friends. 

As time passes, and we again take up the duties of life, we hope 
to minister to other sufferers, even as we have been ministered 
unto. 

Human sympathy is sweet, and we value, more and more, the 
love which has made us realize that the source of all love is 
Jesus. Tliat He may reward and bless you each is our prayer. 

JuuE and Lizzie White. 

ELM PARK-WeUesIey Hills 

First-CIass Family Hotel 
JUNCTION WASHINGTON & WORCESTER STS 

STEAH HEAT. EXCELLENT TABLE. 
SPACIOUS GROUNDS. STABLE, ETC. 

Several Desirable Rooms to Let for Winter 

or Yeor 

ICE CREAM AND FROZEN PUDDING MADE 

TO ORDER 



E, J. FREEMAN. 



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St. ?lt^^revv's Cburcb 

Organized, 1891. 
REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector. 

Sunday Services 
Morning Prayer, 10.30. 
livening Prayer, 7.15. 
Sunday School, 12. 

Holy Communion ( 7.30 A. M. 

First Sunday in the Month, ( 10.30 A. M. 
Third Sunday, 9-30 A. M. 

Seats free. All welcome. 

New Year's night a delightful parish reception was 
held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Lauder- 
burn. About forty were present. 



The opening of the new year finds the youngest 
church in the town steadily pushing forward. Al- 
though the growth in membership has been retarded by 
several removals from town, the communicant list 
shows a slight increase. The finances of the church 
are on a solid basis. The substantial Easter offering 
of last year relinquished the debt on the chapel. The 
next movement on foot will be the building of a 
rectory on the adjoining land. 



One of the pleasant features of the Christmas tree 
celebration on Christmas Eve was the presentation of 
a purse from the Girls' Friendly Society to its 
Chaplain. Each member had placed her contribution 
in a small red bag, and all the bags were placed in a 
large one. A letter accompanied the gift expressing, 
in a simple, touching way, the feelings which prompted 
it. It is needless to say that the Chaplain was more 
than gratified to receive so genuine a token of esteem. 
The faithful branch Secretary was also remembered 
with a handsome gift. 



The children of the Sunday school have been 
accustomed for two or three years past to visit, in a 
body, the Convalescents' Home of the Children's 
Hospital, and sing their Easter and Christmas carols. 
This year the board of managers sent a special in- 
vitation and provided a barge to convey them back 
and forth. The tree was held on New Year's Day, 
and there were gifts for all the little patients. The 
atmosphere of the Home is so wholesome that no child 
can ever be cared for there without being the better 
for it. There is no more beautiful charity in the 
world. 



The St. Andrew's branch of the Girls' Friendly 
Society was established in the parish about a year ago. 
It started with two members and now has eighteen, 
with six or seven others that will soon be admitted. 
The members are nearly all wage-earners. Different 
programs are arranged for each week. One week 
there is music; another, games; a third is given to 
sewing or fancy work, while one of the associates reads 
aloud; the fourth is devoted to the study of current 
topics of the day. Occasionally this plan is varied 
by the introduction of an entertainment arranged by 
the girls. Once a year delegates meet in Trinity 
Church, Boston, for an annual service in which all 
the branches of the diocese take part. There is a large 
membership of the Society in this country, also in 
England where the Society was originated. Every- 
where it is doing a noble work for girls and women 
who have to earn their own living. 



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Fresh Fruits, Vegfetables, Canned 
Goods, Etc. 

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Hay ond Grain. ^ ^ 

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WELLESLEY, MASS. 

MRS. E. W. ILSLEY 

DRY Agent 

& for 

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GOODS PATTERNS 

WELLESLEY HILLS SQUJVRE. 

RICHARD HOWE 
Dealer in Fine Groceries, Boots, Shoes and 
Rubbers, Tea, Coffee and Spices, Best Minne- 
sota Flour. 

NEAR WELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE. 

W. D. WILSON 

PAINTER AND INTERIOR DECORATOR 

A largfe stock of Wall Papers on 

hand ... Also Gilt and other 

Mooldingfs ... Picture Hooks 

Shop rear of McLeod's Block - - Wellesley Hills 

P. O. BOX 74. 

C. A. FREEMAN & CO. 

Manufacturers of 

Patent Door and Window Screens 

SCREENING OF GOOD CLASS 
DWELLINGS A SPECIALTY ... 

Difficult work solicited. Repairing done. 
Estimates on application. 

Orders Promptly Attended to. 
Factory and P. O. Address ~ 

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PEOPLE'S STEAfl LAUNDRY 

ESTABLISHED 1886 

A first-class Laundry with every facility 
for doing: first-class work. Special attention 
gfiven to Gent's Custom Dress Shirts and Lo- 
dies' Shirt "Waists and White Dresses. 

EDWTVRD KIXCH Is our aeent 
for Wellesley Hills, and H. L. 
KLAGG Is aeent for Wellesley. 

D. A. HAHONY & SONS, Props., 

7& 9 Common St., Natick. 

MERRITT S- KEITH 

Dealer in Provisions ... Fresh and 
Smoked Fish ... Oysters in their 
Season ... Fresh Fruits and Vege- 
tables. 
WELLESLEY HILLS. 

GEO. N. SMITH 

Insurance Agent and Auctioneer 

Wellesley Nursery Co. 
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DIRECT FROM CREAMERIES. 
STRICTLY FRESH EGGS A SPE- 
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VERnONT DAIRY CO., NEWTONVILLE 

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A^ellesley route evei^ N<IONIDA.Y. 

The Wellesley Tea Room 



Meals served a la carte. 
Maryland biscuit a specialty. 



TAILBY'S 
Th e Wellesley Florists 

ARTISTIC FLORAL DECORATORS 

LINDEN ST., opp B. & A. R. R. Station 
Telephone connection. 



For Ladies- 

RUBBERS 

& 

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PERIODICALS 

for Sale, or Subscription. 

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F, Diehl, Jr. & Co., 
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Central Street, Wellesley. 
nEET ALL TRAINS. TELEPHONE No. 16-a. 

F. O. CRIPPS 

DEALER IN CIGARS. TOBACCO 
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LIGHT HARDWARE, PAINTS, 
OILS, VARNISHES, TOYS AND 
FANCY GOODS. 
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Wellesley Hills Pharmacy 

PRESCRIPTIONS 

A 

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CHESTER LEE 

All work done at my HAND LAUNDRY is 
guaranteed to give satisfaction, and tlie prices 
are as low as anywhere. No chemicals used. 

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Notary Public Justice of the Peace 

ALBERT JENNINGS 

Real Estate and Insurance Agent 
Auctioneer and Conveyancer 



SERVICES RENDERED IN THE ADMINISTRA- 
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Town 



Vol. I. No. 2. 



WELLESLEY, FEBRUARY, 1898. 



2r> ce;its a year. 
Sii^le copies, 5 c :ats. 



AT rHi<: wASH[N::iTON s trivet entrance 

TO THE WELLESLEY COLLEGE 
CROUNDS. 

Pause passer, and thy thoughts a moment bend 
To contemplation of this dreamy scene: 
The gateless portal here, the leafy screen 

Beyond, the avenue that finds an end 

In seeming, where the arching branches lend 
An invitatit)n to this fair demesne, 
Thii unlost Paradise, whose peace serene 

Means heaven's o'erflow and man his Maker's friend. 

V'et stay thy foot ! Wisdom and Prudence stand 
The unseen guardians of an unseen gate, 

With smile of welcome and extended hand 

For all tFuth-seekers, come they soon or late; 

But for vain triflirs warning aad command, 
As they whose girdles wear the keys of fate. 

EDWARD N. POMEROY. 



THE *'EDUCAT10N'^ MEETING 

TilE VVellesley Club added aaother to 
its loiig list of helpful works for the 
town ill :irranii;iuLC for the receut pub- 
lic ineetiui; in the interest of the schools. 
The members of the School Cooituittee 
a:id the S ip^riiitetideiit of Sciiools were 
the principal spealvers. Mr. Stevens 
touched briefly on tlie e3tal)lishment of 
the State Board of Education and the 
evolution of the present from the district 
school system. H;^ slu)vved that Welles- 
ley's appropriation for school purposes, 
estimated on tiie rate per thousand dol- 
lars of ta.^able property, is amon<r the 
very lowest in the State, l)eing only about 
$2.65 per $l,OJJ. [ii s > 113 t ovViis it rii 1^ 
up to $5 or $(3. He advocated generous 
appropriations, urj^ing that in no way 
could the to\vn more profitably expend 
liberal amounts. 

Mr. Bradford treated the general 
methods of teaching. In speaking of the 
teaching of history, he showed how, in 
the past, the idea has seemed to be to find 
the essentials in details of military cam- 



paigns, in matters relating to our town, 
our state, and our natiou. Tlie present 
aim is tosiiow tlie broad, general trena of 
historical epoclis and events, tlie inter- 
relation and inter-dependence of ea(di 
country witii all, and of all with each. 
He had a strong word to say against the 
policy of introducing tlie study of Latin 
into the Grammar schools. 

Mr. Richardson presented the ethical 
aspect of school infiuences. He cited 
instances to show how the virtues of hon- 
esty, courage, faithfulness and courtesy 
were4eveloped by the work of the teacher 
and by the infiuence of the pupils on each 
other. He urged a fuller appreciation, 
bi)tli on the part of parents and of 
teachers, of the nece-sity of co-operating 
to m ike the fullest use of the great possi- 
bilities in these directions. 

Mr. Perrin, the superintendent, confined 
his remarks to the details of school work. 
He gave a list of the teachers and build- 
ings, dwelt on the skillful use of a mini- 
mum of tex;t-bor)ks, by which they were 
transferreil from one building to nnotlier, 
thus giving scope and varietv to the pres- 
entations of varif)us subjects, especially 
history and mathematics. He indicated 
some of the progressive steps recently 
taken to put our schools in the front rank 
among those of the State, — tlie introduc- 
tion of vertical writin<r. of the Pollard 
svstem of teaching readinir, of natural 
sciences in the lower schools, of chemistry 
in the High school. He nlluded to the 
ten dene V towards extremes, towards 
"fads", on the nart of "professional'" edu- 
cators, andemohasized the need of sound 
sense in the control of matters of such 
vital imnort ns are educational systems. 

Meetin<rs of this character are of great 
edncatioml vnlue to the public, and it 
seamed to be the unanimous desire that 
others of a similar kind should follow in 
the near future. w. a. kodman. 



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so that they can become attached to the 

THE WAGE-EARNERS' CHURCH church, because, to some extent, they 

kuow their reUuw members aiKl are oti 

N theory, every church welcouies the Iriendly terms with them. Bow shall 

wage-earner. Mo matter whether the this be brought about? 

seats are free or assigned, some i>rovision One way is by appointing a hospitality 

is made for people of small means who committee, whose duty it shall be to 

work hard to earn a living. The thought speak to strangers before or after service, 

of making invidious distinctions is pros- and, as far as possible, introduce them to 

ent only in the minds of a few. No regular members. This is (d'ten a difficult 

church society as such deliberately shuts matter, partly because in the eil'ort to 

out the working-man or the working-wo- look after one man another gets away, 

man. partly because it savors too much of the 

And yet the fact remains that in many trap. A sensitive person, who slirinks 

churches the wage-earner does not feel at from formal introductions which require 

home. Sometimes it is his fault, some- lum to say something when he has noth- 

times it is the fault of the church. If a ing to say, will escape every hospitality 

man attends church with his mind made committee, no matter how vigilantit may 

up beforehand that people will look ask- be. 

ance at him and consider liim an in- There is another method. It must lie 
truder, he must expect to feel out of mentioned lu-iefiy, as it opens up a lar(:e 
place. He puts himself in that position. Hubject. The church is not only a gath- 
If, however, he goes to church because it ering place for worship, it is a gath.ering 
is God's house, and as a child of God he place for charitable work and for fellow- 
has a right there, if he goes to worsliip ship. Tiie worsiiip is the ch.iof object; 
and not to notice how people treat hiiii, once the only object. Today souiotiiing 
it will be an exception if the church does more is found to be necessary, if tl.e 
not give all that he seeks from it. churcli is to make headway an-ong mep. 
But, since the wage earner is naturally The institutional cluirch, with its multi- 
a gregarious being, like the rest of his tude of activities during the week, jeach- 
race, he asks something more from tlie ing out into the daily life of the people, 
church than the mere privilege of wor- banding the strong touetlier to support 
ship. He asks for social recognition, the weak, is setting the example. As 
He wants to feel that he knows the otlier Mr. Stead has said, '•t'iechurch should be 
worshipers. When this knowledge is the union of all who love in the service 
absent, or even denied, he is like onewlio of all who sulfer.'' 

is lost in a crowd. The sense of strange- Wherever, tiien. there are wage-earners 
ness, it is true, may wear off. He may in any community, let them meet to.'i:eth.er 
get into the habit of attending a certain in a social way. And wiien I say wage- 
church, because it attracts him, but his earners, 1 mean all who are dej^endent 
attachment can never be very strong, upon what they earn to sujij^ort theni- 
Should the attraction cease, he transfers selves, whether t!)eir wages shall be (Uie 
his allegiance to another church with dollar or ten dollars a day. Let tlie i)eo- 
scarcely a pang of regret, or ceaseschurch- pie of leisure, also, if there are any such, 
going altogether. It is for this reason meet with them, not in a patronizing 
that so large a portion of church-goers in way, but in the spirit of Oliristian broth- 
large cities are ecclesiastical tramps, erhood. Let the meetinus ))e conducted 
They liave no fixed religious a])iding on practical lin.es, always consulting ' the 
place. They go wherever they can get wishes of those who attend them, but at 
the most for nothing. the same time rejectins: anythiriLi; tliat is 
In many cases then, as has been said, coarse or frivolous. The ])rojectors of 
the reason that the church does not ay)peal such meetimrsas this almost imnnimously 
to the watre-earner lies on the side of the testify to their su(;c( 



iss; 



church. The church ought to be more The wage-earner who comes at first 
social. Every effort should be made to merely for amusement will find himself 
get people acquainted with one another, gaininiiiiicontives for better livin.'r. The 



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friendly association with earnest-minded 
Christians will lead him also into the 
Christian profession. Thus, wliat the 
churcli is unable to do for wage-earners 
by means of her services alone, she is able 
to do through the social club. When so 
many working-men stand in hostile array 
against the church, tlie church must meet 
them halfway. It must carry out the 
spirit of the Master, who said, ''He that is 
greatest among you shall be your ser- 
vant." w. E. H. 



ONE DAY OF REST 

THE readers of Our Town are probably 
all of the opinion that it is good for 
men to have a periodic day of rest, 
and that the proportion of one day in 
seven is demanded by nature. There is 
no need of presenting here the argument 
on this point. 

But do we realize that there are in 
our Commonwealth thousands of men 
engaged in arduous labors who have no 
day of rest, a large proportion being 
unable to obtain it. And these men are 
engaged in public services of sucl'. a 
nature that other lives as well as their 
own are brought in question. We refer 
to tlie men who are employed on the elec- 
tric cars and t;ie railroads of the State. 
It is an interesting fact that when the 
street car companies used horses instead 
of electricity, tliey gave their horses one 
day of rest each week, but not their 
drivers and conductors. It was easier to 
replace worn-out men than worn-out 
horses. Today there are employed on tiie 
street railroads of tlie State over ten 
thousand men, and these men work, as a 
rule, seven days in the week. On tlie 
steam railroads there is an even larger 
number of inen so engaged. It is a con- 
servative statement that over 20,000 men 
in our State are occupied in continuous 
labor, to their own great harm and to the 
peril of the public. Motor-men, en<ri- 
neers and conductors subjected to such 
physical strain not only endanger their 
own lives, but are a menace to public 
safety. Now there is agrowins; desire to 
remedy this evil, and tiie effort which 
men are making is in line with that idea 
of co-operation which has been set forth 
in Our Town. In the first place, a small 



group, the "Lal)or Committee" of a relig- 
ious body, have had tliis particular prob- 
lem brought vividly belore them by 
events in their own experience. They 
succeeded in arousii.ga larger interest in 
the body to which they belong, then 
they invited co-operation of eight other 
religious bodies, asking particularly lor 
an opportunity to relate to tiieni the facts 
in the case. Their advan<-es have met 
with hearty response in almost every 
instance It is especially pleasant to 
record that no response has been more 
cordial than that of the Vicar General of 
the Roman Catholic ('iiurch in Massa- 
chusetts who will himself be a member of 
the general committee. 

But the co-operation is wider even than 
this, and it is hoped that this movement 
may do sometiiing toward demonstrating 
and forwarding that spirit of brother- 
hood, without wdiich our civilization 
is a failure. While the committee 
mentioned was in session recently, there 
came word that it might reasonably 
expect the co-operation of organized 
lMl)or, for, at the last annual meeting of 
the American Federation of Labor, the 
following resolutions were unanimously 
adopted : 

"RESOLVED: That the American Federation of 
Labor, in the name of organized and unorganized 
labor, protests against the inhuman practice of com- 
pelling men to work seven days in succession. We 
protest and affirm that one day's rest in seven is an 
absolute necessity of human life, a natural law that 
cannot be broken with safety; that those who, by low 
wages and by fear of discharge, compel the violation 
of this natural law, are guilty before God and the peo- 
ple of a crime against the physical, mental and moral 
welfare of the human race. And, be it further 

RESOLVED: That we call on all Trades Unions 
and Unionists to agitate for and co-operate with any 
and all associations to secure legislative enactment 
providing for one day's rest in seven. We protest 
against long hours, overtime and Sunday work, and 
demand that all who work siiall have one full day of 
rest in every seven." 

This demand for a day of rest we must 
admit is righteous. Siiall we not take 
whatever opportunity may come to us to 
unite with tliose who are working toward 
this desirable end? The immediate 
effort of those most interested is to obtain 
an authentic statement from the State 
officials of the number thus engaired in 
seven-day labor, and the occupations in 
which they are employed. Let all help 
in urging the request for this investiga- 
tion. ^ P. T. F. 



OUR TOWN 



OUR T2WN 



TKHelleslei? ConQteaattonal Cburcb 



Edited by the Psstors of Wellesley and published on the first 
iif each month. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Edwaid H. Chandler, Wellesley. 

Publisher, Charles M. Eaton, Wellesley Hills. 

Advertising Agent, Alex E. Wight, Wellesley Hills. 

Subscriptions niav bt left at Flagg's Ntws Stand or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Welleskv: Mrs. llskv's, W clltsley Hills, or at the 
Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Wellesley Hills Post 
Office. 



Carpentry Class 

We gladly call public attention to the offer of Rev. 
Kdward A. Banner to form a class in caipentry and 
wood carving. At a leasonable rate for instruction, a 
Lourse of fifteen lessons will be given, under a compe- 
tent instructor. Speak with him about your boy. 

Another Club 

Of the making t-f ch.bs there is no end. And yet 
there may be a place for a new one. Such a club has 
l)een formed in Wellesley Hills. It is intended to 
furnish social privileges for women who, on account 
iif their daily duties, cannot avail themsehes of "The 
Woman's C'lub." This new, and, as yet, unn?med 
club held its first meeiirg on the evening of Jan. 13, 
and enjoyed a talk by Miss Bachelcer about a joiiir.ey 
on the Mediterranean. A large number of fine photo- 
graphs were used to illustrate the talk and a social 
hour followed. Eighteen persons were piesent. 
A second meeting was held on the 26ih, with Mrs. 
Overholser. when the progiam was presented by the 
members themselves. I'he names of officers cannot yet 
be announced. Those who desire information may 
consult Mrs. Parris T. Fatwell or Mrs. E. M. Overholser. 

COMING ENTERTAINMENTS 



Alaska ! 

A union meeting will be held in the Wellesley Hills 
Unitarian Church on Sunday Evening, Febii.ary 20, 
at 7 o'clock. Mr. John J. Smith, who accompanied 
Dr. Sheldon Jackson, the U. S. Agent of Educatic n in 
Alaska, on one of his annual tours of inspection, will 
tell alout that country. Ihe lecture will be illustrated 
by a stereopticcn, rare and valuable pictures being at 
the disposal of the speaker, f-hcwing parts of the 
country not usually visited by tc urisls. A collection 
will be taken to pay the expenses of the stereopticon. 

A Children's Entertainment 

The boys and girls of the Wellesley Congregational 
Church invite their friends and fellow-citizens to an 
entertainment to be given in their Chape) on Wednes- 
day evening, Feb. 9, at seven o'clock. I'he price of 
admission is only ten cents, and the hour is purpo.^ely 
early so that all the children can be accommodated. 
There are to be songs with illusttative tableaux, reci- 
tations, instrumental music. r.rd. at the close, cake 
and chocolate for sale. Come and encourage the 
children. 



Note. — The Editors will be glad to announce, 
under this head, coming ntertaii ments to which the 
public is invited, provided^the notices are sent to the 
office by the 25rti of each month. 



Organized, Sept. 6, 1798. Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891. 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Worship. 

11.55 Sunday School and Adult Bible Class. 

3.30 Junior C. K. Society. 

6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 

7.15 P2vening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Woman's Union. 

FRIDAY 

7.30 Mid-week Service. 

Sittings in the Church can be secured from Mr. W. R. Hanks at 
the close of any morning service. The Pastor can be found at 
heme daily from 1.3(1 to 2.30, and usually on Thursday evenings. 

CHURCH BENEVOLENCES. The benevolent 
offerings of the Church for 1898 have been arranged 
as follows: Jan. 30, Am. PMble Society; Feb. 27, Cong. 
Church Building Society; May 29, Ani. Missionary 
Association; June 12, Cong. S. S. and Pub. Society; 
Sept. 25, National Ministerial Relief fund; Oct. 30, 
A. B. C. F. M. ; Nov. 27. Cong. Education Society. 

WOMAN'S UNION MIETINGS. Ihe meetings 
for February will be as follows: Feb. i. Home Mis- 
sionary Department; Ptb. 8, I oeal Chine h Depart- 
ment; Feb. 15, Foreign Missionary Department, T hank- 
offering Meeting; Feb. 22. L^epartment of the Heme. 
Talk by Dr. Weston. These meetings aie all held in 
the Ladies' Parlorat three o'clcek, f.r^d trc open to all. 

THE ANNUAL MEETING. Over seventy of the 
members of the Church, an exceptionally large num- 
ber, were present at the anrual business meeting held 
on Monday evening, January 24. The report of the 
Treasurer that the Church had closed the year 1-897 
entirely free of indebtedness in its ciiirent expenses and 
that less than $6co remained to be raised of the 
amount expended on the Church extension, brought an 
unaccustomed pleasure to the meeting. Appropiiations 
for 1898 were made to the amount of #3765. 

CHURCH REUNION. One hundred and nineteen 
m.embers of the Church weie present at the Annual 
Supper on Wednesday. Jan. 26. One hundred and forty 
sat down to the tables. After the supper the Clerk 
called the roll. 1 hen follow ed ei^ht leasts, the Paster 
acting as toastmaster. Our Past. Rev. G. G. Phipps, 
pastor from ]8t8 to 187S; Our Town, Mr. E. H. W alcotl; 
Keeping School. Missjulia Eastman; Our Guests, Mr. 
I. H. Farnham; Womian's work in the Church, Mrs. G. 
Gould: The Young People's Opporiurlty, Mr. C. E. 
FuUei; Wellesley College, Dr. Charlotte P. Roberts; 
Our Future, Mr. B. H. Sanborn. 

CHURCH OFFICERS POR 1898. Officeis for 
the cuiient year have been elected as follows: Mod- 
erator. Benj. H. Sanborn; Cleik, Wm. H. Flood, Jr.: 
Trea.'-urer, CSeorge T. Hall; Auditor. H. Walter Hagar; 
Deacon for four years, George Gould; Executive Com- 
mittee. Albert Jennings, Missjulia Eastman, Wm. R. 
Hanks, Newell H. Dadmun. Francis T. Cjilman; Music 
Ccn mittee, Mrs. W. R. Hanks. Miss Sarah Eastman, 
Miss J' thel Hubbard, Charles H. Palmer, Robert E. 
Andeison; Pastor's Aid Committee. Mrs. C. E. 
Shatturk, Mrs. M. L. Hubbard, Mrs. G. A. Ross, Miss 
Jessie Peabody, Mrs. E. Fletcher; Committee on Mis- 
sionary Meetings. Miss Fannie C. Guild, Mrs. G. A. 
Ross, Mrs. Wm. Blood, Jr. 



OUR TOWN 



ifirst Conorccjational Cburcb in 
Wellcslcp fbiUs 

Organized, February 24, 1847. 
REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

3.00 Junior Christian Endeavor. 

4. CO Adult Bible Classes. 

7.00 Union Service in charge of Y. P. S. C. E. 

TUESDAY 

"^.oo Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

Communion Services on the first Sundays of Jan., 
March, May, Sept., and Nov., at morning service. 

OYSTER SUPPER. To be given by the Ladies' 

Soiiety for the New Church Fund, Mar. 2. 

COTTAGE MEETINGS. It is intended to hold 
one of these meetings each week. Their purpose is 
mainly for conference upon the simple principles of 
Christian discipleship. 

SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES. Feb. 6, Topic, 
"The Christian's Confidence." Feb. 13, in charge of the 
Current Events Com-nittee. 20, in charge of the Mis- 
sionary Committee. Feb. 27, Topic, "Companionship 
with Christ." 

.MEN'S HIBLE CEASS. Conducted by the Pastor, 
Sunday afternoons at 4. All men welcome. Lessons 
in Mark. Feb. 6, Chap. 12:1-12. The wicked husband- 
men. Who are they.'' P"eb.i3, Chap. 12:13-27. Christ and 
his critics. Feb. 20, Chap. 12:28-44. The greatest com- 
mandment. Feb. 27, Chap. 13:1-20. National calamities 
foretold. 

THE CHURCH COMMITTEE. Those who wish 
to unite with the church on confession of faith at the 
March Communion nvt invited to meet the Church 
Committee at the close of the evening service on 
Friday, Feb. 18. Those who wish to bring letters are 
requested to hand them to the pastor on or before 
that date, if possible. 

THh: SUNDAY SCHOOL. The Blakeslee Lessons 
on "The Heroes of The Old Testament" were adopted 
on the first Sundiy of January. The change has thus 
fir proven very acceptable. One teacher says that he 
"believes it to b-i the best step forward the school has 
ever taken." There has been marked improvement in 
attendance during the month. 

CHRISTIAN ENDivWOR. The Society has 
just printed its revised Constitution. It is hoped that 
every one of thi young people of the congregation 
will seek enrolment. As many as can do so cordially 
are invited also to sign the Voluntary Pledge of 
Service. An exceedingly interesting program is in 
preparation for a conference of the societies in our 
Union, to be held at Cochituate, on Feb. 22. 

WO.MEN'S MEETINGS. Feb. i, address by 
Miss Louise A. Kellogg from the Women's Home 
Missionary Union in Boston. Feb. 8, a Conference 
meeting. Topic: What motives should be presented 
to children to influence conduct? Feb. 15, Sewing 
meeting and afternoon tea. Feb. 22, Conference. 
Topic: "The problem of self-control." All the meetings 
will be held with Mrs. William H. Vaughn. 



WELLESLEY HILLS SCHOOL 

A select and limited school for girls. 

Fits for Wellesley and other colleges. 

Special classes for those not desiring a college 

course. 
For catalogue and all information, address the 
Principal, 

Miss SARAH E. LAUGHTON. 

Wellesley Hills. 

MISS GERTRUDE HOUSTON NYE 

Teacher of Piano and Harmony, 

South Natick, Mass. 
REFERENCES— 

Miss Eastman, ( Wellesley. 

Miss Sarah P. Eastman, ) 

Miss Sarah E. Laughton, Wellesley Hills. 



FRED H. YOUNG 

Teacher of Pianoforte, Organ and Harmony. 
Post Office Box 207, 

Wellesley Hills. 



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Miss Grace B. Townsend, Wellesley '96, approved by the 
Deparmients of Mathematics, Latin, and Greek of Wellesley 
College, solicits tutoring in these subjects. Miss Townsend will 
make special arrangements for those desiring instruction during 
vacation and for students wishmg to meet her in Boston. for 
terms, references, etc., address, Wellesley Hills, Mass. 



niSS SUSAN SHARP PRATT 

Vocal Instruction. 

Wellesley Hills. 



DANA HALL SCHOOL=" WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

Special advantages in the Modern Languages, 
Music and Art. 

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TIClcUeslev 1bill3 lllnitavian Society 

Organized 187 i 
REV. ALBERT B. VORSE, Pastor 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth 
Tuesday. 

The Junior Branch Alliance Meetings, in the 
Church Parlor, every Saturday morning, from nine to 
ten. 

Communion Service on the first Sundays of Jan., 
Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service. 



THE HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE connected 
with our church called the friends together to a New 
England supper, in the church parlor, on Thursday 
evening. The attendance was large, and the effort 
of the committee to make the occasion enjoyable was 
entirely successful. 

SUNDAY SCHOOL. The work of the Sunday 
School is progressing favorably, and the interest is 
steadily increasing under its faithful officers and 
teachers. The attendance is good, and the children 
are responding with a good degree of earnestness 
to the endeavor made to instruct and interest them. 
The lessons consist of a course of Christian history, 
adapted to learners of all ages. 

SUNDAY EVENING MEETINGS. On Sunday 
evening, January i6th, the Rev. F. B. Hornbrooke, of 
Newton, preached a very interesting sermon in the 
Unitarian church. His subject was the "Duty of 
Church Attendance." Mr. Hornbrooke speaks with 
the force which comes from the simplest English, and 
every sentence carries v.'eight. He was listened to 
with deep attention. This is the second of a series of 
evening services under the auspices of the Woman's 
Alliance. February 13, the Rev. Mr. Secrist, of Rox- 
bury, on "The Bible; Its Relation to Humanity." To 
be followed later by the Rev. George Batchelor, Rev. 
Thomas Van Ness and others. 

WELLESLEV HILLS WOMAN'S ALLIANCE. 
The Branch Alliance of the Wellesley Hills Unitarian 
Society held two regular meetings in January in the 
church parlor. On Tuesday, the i ith, Mrs. Anna B. 
Park of Wellesley, the Vice-President, gave a paper 
on the '-Unitarian Mission in Japan," which was most 
instructive and interesting, treating the subject in all 
its details. Tuesday, Jan. 25, was an open meeting to 
which outside friends were invited, not only from other 
Alliances, but from our own town. The President, 
Mrs. Mary L. Smith, welcomed those present, and, 
after the usual notices were given, read a most delight- 
ful paper on "Old Salem," touching upon its natural 
beauties, old houses, quaint customs, and the days of 
witchcraft. At the close of her paper, she read some 
extracts from a charming book "A Half Century in 
Salem". On both of these occasions, as is the regular 
custom, cake and tea were served, which does much 
to engender a social feeling among the members. A 
series of evening services, under the auspices of the 
Alliance, began in I^ecember, with Mr. Daniel, of 
South Natick, in the pulpit, followed on Jan. 16 with 
Mr. F. B. Hornbrooke, and Jan. 30, Mr. Vorse, Pastor 
of the society. These meetings on Sunday evenings 
are at 7.30, and dates will be announced in the 
Wellesley Review. 



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REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Jieliffioiis Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Prayer. 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 
12.00 Sunday School. 
Holy Communion i 7.30 A. M. 

First Sunday in the Month, ( 10.30 a. .m. 

Third Sunday, 9.30 A. M. 

THURSDAY 

.2.30 Woman's Auxiliary. 

S.\TURDAY 

2.00 Ministering Children'.s League. 
7.45 Girls' Frit-ndly Society. 

Seals free. All welcome. 



OFFICERS FOR 1898. At the annual meeting of 
the parish, held January tenth, the following otiicers 
were elected for the ensuing year: Senior Warden, 
Frederick Lauderburn; Junior Warden, Georire H. 
Lowe; Clerk, H. W. F'. Young; Treasurer, R. K. 
Sawyer; Vestrymen, T. T. Watt, Dr. E. E. Bancroft, 
W. C. SalTord. 

MISSIONARY MEEITNO. The weekly meeting 
of the missionary department of .St. Andrew's Guild 
will hereafter be held on Thursdays, at 2.30, at 
different houses. An effort will be made to give these 
meetings a social character in the hope of increasing 
the attendance. AU the women of the church are 
cordially invited. The February meetings will be held 
with th.e ladies nnnied, as follows: Thursdav, 3, Mrs. 
W. F. Smith; ID, Miss H. F. Hayes; 17, .\frs. R. K. 
Sawyer; 24, Mrs Frederick Lauderburn. The depart- 
ment is working at present for the Episcopal City 
Mission, Boston. 

EPIPHANY AXI) L1:NT. Last Sunday closed 
the Epinhanv season. Epiphany is clos'.dy associated 
with Christmas. The manifestation to the C^entiles 
means that the whole world is called to salvation. 
I'hrist was born to be the revelation of a universal 
Father. To emphasize this fact, every year tlie church 
is trimmed with greens, which are kept till the close 
of the Epi|)hany season. We always regret taking 
them down. Their removal, however, is a reminder 
that we are apjiroaching the solemn season of Lent. 
Septuagesinia is its herald, seventy days (in round 
numbers) before Easter. From the truth of the In- 
carnation we pass to the more serious consideration of 
our own personal responsibility, as sharers in the ex- 
tension of our Lord's redemption work. Lent bids us 
ask how close we are living up to our profession. 

REMINISCENCES OF PHILLIPS BROOKS. 
On Saturday, Jan. 15, an open meeting of the Girls' 
Friendly Society was held in the chapel, at which Mrs. 
Henry Whitman of Boston gave her personal rem- 
iniscences of Phillips Brooks. Mrs. Whitman has 
been in charge of the Woman's Bible Class of Trinity 
Churc'n for over twentv-ftve years. She w"as thus 
brought into clo>e relations with j-Jishop firooks, and 
learned to know him intimately. She spoke of his 
great vitality, his love of life, his large-hearted interest 
in :dl kinds of peonle, to each of whom he seemed a 
special friend. She dwelt upon his sinivdicity and 
modesty, his spiritual insight; and closed by referring 
to the wonderful unity that was brought about by his 
death. Few men have been so vt'idely mourned. 



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ESTABLISHED 1886 

A first-closs Laundry with every facility 
for doing: first-class. work. Special attention 
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EDWARD FIXCH is our agent 
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CONTENTS 



Editorial .... 
Sloyd in the Public Schools 
The Value of the Kindergfarten 
Cohivating the Imagfination 
Wellesley College Notes 
Church News 

Wellesley Congregationol Church . 

Wellesley Hills Congregational Church 

Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society • 

St, Andrew^s Cliurch 

St. Mary's Church • 
In General .... 



3far shall L. Perrin 
Emely)i D. Chandler 
Rosamund Rothery 



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Wellesley mail address : 

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HRS. W. L. TAYLOR 

Teacher of Piano, 

Wellesley. 

Refer to 

Mr. G. W. Chadwick. Director New England 
Conservatory of Music. 



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DRESSMAKING 

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BLACKSniTH 

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WELLESLEY HILLS. 

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Edited bv the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the first 

of ea^'h niDuth. 

Man.i2;ing Editor, Rev. Edward H. Chandler, Wellesley. 
Publisher, Ch.irles M. Eaton, Welle-ley Hills 
Adk'ertising A>;ent, Alax E. Wight, Wellesley Hills, 
Subscriptions m,iv be left at Klagg's News Stand or at Mrs. 

H. E. Currier's, Wellesley; Mrs. Ilsley's, Wellesley Hills, or at the 

Publisher's Olice. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Wellesley Hills Post 

Omce. 



IT is a part of the editorial plan to give each 
number of Oun Town a definite theme, as 
far as possible, and to group together art- 
icles which bear directly upon this theme. 
The present issue is in a sense a school num- 
ber. Three of the needs of our Wellesley 
school system are indicated in the leading 
articles. We could easily fill the same space 
with admiration of the excellencies of the 
town schools. But such helpful suggestions 
as our contributors make in the articles 
which follow, we believe will be more helpful 
in the end. 

THE Editors of Our Town hereby express 
their appreciation of the many kindly 
things which have been said of their idea 
and of the form in which it has been embod- 
ied. They have been confident that such a 
paper would find a jjlace, and that they have 
not misjudged the opportunity is evidenced 
by the goodly number of subscribers Avhich 
have already been enrolled. Now they ven- 
ture to hope that it will not be long before 
every family in Wellesley is represented on 
the subscription list. 

For the typographical appearance of the 
sheet much credit is due to the publisher, 
who lias succeeded admirably in producing 
an attractive publication. Mr. I. B. Hazel- 
ton, of Wellesley Hills, very kindly designed 
the ornamental title. 

Already the list of contributors is long 
enough to make the editorial bosom swell 
with pride ; and there are others, whose con- 
tributions will be gladly read in the future. 

In this number is begun a column of 
Wellesley College notes, which will m future 
be prepared by Miss Edith A. Sawyer. 
Another column has been set apart for St. 
Mary's Episcopal church at Newton Lower 
Falls, a large portion of its parish being within 
Wellesley limits. 

Whether a twelve-page paper can be fur- 
nished for twenty-five cents a year and pay 
its bills remains to be proven. It depends 
on the number of people who will pay the 



twenty-five cents and the number of adver- 
tisements secured. If you, gentle reader, 
are avoiding the cost of a subscription by 
looking over your neighbor's or your parent's 
shoulder, let not another sun go down before 
3'ou have discharged your duty as a good 
citizen. 



SLOYD IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS 

AMONG the many subjects clamoring for a 
place in the curriculum of our public 
schools, Sloyd takes a prominent place; 
and there is hardly any innovation that would 
appeal, and should appeal so strongly to all 
classes. It affords, besides a certain amount 
of mental discipline, the best training of the 
organs of sense, and teaches the child to con- 
trol his muscles. 

The aim of our ideal education is to acquire 
perfect self-control and such knowledge as 
will enable one to make use of this power of 
self-control to the greatest advantage. By 
self-control we mean that all the elements of 
action and thought with which a human beinar 
IS endowed shall be rendered read}- and obe- 
dient servants to the wish and command of 
the possessor; that the intellect and body 
shall, without friction or waste, act as a per- 
fe.;t mechanism and turn out such work as 
the operator will have done. And useful 
knowledge cannot be better defined than that 
which enables this operator to make the best 
use of this mechanism for the greatest good 
of himself and his fellow-men. 

Moral training is the fostering of the 
impulse on the part of the operator to be sat- 
isfied with nothing less than the best work 
that can possibly be turned out. Such oper- 
atives would be ideal citizens. 

American life today demands a versatility 
of brain and of body which no other civiliz- 
ation has ever exacted. One must be able 
to turn his hand to whatever condition pres- 
ents itself, from championing a cause at town- 
meeting and caucus to tightening the handle 
of a bicycle. But can all this be accomplished 
by the schools, which have the child only 
about five of his waking hours per day? 

That Sloyd belongs in an ideal education, 
not merely in making of the child a bread- 
winner, but in developing evenly his v/hole 
nature, no one can doubt who has at all stud- 
ied its work; but there is nothing that we 
can throw out of these five short hours with- 
out leaving an equally deplorable gap. We 
are simply forced to choose from all the 



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desirable lines of training the ones which can 
be least efficiently accomplished at home. It 
is not a mistake to urge the usefulness of 
Sloyd Avork, nor even to aim at its public 
adoption for all the town's children. The 
only mistake is in trying to crowd it into our 
present scliool system, or to put it in the 
place of anything we are now working at in 
the "Wellesley schools. 

Two false notions obtain concerning 
schools and what is generally understood 
under the term "education." The public 
school, in the first place, is not a day-nursery 
where parents that cannot, or will not, look 
after their children at home may pay for 
their being taken care of and trained by set- 
tling their tax-bills annually. Nor is the 
public school a monopoly in the way of edu- 
cation. When we realize that outside of the 
ten or more hours of sleep there are also 
eight or nine more outside of the school-room, 
during which the child is under tiie direct 
influence of his surroundings, we must grant 
that the school can be only one factor in the 
ideal education suggested above. It is cer- 
tainly only fair that the parents, instead of 
letting the children run wild and play all the 
time out of school, should assume more of 
their original and natural responsibility, and 
assist more definitely in the development of 
the model youth, whom both they and we 
wish to send forth, when he shall start for 
himself in life. 

Let the child be placed another half -hour 
or hour under the regime of education; let 
him be trained in Sloyd, either at home or by 
private teachers, if the parents will support 
it, or at school in certain grades, if the tax- 
payers will grant it, and I can conceive of no 
more desirable move at present. There will 
be time enough left for wholesome games 
and romping; but instead of wasting their 
energies in aimless play, or in making them- 
selves a source of annoyance at home and in 
the streets, the children can turn some of this 
activity into fruitful effort, conducive to their 
own best development. 

What could be more delightful and health- 
ful after the intellectual strain of the school- 
room than to meet the laws of nature face to 
face, and to practice making one's musjles 
conform to the working of these laws. Few 
children, if any, would object to this as a 
lengthening of the hours of confinement, for 
the raent.il and physical attitude to such work 
is a recreation in itself. The skill, precision 



and attention required could not but react 
favorably, too, upon the whole personality of 
the child, and thus upon the regular work 
done in the school-room. 

MARSHALL L. PERRIN. 



THE 



VALUE OF THE 
GARTEN 



KINDER- 



"Oh, why should one ever 'want to be an angel' 
when one can be a Kindergartner!" 

THIS burst of enthusiasm, which Mrs. 
Wiggin puts into the mouth of one of the 
kindergarten teachers in "Patsy," ex- 
presses, in some degree, the feeling of most 
young women who go into kindergarten 
woi'k with the real love of it in their hearts 
and after right training. 

True, there are discouraging days, — days 
when all the patience of Job, increased by 
as much more as you can summon, is needed, — 
when all the children in the room seem to 
have turned into veritable elves or sprites, 
as incapable of keeping still as a troop of 
fairies on midsummer eve, and you even 
begin to doubt the wisdom of the great 
Froebel. 

But those were probably days when your 
head was aching ; and as you entered the room 
next morning, your enthusiasm had all 
returned, and your little flock caught your 
spirit, the work went well, the games were 
enchanting, and Froebel was again enthroned. 

There is a peculiar enthusiasm about this 
kind of teaching ; and may it not be because 
of the very evident and apparent results that 
are obtained, the visible rewards of effort 
seen from day to dav? 

The genuine pleasure and earnest eager- 
ness with which the true kindergartner enters 
and keeps at her work is one argument in 
favor of the much criticised kindergarten 
method of teaching. 

And just here it may be well to note that 
much of criticism has arisen from the fact 
that there are in our broad land manj- groups 
of children gathered together under the 
name of "Kindergarten" which have no right 
wdiatever to the name; whose leader has not 
herself had adequate training, and who can- 
not give her group the real thing, because 
she has never herself entered the true "Pal- 
ace Beautiful" and been herself imbued with 
the true kindergarten theory and spirit. 

The world does not know this; it reads 
the sign, observes what goes on behind it, 
and makes up its mind, somewhat sueeriugly, 



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that if this is kiiidorgarteii, it is a very pretty 
and ingenious way of amusing children, but 
little more. 

The child enters the kindergarten at the 
most impressionable age. The little mind is 
open and eager; the chubby hands are reach- 
ing out for the right things to get hold of; 
the feet are so alive that if they cannot dance 
and run and caper, they may possibly stamp 
or kick, — though let us hope not. 

In the kindergarten the child is met on his 
own gi'ound; the teacher does not expect 
him to become at once sedate and quiet like 
a grown person, but instead she becomes a 
child with him.' She sings with him, she 
talks with him, she plays witli him. If he is 
a flying bird, a butterfly, a creeping mouse, 
or a gay little flower, she is another. She 
laughs with him, but not at him; his pretty 
saymgs and inimitable rcjnarks are received, 
not as something amusing, but just in the 
spirit in which they are made. And so she 
gains his confidence and establishes a bond 
of sympathy between herself and the child, 
which enables her to do marvelous things 
with him. That obtained, there is little 
trouble with disobedience, disorder, and such 
causes for disturbance, simply because there 
has been created an atmosphere where obedi- 
ence, order and love are wont to grow and 
flourish. 

The morning talks, the stories, the songs 
and the games take the cliild into the world 
of nature, the world of the imagination, of 
beauty and of poetry, and into the world of 
labor. He not onlj^ learns about the bird, he 
is the bird, and actually feels the delight of 
airy flight, as, with wings outspread, he flies 
about the room. Not only does he hear about 
the blacksmith, he is the blacksmith; and as 
he swings his imaginary hammer, he becomes 
indeed a brother of every man who shoes a 
horse or mends a broken chain. 

The little limbs gain pliability and grace 
in the games, the mind gets careful and 
accurate training in the gift vv^ork, the fingers 
become amazingly deft as they busy them- 
selves with the occupations, and the thought 
of the child is led in sequence, one thing 
leading to another, one form to the next, the 
whole kindergarten sj^stem being like a great 
organism, each part necessary to all other 
parts, and to the success of the whole. 

And perhaps above all in value, above all 
that is given the little learner that is beauti- 
ful and good, is the ei^ort to draw out from 



hiui his own powers, his own individuality. 
lie is constantly being given chaiii'ts to 
express himself; it is only as he expresses 
hin; self that he can know himself; and only 
as he knows himself can he conquer and 
become truly his own master. 

Would that all our children might feel the 
influence and have the all-round develop- 
ment of a true kindergarten. 

EMELVN D. CHANDLER. 



CULTIVATING THE IMAGINATION 

PROFESSOR C. E. Norton has again and 
again made a plea for giving up a part of 

the college curriculum to the culture of the 
imagination. He protests against the over- 
whelming predominance of scientific study 
and those courses where the accumulation of 
facts is the essential object. 

If we wait until the college course is com- 
menced before we cultivate the imagination, 
it vrill be too late. We must begin with the 
children while they have the ability to grow 
a faculty. 

Poor children! They already have so 
much to learn, — mathematics, history, pat- 
riotism, arts and sciences, endless text-books, 
and almost endless lessons at school, whole 
libraries of facts and information to be 
acquired at home, — there seems scant room 
to cultivate the imagination. 

Happily the normal child is a creature 
of fancy. He does not need to grow a fac- 
ulty; he simply needs to be taught to use 
the divining rod of the imagination, which 
he already holds, to discover "the law behind 
the phenomena, the truth behind the fact, the 
vital force Avhich flows through all things" 
and gives them their significance. 

Natural history, sciences and arts are good, 
but if they simply reveal the world's soulless 
wonders, if they fail to ennoble the mind and 
kindle the imagination, they are of doubtful 
value. If they dull the poetic faculty, 

"unweave a rainljow, 
Conquer all mysteries by rule and line, 
]'".nipty the haunted air and gnomed mine," 

they have no place whatever in child life. 

Children are born naturists. They turn 
to birds, beasts, plants and trees, animate 
and inanimate natures, as naturally as blos- 
soms do to sunshine. But they are also orig- 
inal investigators and seekers after truth. 
Above all "they are poetic and intensely 
human. Therefore, they need to feed upon 



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the whole of truth, not isolated facts of 
material things. They want artistic nnity of 
ideas, spiritual significance and vital truths, 
and they must draw their own individual 
conclusions, if they are to be a productive 
force in the world. 

Other educators beside Professor Norton 
are beginning to see that facts, Gradgrind 
facts, drive the beauty of wholeness from 
the child's heart and dull the power of the 
imagination in after life; and are putting 
John Burrough's "Birds and Bees," which is 
a joy forever, and Hawthorne's "Wonder 
Book," and such like, into the schools. 

After all, it is poetry, works of living 
interests and creative imagination that appeal 
to children. For this reason the fairy tale 
and the myth stories excite their first, last 
and eternal interest. They are so human, so 
picturesque, so full of inspiration and aspir- 
ation, which are the essential truths the 
growing soul needs. 

I think it is G. Stanley Hall who says that 
"the atheism, the materialism of the present 
day in our land is largely due to the banish- 
ment of fairy tales and fiction by the Puri- 
tans." 

The prevailing school of pedagogics in 
Germany, the Herbartian, has made the 
development of spiritual life by means of 
fairy tales a special purpose of education. 
Why not follow the example ? 

Wagner never learned the secret of his 
matchless music through study of correct 
rules of harmony and composition, but rather 
by the noble use of a great imagination, 
kindled and fed from childhood by the tales 
and myths of his native land, making vital 
and real the truth and beauty of the unseen 
world. Hamilton Mabie says "To possess 
this magical power is to live the whole of life 
and enter into the heritage of history." 

"The development of soul, little else is worth study," 
says Robert Browning. 

The moral of it all is, it will pay (we 
Americans like paying methods) to cultivate 
the imagination, for the real perils of the 
race are not material, but always spiritual. 
It is not the scientist, the mathematician, or 
the logician, but the seer, the prophet, it is 
the poetic temper that is the hope and the 
safeguard of society. 

ROSAMUND ROTHERY. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 



MARCH LECTURES. An announcement is 
made in another column of four lectures soon to come. 

CONCERTS. A Pupil's Recital has enriched the 
month. The Henschel concert gave great delight, 
and Washington's Birthday was pleasantly celebrated 
by the Glee and MandoUn Clubs. 

ART LECTURES. February has been excep- 
tionally fortunate in lectures on art. Mr. Kenyon 
Cox has spoken on "Michael Angelo," and Mr. C. 
Howard Walker has delivered a series of four lectures 
on the "History of Ornament." 

DRAMATICS. The Barn Swallows have been 
lively as ever. In the Chemical Laboratory, too, has 
been acted, before such members of the Faculty as 
were not on the stage, a very modern drama, after the 
model of Maeterlinck's "The Blind." 

MR. LEE ON KIPLING. Many guests from the 
village attended the Current Topics lecture of Febru- 
ary 19th. Rev. Gerald Stanley Lee, author of "The 
Shadow-Christ," gave a vivid address on Kipling. 

A NATIONAL SORROW. The Academic 
Council, on motion of Professor Hayes, has taken fit- 
ting action to recognize the shining services and lam- 
ent the loss of Miss Frances E. Willard. 

LINCOLN'S BIRTHDAY. The stars and stripes 
hung before the College entrance, and President 
Irvine read in the morning chapel service a few pas- 
sages from the Second Inaugural. 

FEBRUARY PREACHERS. The College pulpit 
was supplied for the four Sundays of February by 
Rev. F. W. Hamilton of Roxbury; Rev. Francis E. 
Clarke, "Father Endeavor;" Rev. Edward H. Chand- 
ler and Rev. Francis Hrown of the Union Theological 
Seminary, New York City. 

MR. DURANT'S BIRTHDAY. On Thursday 
evening, February the seventeenth, was held the 
usual commemorative service, after which the early 
teachers and alumnae gathered about Mrs. Durant in 
the Faculty Parlor. 

PROFESSOR LORD. The President's Annual 
Report, just printed, contains the following tribute to 
Professor Lord: "Frances E. Lord, Professor of 
Latin, resigned her office at the close of the academic 
year, 1896-97. Miss Lord entered upon the duties of 
the chair of Latin in September, 1876, and her term 
of service has been, therefore, almost coincident with 
the existence of the College. Throughout these years 
no one has been in closer relation to all that is recog- 
nized as admirable and distinctive in the character 
and spirit of Wellesley. In the year 1890-91, during 
the absence of the President, Professor Lord was 
called to act as chief executive. The eiificiency and 
grace with which she met these duties led the Acad- 
emic Council, when death vacated the President's 
chair in January, 1894, to look again to her for leader- 
ship, until a definite provision could be made. The 
College can scarcely hope to possess again in one per- 
son the scholarly insight, the dignity and strength of 
character, the wealth of nature, which it knew and 
loved in Professor Lord. In the retrospect of twenty- 
one eventful years, she stands forth 'a figure bright 
and strong, serene and noble,' a valid witness to that 
faith which is her life." 



OUR TOWN 



Mclleslep Conorcoatioual Gbnrcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, tygS. Incorporated, ¥eh. i6, 1891. 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Worship. 
11.55 Sunday School and Adult Bible Class. 
3.30 Junior C. li. Society. 
6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 
7.15 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 
3.00 Woman's Union. 

KRIDAY 
7.30 Mid-week Service. 

HYMN TABLET. A handsome oak tablet, on 
which the numbers of the hymns to he used in the ser- 
vice may be displayed, has been put up in the Church, 

MARCH BENEVOLENCE. On Sunday, March 
27, the church will make its annual contribution to 
the Congregational Church Building Society. Rev. 
G. A. Hood will speak at the Friday evening meeting 
of March 25th, concerning the work of this society. 

NEW MEMBERS. At the morning service of 
Sunday, March 6, Mrs. Hannah H. Wiswall will be 
received into the church by letter from the Methodist 
church of West Fulton, N. Y., and Miss Barbara Mer- 
rill, Wellesley 1901, by letter from the South Congre- 
gational church of Andover, Mass. 

HOME. Dr. Weston's talk to the Woman's 
Union on "Hygiene in the Home" has been postponed 
from last month, and will be given on March 22nd. 
Mrs. F. W. Shattuck of Natick addressed the ladies 
most profitably on February 22nd on the subject of 
"Indoor Occupations for Children." 

WEEKLY CALENDARS. The announcements 
of services each week are to be printed for four weeks 
on a calendar of four pages, which will be distributed 
at the morning service. At the end of the four weeks, 
the Church will be asked how it likes the experiment, 
and whether money shall be appropriated to continue 
the calendars through the year. 

LENTEN ADDRESSES. The Pastor has ar- 
ranged a series of Sunday evening addresses for the 
Lenten season as follows: General theme, "In Holy 
Places with the Master;" Feb. 27, "In Caesarea Phil- 
ippi, the Place of Prevision;" March 6, "On the Moun- 
tain, the Place of Divine .Approval;" March 13, "In 
Bethany, the Place of Friendship;" March 20, "At 
the Tomb of Lazarus, the Place of Sympathy;" March 
27, "In the House of Zaccheus, the Place of .Social 
Service;" April 3, "Amid the Palm Branches, the 
Place of Earthly Honor." 

COMMITTEE ON CENTENNIAL. A general com- 
mittee of eighteen persons to plan for the Centennial 
celebration of the Church, to be held in the fall, has 
been elected as follows: B. H. Sanborn, Albert Jen- 
nings, Charlotte H. Cameron, Charlotte F. Roberts, 
Mrs. E. A. Benner, C. B. Lovewell, E, H. W^alcott, 
Hannah Rollins, Charles E. Fuller, G. D. Richardson, 
C. B. Dana, Julia A. Eastman, F. B. Ingraham, R. E. 
Anderson, I. H. Farnham, A. P. Dana, F. H. Stevens 
and E. H. Chandler. Mr. C. B. Dana, Miss Rollins 
and Miss Cameron having resigned, Mr. B. H. San- 
born, Miss Harriet A. Townsend and Mr. Wm. H. 
Blood, Jr., have been elected to fill their places. This 
general committee has met and organized, with Mr. B. 
H. Sanborn, chairman, and Mr. C. E. Fuller, secretary. 



dftrst CoTtcireoational Cburcb in 
Mellcsle^ t)Ul8 

Organized, Februarv 24, 1S47. 
REV. PARRIS THAXTER'FARWELL, Pastor 
Religious Services 
SUNDAY 
10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 
3.15 Junior Christian Endeavor. 
4.00 Adult Bible Classes. 
7.00 Union Service in charge of Y. P. S. C. E. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 
Communion Services on the first Sundays of Jan., 
March, May, .Sept., and Nov., at morning service. 

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES. "The Lord's 
Prayer" will be the theme of the morning services dur- 
ing the month. 

EASTER SALE. The ladies have in preparation 
an Easter sale and supper, which will be given at some 
date in the latter part of tliis month or early in April. 

THE JUNIOR SOCIETY of Christian Endeavor. 
On March 5, at 3 P. M., the society will hold a "Band 
of Mercy" meeting. Subject: "The Horse." The 
Sunday afternoon meetings will be held at 3.15 in the 
future. 

MEN'S BIBLE CLASS. March 6, Mark 13:12-27, 
"The Second Coming of Christ." March 13, Chap. 
14:1-11, "The Annointing at Bethany." March 20, 
Chap. 14:12-21, "The Passover." March 27, Chap. 
14:22-31, "The Lord's Supper." April 3, Chap. 14:32-42, 
"Gethsemane." 

WOMEN'S MEETINGS. March 8, Topic: "To 
What Degree Should Children be Left to Their Own 
Inclinations?" March 15, a sewing meeting. March 
22, "The Cultivation of the Devotional Element of 
Character." March 29, "Foreign Missions." All the 
meetings will be held with Mrs. Robson. 

THE KINDERGARTEN DEPARTMENT. There 
may be some mothers who do not know of the exist- 
ence of this branch of our Sunday School. We 
heartily commend it to their notice. Mrs. Thomas is 
the general superintendent. Mrs. Selden James, a 
trained and experienced kindergarten teacher, is 
instructing the class admirably. Bring all the little 
ones. They will enjoy the class and be profited by 
it. 

SUNDAY EVENINGS. March 6, Topic, "A 
Profitable Sabbath." It is hoped that many will con- 
sider and be ready to speak upon this important and 
timely subject. March 13, a Praise Service. March 
20, "The Evils of Every Kind of Intemperance," to 
be' led by Mr. J. K. Richardson. March 27, "Bible 
Promises," a Bible reading to be conducted by the 
Pastor. 

THE HOME DEPARTMENT of the Sunday 
School. This work is under the charge of Mrs. Fraiik 
Fuller. The purpose is to assist those who may desire 
to study the Bible at home, in unison with the Sunday 
School. It is for those who cannot attend the regular 
sessions of the school. The department at present 
numbers sixteen. Are there not others who would 
like to join this work ? Mrs. Fuller will provide quar- 
terlies and record cards on application. 



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mcllcsicv Ibills Unitarian Society 

Organized 1S71 
REV. ALBERT B. VORS?. Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 
10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

SATURDAY 
9.00 Junior Branch Alliance. 
Tuesday. 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues- 
day. 

Communion Service on the first Sundays of Jan., 
Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service. 



LECTURE RECITAL. We take pleasure in 
announcing to our friends a delightful surprise in store 
for them on March 15. Miss Helen A. Brooks, of 
Boston, will give her unique and charming illustrated 
Lecture Recital on "Old French and English Dances," 
in Maugus Hall, on the evening of that date, at 7.45. 
Tickets, 50 cents. On sale at Wellesley Hills Post 
Office, and also at Wellesley Hills Drug Store. 

THE JUNIOR ALLIANCE connected with the 
Unitarian Church of Wellesley Hills meets every 
Saturday morning from 8.45 to 9.45. There are ahout 
thirty members, all of whom are also memijers of the 
Sunday School. The work now going on is the mak- 
ing of wrappers and dresses for the Floating Hospital 
of Boston. The officers are as follows: Miss Laura 
G. Dillaway, President; Florence Hyde, Secretary; and 
Lydia Priest, Treasurer. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL COMMITTEE, through 
its secretary, sent out notices to the officers and 
teachers of the school of a meeting with Col. Clarke, 
the superintendent, to take place on the evening of 
Thursday, Feb. 17. The meeting was called for the 
purpose of considering and taking action upon some 
items of business pertaining to the school. On coming 
together these matters of business occupied the earlier 
part of the evening. At a later hour the company was 
socially entertained by Mrs. Clarke, and this became 
the pleasant feature up to the hour of adjournment. 

THE UNION MEETING, which had been 
announced in the previous number of our paper, was 
held agreeably to announcement, but was of a differ- 
ent nature from what was at first proposed. The near 
approach in time to Washington's Birthday suggested 
our making it a patriotic service, and this course was 
accordingly followed. At a time when we could appro- 
propriately make patriotism the theme of our thoughts 
and our prayers, we met together and sought to involve 
its spirit amongst us. The meeting opened with a de- 
votional service which was followed by addresses from 
Mr. J. K. Richardson, who spoke to us of Lincoln, 
and Col. Albert Clarke who made an address on 
Washington. The evening was stormy and the rain 
and the icy condition of the streets and sidewalks 
kept many away, but those who came were apprecia- 
tive and grateful hearers of the addresses that were 
given, and by their presence and united voice in sacred 
song made our union service enjoyable and a blessing 
pon our hearts and lives. 



( 7.30 A. M. 
\ 10.30 A. M. 

9.30 A. M. 



St. Hn^rcv?'s Cburcb 

Organized, 1891. 

REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 
10.30 Morning Prayer. 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 
12.00 Sunday School. 
Holy Communion 
First Sunday in the Month, 
Third Sunday, 

THURSDAY 
2.30 Woman's Auxiliary. 

SATURDAY 
2.30 Ministering Children's League. 
7.45 Girls' Friendly Society. 

Seats free. All welcome. 

HYMNALS WITH MUSIC. To improve the 
music of the church we need a church organ. Next 
to that we ought to have hymnals with music in order 
that those of the congregation who can sing may 
have the notes of the hymns before them. About 
forty dollars would cover this second need. Why 
might it not be made a special offering for Easter .'' 

THE SEASON OF LENT. The real purpose of 
Lent is to emphasize the value of personal holiness. 
It bids us focus our attention upon this one fact. It 
makes the thought of sin prominent because sin is the 
foe of holiness. Sin must be expelled that the true 
life of the soul may have power to expand unhamp- 
ered. Lent, therefore, is a spiritual opportunity. Its 
frequent services are intended to impress the need of 
prayer and self-denial and a deeper consecration. 

GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY. The members 
of the society who live in Wellesley gave an entertain- 
ment on the fifth in return for an entertainment by the 
members from Wellesley Hills. "Mrs. Jarley's Wax 
Works" was presented under the direction of the 
associates. All the characters were admiral>ly ncted, 
and afforded considerable amusement. On Satuidav, 
the 19th, there was a garden party. During Lent the 
Branch will sew for Indian missions. Services with 
brief addresses will be held in the chapel, and a 
singing class will be formed to study church music. 

LENTEN SERVICES. First in importance 
comes the Holy Communion ; on the first .Sunday in 
the month at 7.30 and 10.30 a. m.; second and fourth 
Sundays, 7.30 a. m.; third Sunday, 9.30 A. M. 

At evening prayer on Sundays, a course of sermons 
will be delivered by different preachers. The general 
title of the course will be "Hindrances in the Christian 
Life" with the following preachers and special topics: 
Feb. 27, Rev. W. E. Hayes, "Love of Ease and 
Luxury;" March 6, Rev. H. W. Wells, "Worldliness;" 
March 13, Rev. H. U. Munro, "Indefiniteness of Aim;" 
March 20, Rev. W. H. Williams, "Lack of Faith — 
Unbelief;" March 27, Rev. G. W. Shinn, D. D., 
"Imperfect Assimilation of New Scientific Truth;" 
April 3, Rev. John Matteson, "Divisions Among 
Christian People." 

At the Friday evening services at 7.15 , the preachers 
are as follows: March 4, Rev. A. E. George, South 
Boston; March 18, Rev. H. W. Wells, Waltham; 
March 25, Rev. C. W. Duane, Boston; April i. Rev. 
A. P. Greenleaf, Everett. The Rev. Prof. H. S. 
Nash, D. D., of Cambridge, who was to have come 
March ii, has changed to Thursday in Holy Week. 



OUR TOWN 



St. /Kjarp's (Xbuicb 

Organized 1812. 

REV. H. USHER MONRO, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

9.30 Sunday School. 
10.45 Morning Prayer and Sermon. 
4.30 Evening Prayer and Address. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the month, 10.45 ^- ^^• 
All other Sundays, 8.45 A. M. 

Special Festivals, 9.00 A. M. 

Choir rehearsals, Tuesdays and P'ridays. 

LENT is an old English word meaning spring. It 
began by a fast of forty hours. This fast was gradu- 
ally increased until about the fifth century it was kept 
for six weeks, thirty-si.x days with the Sundays omitted. 

FRIDAY EVENINGS in Lent, several visiting 
clergymen will preach in St. Mary's. March 11, Rev. 
E. A. Rand of Watertown; March iS, Rev. Lucian 
W. Rogers of St. James church, Roxbury. Others 
may be announced as they are able to fix their dates 
and come. 

BIP.LE LECTURES. The Rector of St. Mary's 
is giving on Thursday evenings during Lent a course 
of lectures on the Bible. His desire is to help the 
teachers of the Sunday school and all those who may 
wish to have more information about the origin and 
formation of the sacred Canon. These lectures are 
very simple, mainly outlining the work which Biblical 
scholars have done or are doing in studying the past 
history of the Scriptures. They are designed to fur- 
ther a general interest in Biblical study among the 
parishioners, and to gain some knowledge of what con- 
servative critics think is the true literary history of 
the l:iible. 

LENTEN SERVICES. The Rector of St. Mary's 
has made provision for services to be held during 
each week in Lent on Wednesdays at 4.30 p. m., and 
on Fridays at 7.30 p. m. On Sunday afternoons, until 
Holy Week, there will be a course of six special ser- 
mons on the theme "Hindrances in the Christian 
Life." On Feb. 27, the Rector spoke upon the topic, 
"Indefiniteness of Aim;" March 6, Rev. Wm. H. 
Williams will speak on "Lack of Faith;" March 13, 
Rev. (ieorge W. Shinn, D. D., "Imperfect Assimila- 
tion of New Scientific Truth;" March 20, Rev. John 
Matteson, "Divisions among Christians;" March 27, 
Rev. Wm. Y.. Haves, "Love of Ease and Luxurv;" 
April 3, Rev. H. W. Wells, "Worldliness" The pub- 
lic is cordially invited to attend these services. 

MISSIONARY MEETING. The parish is to be 
visited on the evening of Tuesday, March 15. by Rev. 
I. H. Van Buren, Archdeacon of Lowell. The arch- 
deaconry takes its name from the principal city within 
its jurisdiction. There are five archdeaconries in the 
Diocese of Massachusetts. In this way the mission- 
ary work of the Episcopal church is extended and car- 
ried on. Arch^'eacon Van Buren has charge of the 
missionary work within the ('ouniy of Middlesex and 
part of Suffolk. It is hoped that a large audience will 
gather at St. Mary's to hear the Archdeacon's 
address. There will l:)e no collection taken. The pur 
pose of the meeting is to increase our knowledge of 
the missionary work and to excite our interest in those 
needing the ministration of the Gospel. 



WELLESLEY HELLS SCHOOL 

A select and limited school for girls. 

Fits for Wellesley and other colleges. 

Special classes for those not desiring a college 

course. 
For catalogue and all information, address the 
Principal, 

Miss SARAH E. LAUGHTON, 

Wellesley Hills. 



MIS3 GERTRUDE HOUSTON NYE 

Teacher of Piano and Harmony, 

South Natick, Mass, 
REFERENCES— 

Miss Eastman, [ Wellesley. 

Miss Sarah P. Eastman, ) 

Miss Sarah E. Laughton, Wellesley Hills. 



FRED H. YOUNG 

Teacher of Pianoforte, Organ and Harmony. 
Post Office Box 207, 

Wellesley Hills. 

PROFESSIONAL TUTORING 



Miss Grace B. Townsend, Wellesley '9fi, approved by the 
Departments of Mathematics, Latin and (Ireek, of Wellesley Col- 
lege, solicits tutoring in these subjects. Miss Townsend will make 
special arrangements for those desiring instruction during vacation 
and for students wishing to meet her in Boston. For terras, refer- 
ences, etc., address Wellesley Hilis, Mass. 



niSS SUSAN SHARP PRATT 

Vocal Instruction. 

Wellesley Hills. 



DANA HALL SCHOOL- WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

Special advantages in the Modern Languages, 
Music and Art. 

For circulars address the Principals, 

JULIA A. EASTMAN, 
SARAH P. EASTMAN. 



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IN GENERAL. 

The Home Culture Club. 

The promoters of the Home Culture Club, having 
learned with surprise and regret that the movement is 
regarded in certain quarters as an encroachment upon 
the prerogatives of an existing organization, and wish- 
ing to discountenance any such impression as incon- 
sistent with the spirit and plan of the contemplated 
work, have decided to abandon the project and take 
this means to so notify all of those interested. 



An Opportunity for Manual Training:. 

The Carpentry and Carving Class for boys began 
on February 26, and will continue each Saturday 
afternoon, at 1.45 o'clock, in the McClellan building, 
on Wellesley Square. The Director will give special 
supervision to each boy's work, so that one who has 
aptitude can have all the advantage of his talent, and 
one who has not can receive the help he needs. The 
benches are the regular Sloyd benches. The tools 
are of the best quality, and will be distributed at the 
shop. A certain number will be the property of the 
pupil, and others will be provided for general use of 
the whole class, without charge. Application for 
admission to the class can be made to Rev. Edward 
A. Benner, or at the shop during class hours. 



Wellesley Boys* Club. 

The Club has enjoyed a most interesting and varied 
program during the past two months. Talks have 
been given by Mr. G. A. Ross and Miss Annie Sco- 
ville on various phases of life among the Indians. 
Miss Fisher, of the College, has exhibited a choice 
collection of stereopticon views of Russia; Principal 
Brown, of the High School, has given an evening of 
humorous readings; Dr. Roberts, of the College, has 
instructed the Club with chemical experiments at the 
College Lal)oratory; and Mr. Chandler has given a 
stereopticon lecture on "India," from which about $18. 
was cleared for the treasury. 

The Club has purchased seven weekly and monthly 
periodicals, owns a number of games, and has begun 
to build up a library of the best books. All boys 
between fourteen and twenty years of age are eligible 
for membership, and can apply on any Thursday even- 
ing at the Club rooms, in the Wellesley Congrega- 
tional Church. 



Wellesley College Lectures. 

During the month of March lectures will be given 
in the Chapel of Wellesley College as follows: — 

Saturday, March 12, at 7.30 p. m.. Rev. J. Thomp- 
son Cole, Secretary of the Episcopal Church Mission- 
ary Society. Subject: "Japan." Mr. Cole will also 
preach in the College Chapel the following Sunday at 
II A. M. Monday, March 14, at 7.30 P. m , Miss Isa- 
bel F. Hapgood. Subject: "Russian Life." Miss 
Hapgood is widely known as a translator of Russian 
books and is thoroughly conversant with Russian 
topics. Saturday, March 19, at 3.20 p. m., Miss Lucia 
T. Ames. Subject: "John Ruskin." Miss Ames is a 
member of the Twentieth Century Club and lectures 



frequently on literary, social and art topics. Monday, 
March 28, at 7.30 p. M., Arthur R. Marsh, Assistant 
Professor of Comparative Literature in Harvard 
University. Subject not as yet announced. 

Readers of OUR TOWN are cordially invited to 
attend these lectures and to extend the invitation to 
their friends and neighbors, who would be interested 
in the subjects presented. It is well known that the 
Chapel barely affords space for the full number of the 
faculty and students, but the College seeks to put at 
the disposal of others seats which are not needed for 
its own members on the occasions specified. 



Wellesley Hills W. C. T. U. 

The regular meeting of the Wellesley Hills Wom- 
an's Christian Temperance Union was held Feb. 25, 
at the residence of Mrs. Albert Clarke. Sixteen were 
present. A portion of the hour was given to services 
in memory of the late Frances E. Willard, whose 
death has cast a shadow of sorrow over all parts of 
the world. 




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NEAR WELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE. 

W. D. WILSON 

F».A.INXER .. A-ND .. DECORA.XOR 

A Large Stock of Wall Papers ... A Fine 
Line OF Cartridge Papers OF ALL Colors, 
with borders to match ... also picture 
Mouldings, Hooks, Cords, Etc 

Shop rear of McLeod's Block - 



Wellesley Hills 



C A. FREEMAN & CO. 

Manufacturers of 

Patent Door and Window Screens 

SCREENING OF GOOD CLASS 
DWELLINGS A SPECIALTY ... 

Difficult work solicited. Repairing: done* 

Estimates on opplication. 

Orders Promptly Attended to. 
Factory and P. O. Address ~ 

WESTON, MASS. 



STORY & CUTTER 

Successors to 

C. W. PEiRRY 

DRUGGISTS 

Wellesley - - Mass. 



Wn. E. GLOVER 

FISH ff AND 5r OYSTERS 

Hotel Block - West Newton 

WELLESLEY ROUTES TUESDAYS AND 

THURSDAYS OF EACH WEEK. 

C. H. DADMUN JOHN BENSON G. FRANK MORTON 

Phillips (]ompany 

Successors TO 

FREEMAN PHILLIPS 
CARPENTER . AND . BUILDER 

Jobbing attended to promptly. 
Plons estimoted. 

Shop, Forest Street, 

P. O. Box 292. WELLESLEY HILLS. 

ROBINSON & EATON 

Real .. Estate .. and .. Insurance 

"Wellesley Hills. 

The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 
EDWARD H. WIS WALL, M. D. 
Waban St., Wellesley. Superintendent. 

ELM PARK- Wellesley Hills 

First-Class Family Hotel 

JUNCTION WASHINGTON & WORCESTER STS 

STEXn HEAT. EXCELLENT TABLE. 
SPACIOUS QROUNDS. STABLE, ETC. 

Several Desirable Rooms to Let for Winter 

or Year 

ICE CREAM AND FROZEN PUDDING MADE 

TO ORDER 



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PEOPLE'S STEAM LAUNDRY 

ESTABLISHED 1886 

A first-class Laundry with every facility 
for doing: first-class work. Special attention 
gfiven to Gents' Custom Dress Shirts and 
Ladies' Shirt "Waists and White Dresses. 

EDWA-RD KITCH Is our agent 
for AA^ellesley liills, and M. L. 
FLA.GG Is agent for Wellesley. 

D. A. MAHONY & SONS, Props., 

7 & 9 Common St., Natick. 

MERRITTS- KEITH 

Dealer in Provisions ... Fresh and 
Smoked Fish ... Oysters in their 
Season ... Fresh Fruits and Vege- 
tables. 
WELLESLEY HILLS. 

GEO. N. SMITH 

Insurance Agent and Auctioneer 

Wellesley Nursery Co. 
HcLeod's Block - Wellesley Hills. 




TdtmONt CoNNtcnoHS. 



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BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS. 

FINE, FRESH VERMONT BUTTER, 
DIRECT FROn/l CREAMERIES. 
STRICTLY FRESH EGGS A SPE- 
CIALTY. 

VERflONT DAIRY CO., NEWTONVILLE 
W. E. HAMILTON, Prop. 

"Wellosley rotite every TvIONDA-Y. 



The Wellesley Tea Room 



Meals served (i la carte. 
Maryland biscuit a specialty. 



MISS M. L. MORAN 

DRESSMAKING 

S. T, TAYLOR SYSTEM USED 



ROOM 2, Shaw Building, 



WELLESLEY. 



HRS. H. E. CURRIER. 

''SOROSIS" BOOTS. 

Agent for 

LEIANDO'S DYE HOUSE 

and 

OLD STATES ISLAND DYEING 
ESTABLISHMENT. 

F. Diehl, Jr. & Co., 
LIVERY & BOARDING STABLE 

Central Street, Wellesley. 
nEET ALL TRAINS. TELEPHONE No. 16-2. 

F. O. CRIPPS 

DEALER IN CIGARS, TOBACCO AND 
SMOKERS' articles; LIGHT 
HARDWARE, PAINTS, OILS, VAR- 
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PARTRIDGE'S BLOCK, WELLESLEY 

Wellesley Hills Pharmacy 

PRESCRIPTIONS 

A 

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Wellesley, Wellesley College, Wellesley 
Hills, Wellesley Farms, Woodland and 
Waban 



EXPRESS 



Boston Offices: 174 Washington, 15 Devonshire, 105 Arch and 

77 Kingston Streets. 

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JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 



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Real Estote and Insurance Agent 
Auctioneer and Conveyancer 



SERVICES RENDERED IN THE ADMINISTRA- 
TION AND SETTLEMENT OF ESTATES. 



WELLESLEY. flASS. 



APRIL, 1898 



Volume I Number 4 



5 cents a copy 
25 cents a year 



CONTENTS 



Albert B. Vorse 

Williain E- Hayes 

Edward H. Chandler 

Isaac Sprague 



Public Spirit • 

Conscience in Office • 

The Annual Town Meeting 

Beautifying: the Town 

Church News 

Welleslcy Congregfational Church 
Wellesley Hills Congfregfationol Church 
Wellesley Hilk Unitarian Society 
St. Andrew^s Church • 
St, Mary^s Church 

Wellesley College Notes 



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4 
4 
5 

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8 
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9 
10 



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CHARLES XI. EA^TON, Publisher 
Wellesley Hills, Mass. 



OUR TOWN 




THE WI'I.IESI^EY SPECIAL 

A HIGH GRADE WHEEL FOR $65 

FOR LADY OR GENTLEMAN 
BUILT JUST AS YOU WAST IT 
Ai! kinds of repairing promptly and skillfully done at 
lowest prices, and work guaranteed. WiieeJs cleaned and 
adjusted. Bicycles to rent. 



AGENT3 FOR THE ORIENT 

J. HUBER & CO., 

Cottage St. = Wellesley. 




RIDGE HILL FARHS DAIRY 

Successors to John Law- 
son AT Wellesley Hills 

MORNING DELIVERY— All Milk ond 
Cream Guaronteed Sweet from one Delivery 
to the next. 

TELEPHONE 23 3 

VISITORS ARE WELCOME AT ALL TIMES 

Wellesley mail address : 

M. G. SMITH, Supt. 

The Subscriber will do Small 
Repairing sucli as Soldering 

Tins, Mending Umbrellas, 

Small Furniture, etc. 

AH Orders must be sent by Mail to 
Receive Attention. 

FRANCIS W. UNDERWOOD, 

WELLESLEY HILLS. 



FREDERICK L. DIEHL, Jr. 

BLACKSniTH 

Carriage, Wagon, Sleigh Work and Jobbing 
Special Attention given to Over-reaching, Interfering 
and Tender-footed Horses. 



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BOSTONIAN, $40 
S. GOLDTHWAITE, AGENT. - WELLESLEY. 

Write for Special Inducements. 

W. W. McLEOD 

SOLE AGENT FOR WELLESLEY 

FOR THE 

CELEBRATED KING ARTHUR FLOUR. 



Are you in the market for a bicycle? 

Have you seen my list and prices? You will make a mistake if you buy elsewhere. 
Agent for Wellesley and Wellesley Hills for 

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Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the. first 
of each month. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Elwa'-d H. Chandler, Welleslev. 

Publisher, Charles M. Enon, WoUeslcy Hills. 

Advertising Agent, Alex E. Wight, Wellesley Hills. 

Subscriptioas mav be left at Flagg's News Stand or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Wellesley; Mrs. Ilsley's, Wellesley Hills, or at the 
Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Wellesley Hills Post 
Office. 



HIS MONUMENT 

Henry Fowle Durant 
1S22-1881 

Abiding as the pyramids it stands — 

His monument tliat does not bear his name. 
This loftier pharos lit with learning's flame 

Whose radiance gladdens earth's remotest lands. 

It was not builded by reluctant hands 

To publish to mankind a despot's fame 

And taunt the children with their father's shame. 

So vast a labor only love commands. 

Where many fail in life wouldst thou succeed 

Superior to hate or accident.' 
Efface thyself when thou hast done thy deed; 

Let the delight of doing thee content. 
Not thee but thine the generations' need; 

Their betterment becomes thy monument. 

EDWARD N. POMEROY. 



PUBLIC SPIRIT 

WHEN we say of men that tliey are 
public-spirited we mean by it that they 
have at heart the public good, and 
stand- ready in that spirit to do it service. 
Not only are they citizens, with all that this 
implies in rights and privileges to themselves, 
they are also men who feel an interest in 
what concerns the common welfare. They 
will use even the most private right of the 
citizen with some reference to the erood of 
all. The idea we have of the public spirit 
is that it gives us the man of a broad and 
generous purpose in his relations to the life 
abotit him. As between one motive and 
another in a choice of things he puts aside 
the selfish motive and acts from the one that 
takes in the thought of his relations to others. 
He puts himself on the side of his duty to his 
fellow-men. He prefers the good of the 
state or the nation to any profit that should 
limit itself to his own personal advantage. 
Always present with him is this larger 
motive that reaches beyond his OAvn private 
and personal gain, and which creates in him 



the wish to be of true service to the public. 

In the possession of such an influence, one 
has the strongest of inducements for giving 
the right value to his privilege in any direc- 
tion as a citizen and neighbor. He has this 
strong motive of the man who is seeking the 
good of ail in his use of that privilege. Un- 
der it he is made to feel the true significance 
of his right to vote. If he is called to hold 
office, he accepts the trust as an opportunity 
to be of service to the public. He brings 
with him the sincere and ardent Vv^ish to be 
of true and genuine service in the trust that 
is placed in his hands. No reward crosses 
his mind like that of seeing the good in 
which all can share proceeding from his 
labor and influence. Not only is he a citizen 
and active, it may be, in a citizen's oppor- 
tunity, but he is a good and trustworthy citi- 
zen and man. His heart is set on doing right, 
and "as God gives him to see the right," he 
will incline to walk. 

The public spirit is in a true sense the right 
spirit enthroned, whether in man or the work 
that falls to his hands to be done. And since 
it is the spirit of one that has at heart the 
public good, it creates in him the desire to 
overcome evils that exist, to correct wrongs, 
and to bring about a happier condition of 
human welfare in the community and the 
world. In its exercise and use we are ever 
on the way to better things. We have known 
its power in some time of special need ; we 
have seen it rise in its strength, like a giant 
out of sleep, and overturn some giant evil 
that had rooted itself in the laud, hitherto 
mocking our vain attempts at its overthrow. 

As often as public spirit exerts its power 
in this fashion over the evils of the world, 
our faith in the power of light over darkness 
and of the good over evil is made stronger. 
There may be a good in arriving at the good 
by some such means, and yet we have the 
feeling that a greater good would come of a 
more uniform exercise of public spirit in deal- 
ing with and driving out the evils, great and 
small, which are known to exist anywhere 
amongst us. The need is a more uniform and 

.... -J 

constant application of public spirit to the 
work of reform. It ought not to require a 
crisis to arouse it and induce it to show its 
power. It ought to be a daily and hourly 
influence in our midst, and it will be, when- 
ever we get beyond thinking and living 
within a narrow sphere of selfhood and "are 
at heart seeking the good of all. 

A. B. V. 



OUR TOWN 



CONSCIENCE IN OFFICE 

POLITICAL life furnishes many instances 
in which office-seekers make promises to 
the public which they do not intend to 
keep. These promises are made in order to 
secure votes ; that is their sole motive. If 
the candidate is successful, he very soon for- 
gets that the people have put him into the 
office to promote their interests. He is there 
primarily to promote his own interests. 

Of course if he expects to be re-elected he 
cannot be altogether false to his trust. He 
must at least make a show of serving the 
public. But this is all secondary, a means 
to an end. The end is himself, — a love of 
power and perquisites. 

How does an office-holder escape his 
responsibility to his constituents ? By a very 
simjde process. He is a member of a politi- 
cal corpoi'ation, and corporations have no 
souls. He can very easily pretend that he 
has fought hard to get a certain bill passed, 
when in reality he either voted against it or 
even strongly opposed it. What does the 
"dear public" know about it ? It is so easy to 
go to one's constituents and say "I tried to 
put the thing through, but the other fellows 
didn't want it." Who is the wiser ? No one 
can disprove the statement. 

This shouldering off of obligations upon 
one's colleagues is a constant temptation in 
political life. Men who only obey their con- 
sciences when they know they will get into 
serious trouble if they don't, tind it very easy 
to screen their actions behind a corporation. 
There are two remedies for this sort of dis- 
honesty. One is to elect men of well-known 
integrity, regardless of political party, on the 
ground of fitness for office. The other is to 
publish all the proceedings of corporation 
meetings with the names of the mover attached 
to each motion. Hold nothing secret which 
the people have a right to know. 

It is not possible to apply these remedies 
in all cases, in the present condition of poli- 
tics, but it is good for all public-spirited citi- 
zens to keep them in mind. When the people 
themselves want the best men, who will ren- 
der a faithful account of their actions, they 
will get them. It may be a far-off ideal, but 
numerous signs show we are approaching it. 

At the last election in Waltham, for 
instance, the independent candidate, a lawyer 
of high reputation and ability, with an hon- 
orable record of service in many public posi- 
tions, won more votes than the candidates of 



the two political parties put together. This 
is a great triumph for clean politics. The 
people wanted the man who would serve 
them and they got him. What was accom- 
plished in Waltham is possible in every town 
in this state and this country. May the day 
hasten when triumphs of good over evil like 
this will be the rule rather than the excep- 
tion. Then we shall have a free country that 
is really free, rather than the place of corrupt 
misrule. w. e. h. 



THE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 

4 ^nnOWN meetin's the mos' dimmycratic 
I kind of a meetin' there is," said one 
of our fellow-citizens the other day, 
and he bit it about right, as he often does. 
It is the glory of this venerable New England 
institution that it gives every citizen a fair 
chance to take a hand in the government of 
his own community. May it never become 
aristocratic, or autocratic, or plutocratic, but 
stay where it is, — just "dimmycratic." 

The Wellesley annual town meeting is a 
good representative of its class. It is intelli- 
gently conducted, well attended, and com- 
mands the respect of the citizens. Nothing 
could be better than the eminently fair and 
gentlemanly manner of the Moderators, 
whose sei'vices the town is so fortunate as to 
be able to obtain. Both of the gentlemen 
who have been of late years serving in this 
office give thereby an excellent example of 
good citizenship. Their own high character 
guarantees the tone of the meeting from the 
s'^art, and they seem to have the fullest con- 
fidence of all classes of our citizens. 

It is interesting to note also the confidence 
reposed in the Appropriation Committee, 
whose recommendations to the amount of 
over ^78,000 were accepted almost without 
discussion. It has not always been possible 
to dispose of all the annual appropriations, 
comprising more than one-half the articles of 
the Warrant, in twenty-three minutes. But 
this was the record of the recent meeting, 
and it shows that the citizens, after having 
appointed a committee of intelligent and 
honest men to decide how, on the whole, the 
money of tha town, available for public 
uses, ought to be spent, are willing to lay 
aside personal prejudices and accept their 
judgment. " 

Of course evei'y one of us knows just how 
to improve these appropriations. The writer 
wishes devoutly that the town would make 
provision for carting off his furnace ashes, 



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and would spend a little money in beautify- 
ing the tract of town property surrounding 
the engine-house overlooked by his study 
window. Nearly every house-owner could 
give the town a few points on sidewalk 
improvements, or better lighting, or some- 
thing else equally virtuous in its intent. But 
any lack is better than that lack of public 
spirit sometimes shown by citizens when 
assembled together, who mistrust each other 
and wrangle most unworthily, each one 
solely in the interest of his own important 
self- 

The Committee on Construction of Build- 
ings did not get such fair treatment. It 
reported certain By-laws for the proper regu- 
lation of future building in the town. They 
seem, to a lay mind, to be, on the whole, 
desirable regulations. At any rate, if they 
are not, their particular mistakes ought to be 
pointed out, for it is high time that Wellesley 
should protect itself from poorly-constructed 
buildings and fire-traps. Those who live in 
the "syndicate" houses could a tale unfold in 
this matter. To have such a report curtly 
dismissed, without the slightest argument on 
its merits, seemed uuAvorthy of the Welles- 
ley town meeting. 

In the election of the chief executive 
ofticers our citizens seem to have had their 
greatest difficulty in being true to a high 
standard of citizenship, and that accounts 
for the unsatisfactoriness of the present situ- 
ation. Here, if anywhere, the trail of the 
serpent is visible. The toAvn deserves and 
ought to have, as public officials, men 
who regard their office as something to do 
and not as something to get, who take office 
at the request of their fellows and not at 
their own, who use their official opportunity 
not to pay debts or advance the value of 
their stock, or bring some petty political 
influence to a ring, but simply and solely for 
the highest moral as well as material welfare 
of the whole people within their jurisdiction. 
In so far as the newly-elected town officers 
meet this higher standard they deserve the 
most cordial support. And to just the extent 
that they deliberately refuse to recognize 
this standard ought they to receive the 
merited rebuke of their townsmen. It is 
hard to have patience with citizens who, 
knowing the utterly demoralizing effect of 
self-interest when it is the governing princi- 
ple of an official's actions, will continue to 
vote for those who are openly and avowedly 
"on the make." 



It is a matter of congratulation that the 
sentiment in favor of pure and true citizen- 
ship is strong and active in Wellesley. 
When we are gathered in town meeting 
there is no Kepublican or Democrat or Pop- 
ulist. The bond that unites us all is our 
loyalty to a peculiarly attractive territory 
and to a body of citizens second to none in 
the best qualities of high character and pub- 
lic spirit. E. H. c. 

BEAUTIFYING THE TOWN 

THE broad lines on which the beautifying 
of our town should proceed have already 
been indicated through the good taste 
and good judgement of its townspeople, past 
and present. Wellesley is already an attrac- 
tive town. This is not on account of espe- 
cially remarkable scenery. The landscape 
is a typical New England one, dryer of soil 
and less luxuriant of vegetation than the 
surrounding country, with a few hills, three 
or four small lakes and ponds, a bit of river, 
and a considerable expanse of poorly-grown 
woodland. Many a town Avith far greater 
natural beauty is still less attractive. 

Nor is Wellesley's beauty due to architec- 
tural effect or landscape gardening. There 
are but few noteworthy buildings in the 
town, and, with prominent exceptions, the 
possibilities of the gardener's art are appar- 
ently not realized. Again, other towns sur- 
pass in these ways. 

The charm of Wellesley and the attrac- 
tiveness of the town as a home are results of 
the absence of objectionable features. 
Except in one corner of the town there are 
no factories to spoil earth, air and water with 
their waste, and humanity with confinement 
and crowding. The hand of the cheap devel- 
oper of land has not shown itself, except in 
one remote section. There are no tenement 
houses, no quarters where, for the sake of 
cheapness, wretched dwellings are huddled 
closely on unhealthy ground, generating dis- 
ease and crime. There is no public sale of 
intoxicating drink. 

It is true that the forest growth is being 
relentlessly cut off far in advance of the 
demand for building. It is true also that in 
some places building has been done into 
which the speculative element has entered 
so much as to cause the welfare and beauty 
of the town to be overlooked. Such things 
must be expected in any community of this 
period. It is fortunate that more serious 



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injury has not been worked. 

The first duty then o£ the good citizens who 
have the beaut}' of the town at heart is to 
fischt strenuously asrainst the admission of 
anything that will injure what now exists. 
The addition of new beauties coines second. 

The importance of such effort is realized 
best by observing how closely the natural 
beauty of the town is allied with the health 
and happiness of the people. Work for the 
one object must also aid the other. 

The beauty of the town is threatened today, 
more seriously than by anything else, by such 
real estate transactions as have recently taken 
place near the Hemlock Gorge, where natur- 
ally beautiful country has been cut up into 
minute lots, and sold in such a way that a 
development in harmony with the rest of the 
town is not probable. An extension of such 
transactions would be a menace to the wel- 
fare of the town in more ways than one. 

Public-spirited townspeople can do a good 
•work, perhaps without assuming serious 
risk, by getting control of tracts likely to be 
so cut up, and putting them to more appro- 
priate \ise. Action of this kind, together 
with the purchase and improvement of 
neglected real estate, gives the principal 
opportunity for individual efforts. The pub- 
lic sentiment of the people must be relied on 
to prevent other disfigurements, and must 
therefore be diligently cultivated. 

While the preservation of what Wellesley 
now has is the first thing to be considered, 
there is no lack of opportunity for improve- 
ment and addition. 

The roads of the town are well kept and 
clean, and the people of today are getting 
the benefit of the good work done by the 
Village Improvement Society of a generation 
ago, in planting roadside trees. The time is 
near when the roads must be rebuilt, and in 
some cases widened and straightened. 
Washington street should have immediate 
attention. While the process of changing is 
not beautiful, the result will be a decided 
gain. 

The planting of roadside trees should con- 
tinue, and more diversity in the varieties 
chosen will be desirable. 

There has been great improvement in the 
neatness of the roads, and especially the 
roadsides, within a few years, but there is 
still room for advance. The same is true of 
the other public grounds of the town. This 
comment of course does not include the 
admirably planned and cared-for grounds of 



the beautiful Town Hall and Library, — a 
thing apart and beyond criticism. 

The railroad stations and their surround- 
ings, in so many places eyesores, are here 
positive additions to the beauty of the town, 
and much needed object lessons to the towns- 
people in the use of ornamental shrubbery. 

The private estates in Wellesley range 
from the simplest to the most complete 
examples of landscape art. The great major- 
ity of the townspeople occupy homes of 
moderate cost, with neatly kept grounds, in 
most cases strikingly devoid of ornamental 
vegetation. With so much beauty of leaf 
and fiower so easily available as is now the 
case, it is too bad that more use is not made 
of it. Here is an opportunity for anyone to 
add to the beauty of the town. There need 
be no fear of too abundant vegetation in 
Wellesley's dry soil. 

The few prominent features of Wellesley's 
landscape have been previously alluded to. 
Several of them are worthy of public pres- 
ervation. The hills and forests are probably 
not of sufficient importance to warrant this, 
the exception being Maugus Hill, where the 
tract now owned by the town might perhaps 
be enlarged to public advantage. As the 
stretch of Charles Iliver at the east end of 
the town will probably be controlled by the 
Metropolitan Park Commissioners, who have 
already taken the Hemlock Gorge, Welles- 
ley's opportunity lies in hearty co-operation 
with this Board. At the other end of the 
town the exceptionally beautiful bit of river 
should be kept in mind, and control of its 
shore acquired as soon as possible. 

Public control of Lake Waban's shores 
could add nothing to its beauty. The enjoy- 
ment of that beauty by the people would be 
much promoted by public access at some con- 
venient point. The distance of Morse's 
Pond from the centres of population makes 
it less immediately important than other 
bodies of water, although not less beautiful. 

Longfellow's Pond, with Rosemary Brook, 
should be owned by the town; both on 
account of its proximity to the water supply, 
and because it is of great natural beauty and 
easily available for public use. 

P"'uller Brook, with its tributaries and the 
marshes which it drains, should be acquired 
by the town. As the control of this brook 
and the proper use of its shores will materi- 
ally affect the health, happiness and beauty 
of the town, it should receive first attention. 

ISAAC SPEAGUE. 



OUR TOWN 



lIGicliCQic^ Conoreaational Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 179S. Incorporated, Fel). i6, 1891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 
10.30 Morning Worship. 
11.55 Sunday School and Adult Bible Class. 

3.30 Junior C. E. Society. 

6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 

7.15 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Woman's Union. 

FRIDAY 

7.30 Mid-week Service. 

WEEKLY CALENDARS, A cordial response 
has been made to the request for special gifts, and 
Calendars will be provided for the rest of the year. 

PULPIT EXCHANGE. The Pastor will exchange 
pulpits on one of the last two Sundays of April with 
Dr. F. E. Sturgis of Natick. 

A BIRD TALK. Professor Angle C. Chapin of 
the College will address the Woman's Union on 
Wednesday, April 27th, at four o'clock, on "Birds." 
All ladies are invited. 

EASTER SUNDAY. The choir, re-enforced by 
additional singers, is preparing an unusually attractive 
program of Easter music. There will be an Easter 
sermon in the morning and a Sunday School concert 
in the afternoon. 

CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION. It has been 
decided by the Committee in charge to hold the formal 
celebration of the Centennial of this Church on Sun- 
day, the 25th of September, and Monday the 26th. 
Sunday will be given up to historical and reminiscent 
addresses by those who have been connected with the 
Church. On Monday there will be an oration, followed 
by a banquet and after-dinner speeches. Probably 
there will be some observance, in addition, of Tues- 
day, September 6th, the anniversary of the date of 
organization. 

SPECIAL SERVICES. A series of special ser- 
vices for the week before Easter has been arranged as 
follows: Monday, April 4, 7.30 P. M., a general ser- 
vice; subject, "The barren fig tree." Tuesday, 4.00 
p. M., a service for women; subject, "The last day of 
teaching." Wednesday, 7.15 P. M., a service for 
young people; subject, "Why was Jesus crucified?" 
Thursday, 7.30 p. M., celebration of the Lord's Supper 
in the Church. Friday, 7.30 p. M., a special Good 
Friday service ; subject, "The glorified cross." The 
Pastor will give a brief address at each service. 

BIBLE STUDY. The Pastor's Bible Class will 
begin again on Wednesday evening, April 13th, and 
continue for ten weeks. The general subject will be 
"The Character and Contents of the Literature of the 
Bible," and the subjects for the different evenings 
will be: I. Principles of Interpretation; 2. The Hexa- 
terich ; 3. Old Testament History; 4. Prophets and 
Prophecy; 5. Hebrew Poetry; 6. The Wisdom Lit- 
erature; 7. The Remaining Old Testament Books; 
8. The Gospels; 9. The Apostolic Church; 10. The 
Revelation. This class is open freely to all who will 
come. It will begin at 7.45 o'clock. 



Jfirst Conoreoational Cbuvcb in 
Melleslc^ Ibills 

Organized, February 24, 1847. 

REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

3.15 Junior Christian Endeavor. 

4.00 Adult Bible Classes. 

7.00 Union Service in charge of Y. P. S. C. E. 
TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 
Communion Services on the first Sundays of Jan., 
March, May, Sept., and Nov., at morning service. 

EASTER SERVICES. Sunday morning and even- 
ing of April loth, there will be special music and 
addresses appropriate to the occasion. 

SUNDAY EVENING. Special attention is called 
to the service to be held on the evening of April 17 th, 
when a very interesting speaker will address us upon 
the work in New England among the French Canadians. 

MEN'S BIBLE CLASS. April 3, Gethsemane, 
Mark 14:32-42; April 10, The Betrayal, Mark 14:43-54; 
April 17, The Jewish Trial, Mark 14:55-72; April 24, 
The Gentile Trial, Mark 15:1-15; May i. The Cruci- 
fi.xion, Mark 15:16-26. 

THE JUNIOR SOCIETY. A temperance meet- 
ing will be held with the Junior Alliance of the LTni- 
tarian Church some time during the month, to be 
addressed by Mrs. Rice of Boston. The Juniors are 
also planning for a fair to be held near the close of 
April. Proceeds for the Juniors' New Church Fund. 

WOMEN'S MEETINGS. April 4, Topic : "The 
Poor Whites and the Mountain Whites in the South." 
Address by Mrs. F. E. Sturgis of Natick, whose early 
home was in Kentucky. April 11, "Home Atmos- 
phere." Address by Mrs. O. F. Hunter of So. Natick. 
April 28, annual business meeting, followed by sewing 
meeting and social hour. April 25, topic meeting, "A 
Judicious Humility." All meetings to be held at 3.00 
p. M. with Mrs. Pronk at the foot of Elm street. 

EASTER SALE. The Ladies' Society is arrang- 
ing for an Easter Festival to be held in the vestry on 
Thursday evening, April 7th. Among the various 
attractions will be a "domestic" table, a fancy table, 
an apron table, and candy table. Cake, ice-cream and 
chocolate will be on sale. An attractive entertainment 
has also been provided. Admission 15 cents. 

IN LOOKING OVER cast-off clothing this spring, 
will our ladies kindly remember the hospital barrels to 
be sent to the children's hospital at Baldwinville. All 
kinds of clothing for children over three years of age 
are needed; also men's clothing. It is not necessary 
that it be in good repair, as they are willing to mend 
or make over clothing that is sent to them. Mrs. T. 
W. Travis will be glad to receive and forward any art- 
icles that may be left at her house on Chestnut street. 

CUBAN RELIEF. The collection for this fund 
amounted to thirty dollars. A barrel of clothing and 
a box of food have been sent. Another box, now par- 
tially filled with cereals, is to be forwarded. Contrib- 
utions should be sent at once to Mrs. Souther. 



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■QClellesle^ Ibtlls xanitarian Soctetp 

Organized, 1871 
REV. ALBERT B. VORSE. Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

SATURDAY 
9.00 Junior Branch Alliance. 
TUESDAY 

Woman's AUiaiica, every second and fourth Tues- 
day. 

Communion Service on the first Sundays of Jan., 
Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service. 

SPECIAL EASTER SERVICE for the Sunday 
School Easter Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. 

SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES. On March 
13th, the Sunday evening service was con- 
ducted by Rev. E. C. Smith of Framingham; the 
service on March 27th, by Rev. Thomas Van Ness of 
the Second Church, Boston. Both spoke with great 
fervor and earnestness on topics connected with 
Unitarianism. 

THE JUNIOR ALLIANCE will hold their annual 
May basket sale on Saturday afternoon, April 23, at 
three o'clock. The occasion promises to be most 
attractive in every particular. There will be five tables 
of saleable articles, — fancy and useful articles, pop- 
corn, cookies, candy, — and the May basket table, 
which is the principal feature of the sale. In connec- 
tion with the sale the children will give an enter- 
tainment appropriate to the season of the year, the 
charming little play "Sunflower Chorus," or '•Grand- 
mother's Garden." A novel and attractive programme 
to all. Adults, 15 cents; children, 10 cents. Tickets 
maybe purchased from membersof the Junior Alliance. 

WOMAN'S ALLIANCE. On February 8th, the 
Branch Alliance of the Church was addressed by 
the Rev. George H. Hosmer of Neponset. Mr. Hos- 
mer is President of the Unitarian Temperance Society, 
and gave an account of the work done by that organ- 
ization, — its aim and scope, — also a report of a pub- 
lic meeting recently held in Boston, at which the injuri- 
ous effects of proprietary medicines was dwelt on by 
Edward Atkinson, and a new line of work spoken of 
as started by the Parker Memorial. March 8th, the 
meeting was a business one, the time being very profit- 
ably occupied by reports from Mrs. Edmunds, chair- 
man of the Post-office Mission Work, and other mat- 
ters of interest. The meeting on Tuesday, March 22, 
was addressed by Mrs. Louise Putnam, of Denison 
House, who spoke on tenement house work, with 
direct reference to the Ellis Memorial tenement house 
in South Boston. This is not a charitable home, but 
a clean, convenient tenement house, where for moder- 
ate rent, the poorest people can make a home, the 
managers trying to instil a higher ideal in neatness 
and decent living. 

The Alliance has given one entertainment, the 
illustrated lecture by Miss Helen Brooks, of Boston, 
on "Old English and French Dance Music." This 
proved to be a delightful affair, and the Alliance is 
greatly indebted to Miss Eaton for the great pleasure 
given and the pecuniary return. 



St. HnOrew's Cburcb 

Organized, i8yi. 

REV, WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Religions Services 

SUNDAY 
10.30 Morning Prayer. 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

Holy Communion ( 7.30 A. M. 

First Sunday in the Month, \ 10.30 A. M. 
Thud .Sunday, 9.30 a.m. 

THURSDAY 
2.30 Woman's Auxiliary. 

SAIURDAY 

2.30 Muiistering Children's League. 
7.45 Girls' Friendly Society. 

Seats free. All welcome. 

CONFIRMATION. The Bishop of the Diocese 
writes that he will visit St. Andrew's to administer 
the rite of Confirmation on Tuesday evening. May 31. 

HOLY WEEK. The closing services of Holy 
Week will be on Thursday evening at 7.15. and on 
Good Friday at 10.30 in the morning and 7.15 in the 
evening. The Thursday evening service will be the 
administration of the Holy Communion. An address 
will be delivered by the Rev. Prof. H. S. Nash, D. D., 
of Cambridge. 

EASTER DAY. The services for Easter Day 
will be as follows: 7.30 A. M., Celebration of the 
Holy Communion ; 10.30 A. M., Morning Prayer, Ser- 
mon and Holy Communion ; 4.00 P. M., Children's 
Carol Service. Flowers for the decoration of the 
chancel, or offerings of money to purchase the, same, 
will be gratefully received by the Decorating Com- 
mittee. All who have plants which they are willing 
to loan are asked to give their names to Miss Ely. 
Each plant should have a card attached bearing the 
owner's name. 

"THE CHURCH MILITANT." The March 
number of the "Church Militant," a paper devoted 
to the interests of the diocesan Board of Missions, 
contains handsomely illustrated articles on the 
churches at Northampton (the seat of Smith College) 
and Wellesley. It is a Woman's College number, 
with special reference to the relation of the college to 
the church. Smith College gets the lion's share of 
attention, as it is larger than Wellesley and is in 
closer proximity to the church. There being no col- 
lege chapel at Smith, the students attend services at 
the local churches. 

The choir are preparing special music for the 
morning service. It will consist of Calkin's "Te 
Deum," "Jubilate" and Communion Service in G, 
and H. W. Parker's anthem "Come See the Place 
Where Jesus Lay," with violin obligato. Miss S. B. 
Hayes, soprano; Miss Phila Belle Robbins, Miss 
Emma Porter, contraltos; Mr. Geo. C. Backus, tenor; 
Mr. Geo. H. Lowe, bass ; Miss Mabel Keller, organist. 

The offering for Easter Day will be applied, as is 
the custom, to the reduction of the mortgage debt. 
It is hoped that the offering will be a generous one. 

The children's Easter offering this year will be a 
memorial to the late General Secretary of the Board 
of Missions, Dr. W. S. Langford. It is a most fitting 
way to recognize his devoted labors to the missionary 
cause. Efforts are being made throughout the church 
to bring the amount up to $100,000, every penny of 
which is to be contributed by the Sunday schools. 



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St. /IDarp's (Iburcb 

Organized, i8i2. 

REV. H. USHER MONRO, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

9.30 Sunday School. 
10.45 Morning Prayer and Sermon. 
4.30 Evening Prayer and Address. 



THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING of St. 
Mary's Episcopal Society will be held on Easter Mon- 
day evening, April 11, at 7.30. A full attendance of 
members and parishioners is urgently requested. 

APRIL THIRD IS THE SUNDAY next before 
Easter; also known as "Palm Sunday." On this day 
the Church commemorates the entrance of our Saviour 
into Jerusalem in a triumphal procession. The multi- 
tude that took part in this event spread their garments 
and palm branches in the way, crying: "Hosanna to 
the son of David; Blessed is He that cometh in the 
name of the Lord." This day begins Holy Week, and 
foreshadows our Saviour's death and passion. The 
use of palms in St. Mary's is to emphasize the blessed 
events of the feast and make them significant to the 
devout worshippers. 

ON THE AFTKRNOONof Sunday, April 3, at 
4.30, Rev. H. W. Wells, of Christ Church. Waltham, 
will preach the last of the sermons in the series ap- 
pointed for Lent. His subject is: "Worldliness." 
These sermons by the visiting clergy have received 
the thoughtful attention of the parishioners. 

HOLY THURSDAY, or Maundy Thursday, com- 
memorates the chief events immediately before our 
Lord's agony in the Garden and His Betrayal. It 
was on this night, after the feast of the Passover, that 
Jesus instituted the "Lord's Supper" with His disci- 
ples. Because Jesus said, "This do in remembrance 
of me," and because of the historical fact plainly and 
explicitly mentioned in the New Testament history, 
"In the night in which He was betrayed He took 
bread," St. Mary's Church has for several years cele- 
brated the Holy Communion on Holy Thursday even- 
ing. It will be so observed on Thursday next, April 
7th. at 7.30. The choir will sing. 

GOOD FRIDAY, April 8th, there will be morning 
service in the Church at 10.45; evening service at 7.30. 
It is the saddest day in the Christian year. Nothing 
in the world's history can transcend in importance the 
terrible tragedy of Good Friday. It is full of mystery, 
and before it all Christian people must stand, yielding 
the devoutest homage in reverence and love. 

EASTER DAY, April loth, there will be an early 
service at 7.30 a. m. "And very early in the morning 
the first day of the week, they came unto the sepul- 
chre at the rising of the sun." This is the historical 
reason for our early service and the celebration of the 
Holy Communion. It is hoped there will be a large 
assemblage of communicants, as in former years. The 
second service is at 10.45 The Children's Sunday 
School Festival will be held in the afternoon at 4.30. 
As is customary, potted plants will be given to each 
member of the Sunday School as a souvenir of the day. 
There will be other prizes awarded this year for the 
best-kept book of S. S. leaflets, and deportment. We 
expect a service of unusual interest. 

THE MEMBERS of St. Mary's parish are urgently 
requested to subscribe for Our Town, and materially 
help the pastors of the different churches in bringing 
their work before our people. 



H. L. ROLLINS 

Attorney and Counsellor at Law 



Washington St., 
welles lev. 



728 Tremont Bldg., 
boston, mass. 



ROOn AND BOARD at Wellesley Hills 

Room and Board may be obtained on Wood- 
lawn Ave., Wellesley Hills, by addressing, 
P. O. Box, 184, Wellesley Hills. 

HRS. W. L. TAYLOR 

Teacher of Piano, 

Wellesley. 
Refer to 

Mr. G. W. Chadwick, Director New England 
Conservatory of Music, 

PROFESSIONAL TUTORING 



Miss Grace B. Townsend, Wellesley '96, approved by the 
Departments of Mathematics, Latin and Greek, of Wellesley Col- 
lege, solicits tutoring in these subjects. Miss Townsend will make 
special arrangements for those desiring instruction during vacation 
and for students wishing to meet her in Boston. For terms, refer- 
nces, etc., address Wellesley Hills, Mass. 



niSS SU5AN SHARP PRATT 
Vocal Instruction. 

Wellesley Hills. 



DANA HALL SCHOOL- WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

Special advantages in the Modern Languages, 
Music and Art. 

For circulars address the Principals, 

JULIA A. EASTMAN, 
SARAH P. EASTMAN. 



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WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 



NEW SOdAL CLUB. Kady in the winter a 
new social club was formed wilhin the College, mem- 
bership being open to all who are or have been self- 
supporting. 1 his club, which is of the .same nature 
as other working-girls" clubs, will probably be affiliated 
later with the Massachusetts Federation. Meetings 
are held on I'hursday evenings, and are under the 
general charge of Miss Helen M. Kelsey. 

TENEMENT HOUSE INQUIRY. The students 
of Social Economics, in Miss Balch's classes, have 
assisted the residents at the Denison and Souch End 
Houses in their part of the Tenement House Inquiry, 
made this winter under the auspices of the Twentieth 
Century Club. The work of the Wellesley students 
has been published with the general report. 

ADDRESS BY DR. LVMAN ABBOTT. Dr. 
and Mrs. Lyman Abbott of Brooklyn, N. Y., always 
welcome guests, visited the College Thursday, March 
17. In the evening Dr. Abbott spoke at the regular 
weekly service, taking no text, but, after a review of 
the Oriental, CJreek and Hebrew philosophies, sum- 
marizing the four great questions and their answers : 
"What is God ? Love; What is Man? The Image of 
God; What is the Relation between God and Man? In- 
timate Personal Knowledge; What is Life? Service." 

MARCH CONCERTS. Two especially appre- 
ciated concerts have been added this month to the 
long list of musical opportunities which the College 
year affords, — an organ recital on the 7th, by Mr. 
William Churchill Hammond of Smith College, and 
a recital the 21st by Mr. James H. Ricketson, tenor, 
and Mr. Hugh Cedman, violinist. The College Glee 
and Mandolin Clubs repeated their February concert 
on Tuesday evening, March 15th, in Boston, for a 
King's Daughters' Benefit at the Warrenton street 
home of the Young Women's Christian Association. 

THE CONSUMERS' LEAGUE. A subject 
deserving the attention of both the College and the 
community at large, "The Consumers' League," was 
Ijresented in the Current Topics Course on Saturday, 
iMarch 26, by Professor Coman and Miss Calkins. 
The Consumers' League began in England some years 
ago. In 1890 the New York League was organized, 
having for its object the amelioration of the condition 
of the women and children employed in the retail 
mercantile houses. The Executive Committee of the 
Consumers' League in Massachusetts, of which Pro- 
fessor Coman is a member, is convinced that the 
League, if it becomes large and influential, will 
undoubtedly induce manufacturers to use its label on 
all ready-made goods, and so procure for its members 
some guarantee that these goods have been made 
under just and wholesome factory conditions; and 
this would help toward the suppression of the per- 
nicious "sweating system." There is a chance to 
begin this experiment in the underwear trade, which 
includes wrappers and shirt-waists, because the man- 
ufacture of these articles is more easily brought under 
factory conditions. A large demand for the label is 
necessary, before it can be practical for the retail 
merchant to ask that it be attached to goods, or for 
the manufacturer to use it. Though no pledge need 
be made to buy only goods marked with the label, 
those joining the League would naturally request its 
use, and so make its introduction possible. Member- 
ship ($1.00) may be single or in groups of ten. Pro- 
fessor Coman will gladly give further information. 



THE "WELLESLEY KINDERGARTEN" 

Shaw Block. Accomodations for twelve 
children. Terms, seventy-five cents a week. 
There is one vacancy. 

address, 
Miss Katherine L. Burrill, Wellesley. 

MISS HASeL RYLAND KELLER 

Teacher of Piano, Guitar and Banjo. 

Wellesley. 
Refer to 

Prof. Junius W. Hill, i5^Tremont St., Boston. 

Mr. (i. L. Lansing, 164 A Tremont St., Boston. 

MISS M. E. FITZPATRICK 

DRESSMAKING 

CORNER CENTRAL AND CROSS STS., WELLESLEY 

MISS riARQARET FLEHING 

DRESSMAS^iNG 

THE IMPROYED TAYLOR SYSTEM USED 



Central Street, 



Wellesley* 



WAJVTFI). 

The Public to know that I keep constantly on 
hand a tirst-class assortment of Groceries, Meats 
and Provisions, at prices as low as asked in Bos- 
ton for the same grade of goods. Orders Filled 
Promptly and Satisfaction Guaranteed. 

E. M. BECK - Newton Lower Falls, Mass. 

PEOPLE'S MARKET. 

NEWTON LOWER FALLS. 

Everything in the line of ME A TS and PRO- 
VISIONS at Boston Prices. Quality guaranteed. 
Orders called for and delivered free of charge in 
Wellesley Hills Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 
R. H. Landick, Proprietor. 



WILLIAM J. DANA, 

Grower of Roses, Chrysanthemums, Carna- 
tions, Violets, all Kinds of Bulbs, and Bed- 
ding Plants. 

Oakland Street Conservatories, 

Wellesley HiMs. 



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STORY & CUTTER 

Successors to 

C. W. PERRY 

DRUGGISTS 

"Wellesley - - Mass. 



Wn. E. GLOVER 

FISH if AND ^ OYSTERS 

Hotel Block - West Newton 

WELLESLEY ROUTES TUESDAYS AND 

THURSDAYS OF EACH WEEK. 

e. H. DADMUN JOHN BENSON G. FRANK HORTON 

Phillips (]ompany 

Successors to 

FREEMAN PHILLIPS 
CARPENTER . AND . BUILDER 

Jobbing: attended to promptly. 
Plons estimated* 

5hop, Forest Street, 

P. O. Box 292. WELLESLEY HILLS. 

ROBINSON & EATON 
Real .. Estate .. and .. Insurance 

"Wellesley Hills. 
The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 
EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D. 
Waban St., Wellesley. Superintendent. 

ELM PARK-WeUesIey HiUs 

First-Qa5s Family Hotel 
JUNCTION WASHINGTON & WORCESTER STS 



STEAH HEAT. EXCELLENT TABLE. 
SPACIOUS GROUNDS. STABLE, ETC. 

Several Desirable Rooms to Let for Winter 

or Year 

ICE CREAM AND FROZEN PUDDING MADE 

TO ORDER 



E. J. FREEMAN. 



F. A. COOLiDGE. o. E. STEVENS. 

F. A. COOLIDGE & CO. 

DEALER IN 

Choice .. Meats .. and .. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits^ Vegfetables, Canned 

Goods» etc. 

WASHINGTON ST. WELLESLEY 

F. DIEHL & SON 

Dealers in Coal, Wood, 
Hay and Grain. 0" <r 

TELEPHONE NO. 16-4 

WELLESLEY, MASS. 
MRS. E. W. ILSLEY 

Hand Painted Easter Cards by Her- 
bert M. Lowe, Now on Sale. 

WELLESLEY MILLS SQUARE 

BOLLES & YOUNG 

Dealers in Fine Groceries, Boots, Shoes and 
Rubbers, Tea, Coffee and Spices, Best ninne=- 
sota Flour. 

Boot and Shoe Repairing- a Specialty. 
NEAR WELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE. 

~ W. D. WILSON ^ 

F* JOINTER .. A.ND .. DECORATOR 

A Large Stock of Wall Papers ... A Fine 
Line of Cartridge Papers of all Colors, 
with borders to match ... also picture 
Mouldings, Hooks, Cords, Etc 



Shop rear of McLeod's Block 



Wellesley Hills 



C. A. FREEMAN & CO. 

Manufacturers of 

Patent Door and Window Screens 

SCREENING OF GOOD CLASS 

DWELLINGS A SPECIALTY ... 

Difficult work solicited. Repairing: done. 

Estimates on application. 

Orders Promptly Attended to. 

Factory and P. O. Address ~ 

WESTON, MASS. 



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PEOPLE'S STEAM LAUNDRY 

ESTABLISHED 1S86 

A first-class Laundry witli every facility 
for doing: first-closs work. Special attention 
gfiven to Gents* Custom Dress Sliirts and 
Ladies' Shirt Waists and White Dresses. 

EDW^-A.RI> KITCH is our aeent 
for Wellesley tlills, and H. L. 
FLA-GG Is agent for Welleslear. 

D. A. MAHONY & SONS, Props., 

7 & 9 Common St., Natick. 



MERRITTS- KEITH 

Dealer in Provisions ... Fresh and 
Smoked Fish ... Oysters in their 
Seoson ... Fresh Fruits and Vege- 
tables. 
WELLESLEY HILLS. 

GEO. N. SMITH 
Insurance Agent and Auctioneer 

Wellesley Nursery Co. 
ricLeod's Block = Weilesiey Hills. 










^^f$^ 

TtltfHONt ConnECiio;is. / '^'S^ 






W KTaBTRIDGC:— 



BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS. 

FINE, FRESH VERMONT BUTTER, 
DIRECT FROM CREAMERIES. 
STRICTLY FRESH EGGS A SPE- 
CIALTY. 

VERHONT DAIRY CO., NEWTON VILLE 
W. E. HAMILTON, Prop. 

"Wellesley route every MONDAY, 

The Wellesley Tea Room 



Meals served (J la carte. 
Maryland biscuit a specialty. 



MISS M. L. MORAN 

DRESSMAKING 

S. T. TAYLOR SYSTEM USED 



ROOM 2, Shaw Building. 



WELLESLEY. 



For Ladies 
CORSETS, COTTON UNDERWEAR, 



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SOROSIS" BOOTS 



MRS. H. E. CURRIER, 
Grove Street, - = Wellesley. 

F. Dieh!, Jr. & Co., 
LIVERY & BOARDING STABLE 

Central Street, Wellesley. 
riEET ALL TRAINS. TELEPHONE No. 16=2. 

THE NEWTON ICE CO. 

is prepared to furnish a first=c!ass quality of 
Pond Ice in WeUesley Hills, Newton Lower 
Falls and South Weston. 

niLLER & HATCH, Proprietors. 

P. O. Addresst - Newton Lower Falls. 
Wellesley Hills Pharmacy 

PRESCRIPTIONS 

A 

SPECIALTY. 

McINTOSH ^-^ 

Wellesley, Wellesley College, Wellesley 
Hills, Wellesley Farms, Woodland and 
Waban 

.4^ EXPRESS 

Boston Offices: 174 Washington, 15 Devonshire, 105 Arch and 
77 Kingston Streets. 

Leave Boston at II A. M. and 2 P. M. 



NOTARY PUBLIC 



Justice of the peace 



ALBERT JENNINGS 

Real Estote and Insurance Agent 
Auctioneer and Conveyancer 



SERVICES RENDERED IN THE ADMINISTRA- 
TION AND SETTLEMENT OF ESTATES. 



WELLESLEY, flASS. 




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CONTENTS 



The Day^s Demand 
Tlie Present Duty 
Welksley Club ■ 
Tuesday Club • 
Mau2:us Club 
"Woman's Club • 
Past Heroes 



Joseph E. Fiske 

John D. Hardy 

Erwin H. Walcott 

Isaac Sjyrague 

Annie S- Amory 

Joseph W. Peahody 



Church News 

Wellesley Congfregotioaal Church 
W^ellesley Hills Congregational Church 
Wellesley Hills Unitaricn Society 
St. Andrew's Church 
St. Mary's Church 

Wellesley College Notes 



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CHJ^RLES Jvl. EA.TON. Publisher 
AiVellesley Mills, Nlass. 



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FOR LADY OR GENTLEMAN 
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adjusted. Bicycles to rent. 



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RIDGE HILL FARHS DAIRY 

Successors to John Law- 
son AT Welleslev Hills 

MORNING DELIVERY— All Milk and 
Cream Guaranteed Sweet from one Delivery 
to the next. 

TELEPHONE 23 3 

VISITORS ARE WELCOME AT ALL TIMES 

Wellesley mail address : 

M. G. SMITH, S«pt. 

The Subscriber will do Small 
Repairing such as Sol dering; 

Tins, Mending Umbrellas , 

Small Furniture, etc. 

All Orders must be sent by Mail to 
Receive Attention. 

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WELLESLEY HILLS. 



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BLACKSniTH 

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Special Attention given to Over-reachin];, Interferins 
and Tender-footed Hoi'ses. 



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S. GOLDTHWAITE. AGENT, - WELLESLEY. 

Wiite for Special Inducements. 

W. W. McLEOD 

SOLE AGENT FOR WELLESLEY 
FOR THE 

CELEBRATED KING ARTHUR FLOUR. 



Are you in the market for a bicycle? 

Have you seen my list and prices? You will make a mistake if you buy elsewhere. 
Agent for Wellesley and Wellesley Hills for 

Crawford flfg. Co., Iver Johnson Arms and Cycle Works, 

John P. Lovell Arms Co., Union Cycle Mfg. Co. 



For Prices, Address, 



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Wellesley, flass. 



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Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the first 
of each month. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Edward H. Chandler, Wellesley. 

Publisher, Charles M. Eiton, Wellesley Hills. 

Advertising Agent, Alex E. VVight, Wellesley Hills. 

Subscriptions inay be left at Flagg's News Stand or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Wellesley, Mrs. llsley's, Wellesley Hills, or at the 
Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Wellesley Hills Post 
Office. 



THE DAY'S DEMAND. 

God give us men ! A time like this demands 
Strong minds, great hearts, true faith, and ready 

hand.s ; 
Men whom the lust of offii;e does not kill; 
Men whom the spoils of office cannot buy; 
Men who possess opinions and a will ; 
Men who have honor, men who will not lie; 
Men who can stand before a demagogue 
And damn his treacherous flatteries without 

winking; 
Tall men, sun-crowned, who live above the fog, 
In public duty and in private thinking. 
For while the rabble, with their thumb-worn 

creeds, 
Their large professions and their little deeds, 
Mingle in selfish strife, lo! Freedom weeps. 
Wrong rules the land, and waiting Justice sleeps. 

Dr. J. G. Holland. 



THE PRESENT DUTY OF 
AMEI^ICAN CITIZEN 



THE 



WAR exists today between the United 
States and Spain, and the question 
comes to eveiy man "What is my duty 
in view of it?" 

Each citizen of this nation has as much 
power as any other, and is bound to use it 
rightfully and intelligently. There is no 
avoiding responsibility. 

In my circle of acquaintance, military, 
business and social, I have not heard from a 
single person an expression of opinion favor- 
able to embarking on war wnth Spain, and 
yet I doubt whether one of them will refuse 
to do anything in his power to sustain the 
government in the course which has been 
finally adopted. What can we do? 1 believe 
it is of first importance that the course marked 
out by our President should be fully sus- 
tained. As I understand it, it is that we 



have assumed the responsibilities of war 
because we believe that Spain has out- 
rageously and cruelly treated her subjects in 
Cuba, and that this country is bound by its 
vicinage and its humanitarian views to relieve 
the Cubans from their sufferings and bond- 
age, and that the war shall not be prosecuted 
for territorial aggression nor for revenge. 

With this in view every energetic effort 
must be made that the war may be prosecuted 
to an immediate finish with the smallest loss 
of time and life. 

For this purpose soldiers, sailors and 
money must be furnished, without hesitation 
and without stint, with no time given for 
complication with other powers or for inroads 
time necessarily makes in lives and resources. 
It is then evidently fitting that there should 
be an enthusiastic and general response to 
all demands from our government. Men are 
called for, but only those should respond who 
are able to bear the physical strain of the 
severe campaign which they will be called 
upon to endure. Many an earnest patriot in 
the Civil War was only a clog and burden to 
his fellows and an expense and hindrance to 
his cause by reason of physical weakness. 

But, on the other hand, in such times as 
these no person fitted for army or naval ser- 
vice has a right to refuse himself to his coun- 
try if needed. Even more than this, he 
should see to it that his country should have 
the opportunity to judge whether his services 
were needed or not. 

Money will be wanted, and whether we 
are asked to loan it to the government or to 
give it in form of taxes let it be done ungrudg- 
ingly and to the best of our abilities, without 
concealment and without hesitation. Criti- 
cism upon methods employed, even if appar- 
ently well founded, is greatly harmful, as in 
a government like ours it hampers and 
obstructs. 

The final issue of the war cannot be in 
doubt. Centuries of misrule, cruelty and 
oppression on the part of Spain have resulted 
in debasing the nation until it is unfit to be 
recognized among the civilized peoples of the 
earth. The torture of the simple natives of 
the Western world, the horrors of the "Span- 
ish Inquisition," the barbarities in the "Low 
countries" and its internal treacheries have 
heaped up enormities which the Lord of 
Hosts must punish; but let us be His agents 
in the vengeance to be meted out, doing His 
will and not our own. 

CAPT. JOSEPH E. FISKE. 



OUR TOWN 



THE WELLESLEY CLUB 

THE Wellesley Club was organized, as its 
constitution, adopted Nov. 18, 1889, sets 
forth, "to promote literary and social cul- 
ture among its members, and especially to dis- 
cuss questions relating to the welfare of the 
town of Wellesley." 

Seven regular meetings are held each year, 
on the third Monday of each month from 
October to April, at some hotel in Boston, 
when a dinner is followed by discussion of 
the subject assigned for the evening. 

No invitation fee is required for admission 
to the Club, and the annual dues, ten dollars, 
cover the cost of dinners and privilege of one 
guest at the annual Ladies' Night, which 
closes the club year. 

A large majority of the questions before 
the Club, during the nine years of its exist- 
ence, have been connected directly with the 
welfare of our town. 

Few, if any, new enterprises undertaken 
by the town or talked of by its citizens have 
escaped discussion, and frequently members 
have had the benefit of information from 
specially invited guests, thoroughly compe- 
tent to advise and instruct. 

The Club provides opportunities for 
exchange of ideas between its members and 
the increase of their knowledge of public 
affairs, but attempts no action, and its influ- 
ence, if it has any, is wholly indirect. 

Whatever may have been the results 
obtained, the possibilities of a civic organiza- 
tion, whose aim is the spreading of unpreju- 
diced information and the promotion of 
intelligent, active interest in all citizens, are 
apparent. There never will be a time when 
such a body will have no place. A chief 
function of town government is raising and 
spending money. Wellesley's tax levy will 
not grow less. Its government will not be 
simpler but more complex. 

A rapidly growing population will increase 
not lessen responsibilities. New questions, 
many of them apparently minor, whose influ- 
ence both on lines of utility and of beauty will 
be far-reaching, will continually press for 
settlement. 

An increasing proportion of voters will 
spend few waking hours in the town and 
have less personal knowledge of its public 
affairs. Wellesley will be what its citizens 
make it. Intelligent and broad public spirit, 
freedom from local jealousies, accurate infor- 
mation and active interest by its citizens will 



make and keep Wellesley a model town. 

Indifference, easy suspicion, indiscrimi- 
nating criticism, surrender of 1 town govern- 
ment to the few, will make it the reverse, or 
at best place it in the list of the common- 
place. 

JOHN D. HARDY. 

THE TUESDAY CLU3 

THE Tuesday Club is the least pretentious 
of Wellesley's club organizations. It 
was organized in 1893. Socialism in its 
various phases was then uppermost in the 
minds of the reading public. A dozen or 
more men of W^ellesley village desiring to 
inform themselves on the subject met for this 
purpose. A president, secretary and treas- 
urer, and an executive committee of three 
sufiiced for officers. Neither constitution 
nor by-law has been found necessary for the 
well-being of the Club, and an annual fee of 
fifty cents has ami)ly served to meet its 
modest pecuniary needs. The Club meets 
on alternate Tuesday evenings during the 
winter at the home of some member. An 
hour devoted to the reading of a paper pre- 
sented by a member, followed by a general 
discussion of the subject thus presented, is 
the usual program. 

After a season's consideration of socialism, 
succeeding seasons have been occupied with 
studies in municipal government and other 
problems, economic and philosophic as well 
as socialistic. From time to time the Club 
has broadened its point of view, inviting in 
speakers from abroad who have presented 
papers on special subjects. To these meet- 
ings the members have invited their friends, 
until the "open meetings" of the Club have 
come to be prominent features in the social 
life of Wellesley village. About every sub- 
ject that has been known to trouble or to 
interest humanity has been presented, from 
woman suffrage to prison reform, from col- 
lege settlements to double taxation, from 
immigration to the ethics of foot ball, from 
the public school sj'stem to the fertilization 
of plants by insects, from German University 
life to the annexation of Hawaii, from the 
Polychrome Bible to the treatment of disease 
by psychologic process. The discussions 
have been free and untrammelled, all the 
members being expected to express anything 
in the way of a "view" that presented itself. 
The Tuesday Club, so informal in its organ- 
ization and methods, can hardly be regarded 



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as in any real sense a candidate for public 
favor, having thus far held to its membership 
limit of tM'enty-five men, who have paid 
their annual dues when they haven't forgot- 
ten to do so. It may not be assuming too 
much, however, to claim for the Club some 
prominence among the educating influences 
in a corannmity that is in imminent danger 



of being educated to death. 



EBWIN H, WALCOTT. 



THE MAUGUS CLUB 

IN old times, as in many communities at the 
present day, men carried on the daily bus- 
iness of their lives in the immediate neigh- 
borhood of their homes, with ample oppor- 
tunity to meet and know their neighbors and 
to form the habit of co-operation in attend- 
ing to their mutual interests. In the modern 
suburbs of large cities conditions are differ- 
ent. From such a suburban town as Welles- 
ley a large majority of the active men of 
affairs go every day to the city to scatter in 
all directions and to spend their hours of 
thought and work among men with whom 

CD kZj 

they have little or no community of home 
interest. As the young men grow up, they 
follow in the same course. A natural result is 
that men lose their interest in local matters, 
social, political, etc., and either form outside 
associations or drift along throujirh life with- 
out that intimate contact with friends, neigh- 
bors and fellow-townspeople that is so valu- 
able a part of life. Even if interest is kept 
up, a busy man often finds it hard to keep in 
touch with what is going on, and, with the 
best intentions on his part and his neighbor's, 
grows to feel that he is on the outside of 
local affairs. This is especially true of new- 
comers, an important class in such a com- 
munity. 

Moreover, the busy men of today are real- 
izing, more than in the past, the need of 
wholesome recreation, of change in the cur- 
rent of thought, if they are to accomplish 
their best work. 

This condition of things has led to the 
establishment of many suburban clubs, of 
which the Maugus Club is an example. Such 
a club, with its members drawn mainly from 
the town in which it is located, is a place 
where men can come together without for- 
mality, and where, by the good-fellowship 
of the games, the informal conversations, and 
the meeting on the ground of common inter- 
ests of men of widely differing occupations, 



the acquaintance and friendship of neighbor 
are broadened and deepened. 

The Maugus Club made a modest start in 
hired quarters five years ago, and the need 
which existed for such an organization has been 
proved by the interest manifested and by the 
steady growth in membership. The Club 
House, erected in 1896, far exceeds early 
anticipations, both as to size and complete- 
ness of equipment. 

The Club affords to its members all the 
opportunities for enjoyment usual to such 
clubs. The program for the last few months 
has included a dramatic entertainment, an 
assembly, a reception, whist parties, billiards 
and pool, smoke talks and addresses, bowl- 
ing, both among Club members and in com- 
petition with teams from neighboring clubs, 
ladies' nights, etc. These varied activities 
afford opportunity for all the members to 
participate and make the Club an important 
factor in the social life of the town. 

ISAAC SPRAGUE. 



THE WELLESLEY HILLS WOMAISTS 

CLUB 

THIS organization is gaining the reputa- 
tion in the State Federation of being a 
progressive and wide-awake club. Per- 
haps it is less appreciated by outsiders in 
our own community, who are inclined, we 
think, to consider it a pleasure-loving band 
instead of the energetic power for good 
which many of its members aim to be. Its 
declared objects are "ethical, social and edu- 
cational." 

Socially, it has accomplished much by 
uniting members of the various churches, 
and by bringing together the remote sections 
of the town. 

The deeper work of so large a club must 
be done by departments and worked out 
more slowly. In the past, various temporary 
classes have been formed. And now efforts 
are being made to start work which shall 
continue from year to year; such as classes 
in Architecture, Current Events, Parliament- 
ary Law and Physical Culture. Other classes 
are planned, and practical suggestions for 
their formation are earnestly desired and 
warmly welcomed. 

Educationally the club seems to be work- 
ing at present only through its instructive 
lectures, but it holds itself in readiness to 
assist in any good work for the public good, 



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if it can do so without seeming to be officious, 
in a town already so well controlled by its 
efficient Superintendent of Schools and other 
heads of departments. 

The first president of the Woman's Club 
started it on broad democratic principles, 
which have ever since been adhered to ; and 
she looked far forvrard to the time when it 
should be able to maintain its own club 
house and be the fimily -established, influen- 
tial body which it is rapidly becoming. 

It is the policy of the Club to avoid all 
political and religious controversy, thinking 
thus to prevent ill feeling, and to be the 
more ready for united effort in directions 
where all can agree. Whether this policy 
is broad enough would be questionable to 
some minds, but it seems to best represent 
the Club as a whole. 

With rotation of office, as time goes on, 
bringing new leaders to the head and return- 
ing others to the ranks, with a better under- 
standing of their duties and opportunities, a 
deeper life must be felt; there will be nobler 
aims, more loyalty among members, and 
Wellesley will some day have cause to feel 
proud of its Woman's Club. 

"Gentlemen's Evening" is not the only 
occasion where men are invited. They can 
come as guests to almost all meetings, and 
be sure of hearty welcome. Their presence 
will be gratifying and encouraging. 

ANNIE S. AMOKY. 



PAST HEROES AND MODERN 
CONDITIONS 

WE have heard the fervid cry several 
times lately from men, out of sympathy 
with the Administration's conduct of 
Cuban affairs, "Oh! for an hour of Oliver 
Cromwell or Andrew Jackson," or some other 
departed hero or patriot. This appeal seems 
to the ordinary American citizen neither 
patriotic nor sensible. Just as if these men 
of the past, whom some crisis called into dis- 
tinguished action, ought to be temporarily 
resurrected for the express purpose of grap- 
pling with the present grave emergencies 
and settling them in sixty minutes, by some 
feat of personal daring or diplomacy to the 
satisfaction of everybody. 

These "men of action," as our dissatisfied 
friends delight to call them, would in all 
probability be very much out of place in 
attempting to deal with present problems. 



This is our day and generation, and our 
problems must be worked out under present 
conditions, not under those which existed iu 
some previous generation. 

There is little sense and less patriotism in 
publicly declaring a loss of faith in the men 
upon whose shoulders are the responsibilities 
for the conduct of this government. The 
fact is, there is too much expression of per- 
sonal opinion as to what ought to be done, 
and too little expressed confidence in the 
wisdom of the Administration. There will 
be a quicker return of the favorable business 
conditions, so suddenly interrupted by the 
opening of hostilities, if, now that war seems 
inevitable, we leave to the President and the 
men associated with him the management of 
our naval fleets and the disposal of the mili- 
tary, and go about our every-day affairs with 
confidence that these men will be equal to 
the duties imposed upon them. We need 
have little fear that history will find it nec- 
essary to record that we lacked the "men for 
the occasion." 

Of course this is not implying that we 
haven't anything to learn from the heroes 
and patriots of earlier days. Whatever they 
exhibited of courage, of moral principle and 
of wisdom in the execution of great duties 
are a common inheritance, and it is a rich 
legacy. But we mustn't lose faith in each 
other and beijin to think there is less of wis- 
dom or true patriotism in the men of our own 
time. Public expression of such a lack of 
faith in these crucial days is out of place, 
and time will very likely prove that it is 
without reason as well. 

Another reflection is suggested in this con- 
nection. Our government will grow in all 
the elements of stability only in proportion 
as the individual citizen recognizes his civic 
responsibilities, and intelligently and loyally 
discharges them. We cannot expect a sound 
and forceful administration of national affairs, 
if dry rot exists in the lesser affairs of com- 
munities and municipalities, for these are fac- 
tors in the bodj' politic. 

Patriotism will not subsist on cheers for 
the flag alone, it must have the more substan- 
tial food of personal service in matters of 
public concern that lie at our own doors. 

If every citizen will live up to the meas- 
ures of his obligations, there is little to be 
feared but what the men of this generation will 
be equal to the problems confronting us, and 
departed heroes and patriots may be left 
undisturbed. Joseph \v. peabody. 



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XXXcllcslcg Cottore^jational Cbuccb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1 891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Worship. 
11.55 Sunday School and Adult Bible Class. 
3.30 Junior G. E. Society. 
6.15 Senior C. E. .Society. 
7.15 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 
3.00 Woman's Union. 

FRIDAV 
7.30 Mid-week Service. 



THE ANNUAL OFFERING to the American 
Missionary Association will be made on May 29th. 

REV. F. L. LUCE, of the Union Church, Taun- 
ton, will preach in this Church on May 15th, in 
exchange with the Pastor. 

THE MONTHLY MEETING of the Department 
of the Home, to be held on May 24th, will probably be 
addressed by Mrs. E. Trask Hill of Boston, who will 
speak in the interest of temperance. 

NEW MEMBERS. Professor Sarah F. Whiting 
of Wellesley College, her sister, Miss Elizabeth P. 
Whiting, and Mrs. Sarah Campbell will be received 
into the fellowship of this Church on Sunday, May ist. 

MR. GUITON BERGENZONI, a member of this 
Church, is serving as a bugler in a division of the 
Naval Brigade in charge of the monitor "Catskill." 
This ves.sel has been assigned to the defense of 
Boston. 

THE CENTENNIAL. Owing to the late open- 
ing of the College term, it has been decided to cele- 
brate the Centennial of the Church on October 2 and 
3, instead of a week earlier. The program is now 
being arranged. 

HISTORICAL MEMORABILIA. The pastor 
would be very grateful to anyone who would give or 
lend him old documents or printed matter which throw 
any light on the past history of the Church. A pict- 
ure of the original church building, which stood until 
1835, is greatly desired. I'hotographs of the early 
Pastors of the Church are wanted for reproduction. 

WHAT IS THE BIBLE? The class announced 
last month has been started and will continue through 
May. The subjects and dates will be as follows: 
May 4, "Old Testament History;" May 11, '-Prophets 
and Prophecy;" May 18, "Hebrew Poetry;" May 24, 
"The Wisdom Literature;" May 31, ''The Remaining 
Old Testament Books." Opportunity for questions 
is freely given. All who are inclined to come are 
cordially invited. 

PICTURES OF JAPAN. Mr. Fred M. Yama- 
guchi, a student in Clark University, Worcester, and 
a native of Tokio, Japan, will appear in the Chapel at 
7.15 o'clock, on Tuesday evening. May 17, and describe 
his people and country. He will wear the native cos- 
tume and sing Japanese songs, and there are to be a 
large number of colored stereopticon views to help 
illustrate. This entertainment is managed by the 
Junior Endeavor Society. The tickets are on sale 
by the children at 25 and 15 cents. 



afirst ConarcGational Cburcb In 
Mellesle^ t)Uls 

Organized, February 24, 1847 

REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 

Reiigious Services 

SUNDAY 
10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

3.15 Junior Christian Endeavor. 

4.00 Adult Bible Classes. 

7.00 Union Service in charge of Y. P. S. C. E. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 
7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

God bless our native land ; 
Firm may she ever stand 

Through storm and night. 
When the wild tempests rave, 
Ruler of wind and wave. 
Do Thou our Country save 

By Thy great might. 

MEN'S BIBLE CLASS. May i, The Crucifix- 
ion, Mk, 15:16-32; May 8, The Death on the Cross, 
Mk. 15:33-47; May 22, The Resurrection, Mk. 16:1-8: 
May 29, The Ascension, Mk. 16:9-20. 

THE GENERAL ASSOCIATION of the Con- 
gregational churches of Massachusetts will hold its 
annual meeting at Greenfield on May 1719. Each 
church is entitled to representation by its paster and 
one delegate. 

WOMEN'S MEETINGS. May 3, Foreign Mis- 
sions, at the house of Mrs. Codwise, to be addressed 
by Mrs. Capron. May 10, Topic Meeting with Mrs. 
Souther, "The Natural Order for tiie Development of 
Child Nature." May 24, Topic Meeting with Mrs. 
Souther, "The Duty of Being Agreeable." 

THE JUNIOR ENDEAVOR Society will have a 
sale and entertainment in the vestry on Saturday, May 
7, in the afternoon at 4, and in the evening at 8 o'clock. 
Admission ten cents. The Juniors have now $50 de- 
posited toward the New Church Fund. They hope to 
double that amount. Let every one help. The enter- 
tainment promises to be very interesting, and many 
useful articles will be on sale. At their meeting on 
Sunday afternoon, May i, the Society will devote one 
half hour to the Band of Mercy work. The evening 
service of May 22 will be in their charge. 

SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES. All the 
meetings for this month, except that of May 29, will 
be held in the church. On the evening of May ist, 
the Pastor will by request repeat the sermon of April 
24, on "The PrescTit War with Spain." Arrange- 
ments for the 8th are not definitely made, but it is 
hoped th:it we n:ay be addressed by Miss Annie 
Beecher Scoville, upon "Life at Hampton." Miss 
Scoville has just returned from Hampton and will 
bring fresh news. On the evening of the I5ih, there 
will be held the usual annual Union Temperance 
Meeting in our church. A collection will be taken for 
the benefit of the W. C. T. U. An address will be 
made by the Rev. Dr. Samuel W. Dike on "The Rela- 
tion of the Temperance Problem to the Home." On 
May 22, the Junior Endeavor Society will conduct a 
Band of Mercy concert. On the 29th, the Current 
Events Committee will present a live program. 



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Wttelleslep Dtlls Unitarian Society 

Organized, 187 1 
REV. ALBERT B. VORSE. Pastor 
Religious Services 
SUNDAY 
10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

SATURDAY 

9.00 Junior Branch Alliance. 

TUESDAY 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues- 
day. 

Communion Service on the first Sundays of Jan , 
Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service. 

EASTERTsljNDAF^^as^^e^ed with'^^^ 
pnate services by both the morning and afternoon 
congregations, the latter being a service with the 
children, the work of preparation, in which the young 
and the old united, had seemingly its reward when 
with united heart and voice on Easter day the' great 
joy of immortality was the theme in song and prayer 
!• riends had contributed plants and flowers for the pul- 
pit decorations, and willing hands had made the order 
of their arrangement attractive and beautiful. There 
was the blessing of life in the spirit of the day. 

A MEMORIAL MEETING, bearing reference to 
the loss we sustain in the death of Dr. Joseph Henry 
Allen and Rev. Solon W. Bush, was recently held at 
Channing Hall, Boston. It was an assembly of 
sympathetic hearers of the very tender tributes that 
were spoken. Secretary Eliot had the meeting in 
charge, and, after the reading of selections from the 
Scriptures, he introduced the speakers, who were 

w^ w ,'■ J.^^lT"'',' ^'- ^- ^- '^^«' ^«^- Edmund 
H. Hall, Dr. Charles G. Ames and Rev. James H 

Wiggin It was a service in which our churches 
would share and respond to in grateful recognition of 
the devoted labors of these two widely-known minis- 
ters, in whose memory the service was held. 

JUNIOR ALLIANCE. The entertainment given 
by the Junior Alhance was even more delio^htfui than 
was anticipated. On Saturday afternoonr April ^7 
the parlor of the Unitarian Church gave a most 
attractive appearance, with the artistically arranged 
su^tlo^yer curtain, on either side of which were placed 
ta.Mes of saleable articles, tliat the busy hands for 
many waeks have been preparing. A poem of wel- 
come, written by Mrs. A. B Vorse for the occasion, 
was read by Miss MolUe Hardy in the pleasin- man- 
ner so characteristic of her readin-s. The "Sunflower 
Chorus, or "Grandmothar's Garden," was excellently 
given. Beatrice Hardy, as "Grandmother," won the 
hearts of all by her enthusiastic earnestness to interest 

xr't- f 0"^-^^^'°' '" ^^' "oncommon sunflowers." 
Nicholas Smith, as a typical old gentleman of years 
ago. took the part admirably. The sudden appear- 
ance of the children's faces in the sunflowers was a 
pleasing feature, and the thorough training of their 
sin-jmg and speaking was cordiilly appreciated. So 
hearty has been the general pleasure expressed, that 
the entertainment may be repeated in June The 
sale proved most gratifying, and the sum realized 
wdl enable the children in the autumn to bezin work 
m their various branches of benevolent interests on a 
firmer financial basis since the organization of the 
Junior Alliance. 



St. Hn&rew's Cburcb 

Organized, 1891 

REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Prayer. 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 

11.00 Sunday School. 

Holy Communion ( 7.30 A. it 

First Sunday in the Month, \ 10.30 a m 
Third Sunday, g.30 a. m. ' 

SATURDAY 

2.30 Ministering Children's League. 
7-45 (Girls' Friendly Society. 

Seats free. All welcome. 

"^CONFIRMATION. The Bishop of thTdi;^ 
will visit the parish for the purpose of administering 
the nte of confirmation on Tuesday evening. May 31. 

ANNU.\L MEETING G. F. S. The annual 
service and supper of the Girls' Friendly Society takS 

.vill be held in Trinity Church. All the branches in 
the diocese will send delegates to this meeting. It is 
hoped that a large number will attend from St. Andrew's. 

COMING ENTERTAINMENTS. Posters are 
out announcing a concert by the Harvard Glee Club 

fiTo/:Llhur^h'^" °' ''' ''""'^^'^ -^ '- ^'^ ^-- 

• u^/'^i''^''^*''''^ festival is in preparation by the Par- 
ish A,d department of the church. The date of it 
will be announced later. 

The Girls' Friendly Society expects to give a plav 
sometime during the month. c a piay 

MISSIONARY WORK. During Lent, the Worn 
c'Soal Ci'; "m^ '"^^^.-V^-^^^^ Sarmfnts Jo'r the Ept 

icknowiedgemen;.'^- ■'"^"' ''''' ^ "°'^ °^ ^-'^^"^ 
The Girls' Friendly Society made nearly twenty 

garments for Miss Sybil Carter's work a Inf h^ 

Indians of the Northwest. ** 

The Ministering Children's League are preDarinir 

some scrap-books for the same object. P^P^"''^ 

Chrt?2^^ ^^^T-^ "^^^ '^^""*"g f^^^i^^J oi the 

leads n/'r '%^^^'"- ^^^^y oll'er event either 

eads up to It or flows from it. The dav has come 

JounuJir^""'','" "^^'y ^'^ '^^ chur'ches of the 
of flowers. It IS a most joyous occasion because of 
the great positive truth which it celebrates. The fes- 

f^tur^ "if?" ''/" ""f '''-'' ^>' these sp'eda, 
uTusuS'v 1 . r, ^'^' P'^"^' '^^ «««'='•» were 
loa^'ed from th • '"?' °^ '^^"^ '^^^'"^ '^««" kindly 
tZlV^uV'lLK'!'!:''^''^^ .of Mrs._Durant; in thi 



second place the Easter off;ring iri,;;™ n^i^g for 

ctildren's'^i "^' ^'"i" -^"^ ""''' *-°°°' ^^^ '^e 
children s missionary offering of $.5 for the Dr. Lang- 
ford memorial in the afternoon, were the largest of 

iTe Th^nd'" ^'^^-y °f.the parish; in thf ttird 
place, a handsomely embroidered set of altar linen 

byTfE w'^FI P-"%TP^"^"'«^^« ''^^ 'Church' 
t . r ^ y- ^^^^^' of Pofsdam, N. Y., and used 
for the first time at the early celebration. Altogether 

outlV:^^: '''''' ^^ '^ — mbered by all mfmbts 



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St. /iDar^'s Cburcb 

Organized, 1812 

REV. H. USHER MONRO, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

9.30 Sunday School. 
10.45 Morning Prayer and Sermon. 
4.30 Evening Prayer and Address. 
Holy Communioti 

First Sunday in the month, 10.45 ^- ^*' 
All other Sundays, 8.45 A. M. 

Special F'estivals, 9.00 A. M. 

Choir rehearsals, Tuesdays and Fridays. 



ST. MARY'S CHURCH GUH^D will hold the 
last of the social meetings of the season ne.\t Thurs- 
day evening, May 5, in the Parish House. A good 
entertainment is being provided by the committee in 
charge. These Guild meetings are a helpful feature 
in the parish life. All friends are cordially invited to 
meet with us. 

THE Q. T. CLUB of young women held a delight- 
ful social in Freeman Hall on the evening of Patriots' 
Day. It was patronized by the parents and friends, 
and all had a merry time. A great deal of the time 
and interest of the young people are devoted to the 
work of St. Mary's, and it is well that occasionally they 
should be helped to some pleasure of their own. 

OUR CEMETERY. The committee on St. Mary's 
churchyard presented their report at the Easter meet- 
ing, showing that the funds raised for cemetery im- 
provements had been wisely expended the past year. 
The grounds were never in better condition. The 
Committee collects a small tax each year from lot 
owners, and in this way the graves of friends departed 
are kejjt in order and the grounds improved as much 
as possible. 

THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING of St. 
Mary's Church was held on Monday evening, April 
II. This meeting was in accordance with a very old 
custom in the Episcopal Church to have its annual 
business transacted on Easter Monday. At this time 
the parish elected the church wardens and vestrymen 
and other officers for the year. The financial matters 
were also attended to. The report of the Treasurer 
was received ; a small balance was reported after pay- 
ing all bills. It is a great satisfaction to the parish- 
ioners to feel that there is no debt for current expenses. 
.St. Mary's parishioners are very watchful in these 
matters, and try in every possible way to live within 
the stated income of the church. To be strictly hon- 
est and careful in church expenses is as needful, if 
not moreso, as in personal affairs. 

All the officers of St. Mary's parish were re-elected 
without a sing'e change. Mr. Samuel H. Warren was 
chosen Senior Warden, and Mr. John Pulcifer Junior 
Warden, each for the eighth year in succession. Mr. 
Frederic C. Leslie was also re-elected Church Treas- 
urer for the eighth successive year. It is largely due 
to the Treasurer's faithful and vigilant interest in St. 
Mary's affairs that the parish is now in such a good 
condition financially. 

The vestrymen to serve another year are: The 
wardens, Mr, Samuel W. Clifford, Mr. F. C. Leslie, 
Mr. Edward Jennings, Mr. Charles H. Spring, Mr. 
William P. Morse, Mr. Daniel S. Pratt, Mr. William 
C. Norcross. 



H. L. ROLLINS 



Attorney and Counsellor at Law 



Washington St., 
welles lb y. 



728 Tremont Bldg., 
boston, mass. 



MISS HABEL RYLAND KELLER 

Teacher of Piano, Guitar and Banjo. 

Wellesley. 
Refer to 

Prof. Junius W. Hill, 154 Tremont St., Boston. 

Mr. G. L. Lansing, 164 A Tremont St., Boston. 

riRS. W. L. TAYLOR 

Teacher of Piano, 

Wellesley. 
Refer to 

Mr. G. W. Chadwick, Director New England 

Conservatory of Music. 

PROFESSIONAL TUTORING 



Miss Grace B. Townsend, Wellesley '9ti, approved by th 
Departments of Maihem.-ttics, L.itin and Greek, of Wellesley Col 
lege, solicits tutoring in these subjects. Miss Townsend will make 
special arrangements for those desiring instruction during vacation 
and for students wishing to meet her in Boston. For terms, refer- 
ences, etc., address Wellesley Hills, Mass. 



niSS SUSAN SHARP PRATT 

Vocal Instruction. 

Wellesley Hills. 



DANA HALL SCHOOL- WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

Special advantages in the Modern Languagas, 
Music and Art. 

For circulars address the Principals, 

JULIA A. EASTMAN, 
SARAH P. EASTMAN. 



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WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 



SPRING TERM. Tuesday morning, April 12, 
marked the opening of the spring term. Commence- 
ment this year will fall upon June 21. 

CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION, llie religious 
life of the College is promoted by the Christian Asso- 
ciation, which organizes and directs the missionary 
work and takes charge of the weekly prayer service. 

COLLEGE SETTLEMENTS CHAPTER. A 
chapter of the College Settlements Association, which 
has a large membership, gives most efficient support 
in the work at the Boston Settlement, Denison House. 

BARN SWALLOW SOCIETY. Until within 
two years, there was lacking any general organization 
including all members of the College. An open soci- 
ety, "The Barn Swallows," now supplies this need, and 
through its frequent meetings and entertainments aids 
materially in making known to each other the individ- 
ual units of the great college community. 

COLLEGE ORGANIZATIONS. Much pleasure 
and profit come to the students through their various 
organizations, by means of which, also, they have 
opportunity to bring before the governing body of the 
College matters of interest to the student life, and to 
discuss 'hem in conference committees. Each class, 
moreover, has its individual organization, and accord- 
ing to time-honored precedent, many pleasant inter- 
class courtesies are observed. 

CURRENT EVENTS. Pundita Ramabai spoke 
in the chapel April 14, on "The High Caste Hindu 
Woman." Monday evening, the i8th, Professor 
Miinsterberg, of Harvard College, lectured on "Psy- 
chology and Real Life." President Wm. De Witt Hyde 
of Bowdoin College conducted services Sunday, April 
17. Katherine Stillings, the nine-year-old violinist, 
assisted at a pupils' recital last Saturday afternoon. 
A delightful piano recital was given on Monday 
evening by Madame Melania de Wienzkowska. 

WELLESLEY ILLUSTRATED. The editors of 
Scribner's Magazuie have begun a series of articles 
about three of the leading women's colleges to show 
what the college girl does when she is not seeking the 
higher education. Miss Abby Carter Goodloe, a 
Wellesley graduate, is the writer of the first of these 
articles just printed in the May Scribner's. There 
are many pictures which were drawn from life and 
some fine reproductions of Partridge photographs. 
Both text and illustrations are e.x^cellently done. 

LITERARY SOCIETIES. The six literary 
societies give opportunity for both intellectual and 
social life. Each holds a formal meeting once a 
month, when a stated program is carried out, informal 
social meetings taking place regularly, with an occas- 
ional tea or dancing party interspersed. The organ- 
izations are not secret, in a literal sense, being subject 
to the approval of the academic council, but each 
society has its own initiatory form of admission. 
Society membership is made up of both faculty and 
students. The number of active members ranges 
from twenty to fifty more. 



M15S M. E. FITZPATRICK 

DRESSMAKING 

CORNGR CENTRAL AND CROSS STS., WELLESLEY 

MIS5 HARGARET FLEHINQ 
DRESSMAKING 

THE IMPROVED TAYLOR SYSTEM USED 



Central Street^ 



W"£Uesle7. 



WANTED. 

The Public to know that I keep constavtJy on 
hand a first-class assortment of Groceries and 
Provisions, at prices as low as asked in Boston 
for the same grade of goods. Orders Filled 
Promptly and Satisfaction Guaranteed. 

E. M. BECK - Newton Lower Falls, Mass. 

PEOPLE'S MARKET. 

NEWTON LOWER FALLS. 
Evsrytbinjir in the line of MEATS and PRO- 
VISIONS at Boston Prices. Quality guaramecd. 
Orders called for and delivered free of charge in 
Wellesley Hiils Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 
R. if. LANDICK, Proprietor^ 

WILLIAM J. DANA, 

Grower of Roses, Chrysanthemums, Carna- 
tions, Violets, all Kinds of Bulbs, and Bed- 
ding Plants. 
Oakland Street Conservatories, 

Wellesley Hills. 

IF YOUR HOUSES OR OTHER BUILDINGS 
NEED PAINTING, AND YOU WISH !T DONE 
WITH FIRST-CLASS STOCK, BY CO?flPETENT 
MEN, AT REASONABLE PRICES, SEND FOR 

O. p. SANDERSON, 

SHOP, RIVER STREET, WELLESLEY LOV^ER FALLS, 
OR, BOX 122. NEWTON LOWER FALLS. 



1,000 LOADS 

of Fine Loam For 
5ale Cheap. 

JOHN CROSWELL, 

Wellesley Hills. 



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STORY & CUTTER 

Successors to 

C. W. PJSRKir 

DRUGGISTS 

Wdhzlcy - - Mass. 



Wn. E. GLOVER 

FISH ^ AND ^ OYSTERS 

Hotel Block - "West Newton 

WELLESLEY ROUTES TUESDAYS AND 

THURSDAYS OF EACH WEEK. 



e. H. DAOMUN JOHN BENSON G. FRANK HORTOM 

Phillips Qqmpany 

Successors to 

FREEMAN PHILLIPS 
CARPENTER . AND , BUILDER 

Jobbing attended to promptly. 
Plans estfmoted. 

Shop, Forest Street, 

P. O. Box 292. WELLESLEY HILL5. 

ROBINSON & EATON 
Red .. Estate .. ond .. Insurance 

Wellesley Hills. 

The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 
EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D. 
Waban St., Wellesley. Superintendent. 

ELM PARK- Wellesley HiUs 

First-Class Family Hotel 
JUNCTION WASHINGTON & WORCESTER STS 



STEAn HEAT. EXCELLENT TABLE. 
5PACI0US QROUNDS. STABLE, ETC. 

Several Desirable Rooms to Let for Winter 

or Year 

ICE CREAM AND FROZEN PUDDING MADE 

TO ORDER 



E. J. FREET^AN. 



F. A. COOLIDGE. o. E. STEVENS. 

F. A. COOLIDGE & CO. 



DEALER IN 



Choice .. Meats .. and .. Provisions 
Fresh Friiits, Vegfctables, Canned 



Goods, etc 
WASHINGTON ST. 



WELLESLEY 



F. DIEHL & SON 

Dealers in Coal, Wood, 

Hay and Grain. ^ 9T 

TELEPHONE NO. 16-4 
WELLESLEY, MASS. 

R'IRS. E. W. ILSLEY 

A Fine Line of 

SHIRT WAISTS 

WELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE 

BOLLES & YOUNG 

Dealers in Fine Groceries, Boots, Siioes and 
Rubbers, Tea, Coffee and Spices, Best Tiinne- 
sota Flour. 

Boot and Shoe Repairing a Spedalty. 
NEAR WELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE. 

W. D. WILSON " 

F»A.I>iXER .. AMD .. DECORATOR 

A Large Stock of Wall Papers ... A Fine 
Line os" CAaxRioGE Papers of all Colors. 

WITH EORDEBSTO MATCH ... ALSO PICTURE 

MooLDiNos, Hooks, Cords, Etc 



Shop rear of McLeod's Block 



Wellesley Hills 



C A. FREEIVTAN & CO. 

Manufacturers of 

Patent Door end Window Screens 

SCREENING OF GOOD CLASS 

DWELLINGS A SFEC5ALTY ... 

Difficult work solicited. Repairing: done. 

Estimates on application. 

Orders Promptly Attended to. 

Factory and P. O. Address — 

WESTON, MASS. 



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PEOPLE'S STEAM LAUNDRY 

ESTABLISHED 1886 

A first-class Laundry with every facility 
for doing: first-class work. Special attention 
given to Gents' Custom Dress Shirts and 
Ladies' Shirt Waists and White Dresses. 

EDWA-RD KITCM Is our agent 
for "Wellesley Hills, and H. L. 
KLAGG Is aeent for Wellesley. 

D. A. MAHONY & SONS, Props,, 

7 «& 9 Common St., Natick, 

MERRITTS- KEITH 

Dealer in Provisions ... Fresh and 
Smoked Fish ... Oysters in their 
Season ... Fresh Fruits and Vege- 
tables. 
WELLE5LE Y HILLS. 

GEO. N. SMITH 

Insurance Agent and Auctioneer 

Wellesley Nursery Co. 
ricLeod's Block = Wellesley Hills. 










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flJIOII 



51 te Oisi 



BnoMunt.2' [KStAiics 



TtimtOHt CcnnEmoMS. 



ftiaire; 

o 

W KlARTfllDGEr- 



G. M. ST. CLAIR 

Agent for Bicycles. Sundries on Sale. Eepairing and 

Eentmg. Clocks Repaired, Lawn Mowers and Scissors 

Sharpened, and Small Jobbing attended to. 
Violin, Banjo and Guitar Strings and Fixtures for Sale. 
McClellan's Block, - - Wellesley Square. 

Residence at Wellesley Hills. 

The Wellesley Tea Room 



Meals served <J la carte. 
Maryland biscuit a specialty. 



J. D. SHAW 



PAINTER 



AND 



DECORATOR 



Box 78, Newton Lower Falls. 
Shop on Washington St., near R. R. Station. 



SCRIBHER k ODTUG MAGAZINES, 

FOR MAY, 

contain articles on 

WELLESLEY COLLEGE. 

For sale by 

MRS. H. E. CURRIER, 
Grove Street, - = Wellesley. 

F. Diehl, Jr. & Co., 
LIVERY & BOARDING STABLE 

Central Street, Wellesley. 
HEET ALL TRA5NS. TELEPHONE No. 1 6 =2 

THE NEWTON ICE CO. 

is prepared to furnish a first=class quality of 
Pond ice in Wellesley Hills, Newton Lower 
Falls and South Weston. 

niLLER & HATCH, Proprietors. 

P. O, Address^ - Newton Lower Falls. 

Wellesley Hills Pharmacy 

PRESCRIPTIONS 

A 

SPECIALTY. 

McINTOSH ^i^ 

Wellesley, Wellesley College, Wellesley 
Hills, Wellesley Farms, Woodland and 
Waban 

.to^ EXPRESS 

Boston Offices: 174 Washington, 15 Devonshire, 105 Arch and 
77 Kingston Streets. 

Leave Boston at II A. M. and 2 P. M. 



NOTARY Public 



Justice of the peace 



ALBERT JENNINGS 

Real Estate and Insurance Agent 
Auctioneer and Conveyancer 



SERVICES RENDERED IN THE ADMINISTRA- 
TION AND SETTLEMENT OF ESTATES. 



WELLESLEY, flASS. 



ourTqwn 



JUNE, 1898 



Volume I Number 6 - - - {LT„Vayr 



CONTENTS 

Our Policeman • Mary A. Gillette 3 

Ridge Hill • • H. L. Rollins 3 

A May Morning: • Mabel R. Walcott 4 

Butterflies of Welleslcy Alex K Wight 5 
Church News 

Welleslcy Congregotional Church • 7 

Wellesley Hills Congregational Church • 7 

Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society • 8 

St. Andrew's Church ... 8 

St. Mar/s Church ... 9 

"Wellesley College Notes ... 10 






CHA.RLES Nl. EA.XON, PulDllsher 
Wellesley Hills. Mass. 



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THE WEI^LESLEY SPECIAI, 

A HIGH GRADE WHEEL FOR $65 

FOR LADY OR GENTLEMAN 
BUILT JUST AS YOU WAXT IT 
All kinds of repairing promptly and skillfully done nt 
lowest prices, and work guaranteed. Wheels cleaned and 
adjusted, Bicycles to rent. 



AGENTS FOR THE ORIENT 



J. HUBER & CO., 



Cottage St. 



Wellesley. 




RIDGE HILL FARHS DAIRY 

Successors to John Law- 
son AT Wellesley Hills 

MORNING and EVENING DF.TWERY 


FREDERICK L. DIEHL, Jr. 

BLACKSniTH 

Carriage, Wagon, Sleigh Work and Jobbing. 
Special Attention given to Over-reaching, Interfering 
and Tender-footed Horses. 

Washington St., - - Wellesley. 


TELEPHONE 23 3 

VISITORS ARE WELCOME AT ALL TIMES 

"Wellesley mail oddr ess : 

W. G. SMITH, Supt. 


Remember the Maine 

point is to give you a high grade bicycle 
at a very low price. 

Just think of it I $100, 1897 Keating 

To close at $35, 


THIS SPACE RESKKVED, 


I ! ! REAL WHEEL BARGAINS 1 1 1 
Keatingfs, "W"oIfi Americons and Bostonians, 

$40.00 
S. GOLDTHWAITE - WELLESLEY. 




W. W. McLEOD 

SOLE AGENT FOR WELLESLEY 

FOR THE 

CELEBRATED KINQ ARTHUR FLOUR. 



Are you in the market for a bicycle? 

Have you seen my list and prices? You will make a mistake if you buy elsewhere. 
Agent for Wellesley and Wellesley Hills for 

Crawford flfg. Co., Iver Johnson Arms and Cycle Works, 

John P. Lovell Arms Co., Union Cycle Mfg. Co. 



For Prices, Address, 



Henry W. Hagar, 



Wellesley, flass. 



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Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the first 
of each month. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Edward H. Chandler, Wellesley. 

Publisher, Charles M. Eaton, Wellesley Hills. 

Advertising Agent, Alex E. Wight, Wellesley Hills, 

Subscriptions may be left at Flagg's News Stand or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Wellesley; Mrs. Ilsley's, Wellesley Hills, or at the 
Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Wellesley Hills Post 
Office. 



OUR POLICEMAN. 

Slowly, and with grave dignity, 
Our one policeman, up and down, 

Paceth the quiet walks and ways 
Of our well-ordered town. 

A tov/n where burglars never come, 
And drunken men we rarely see, 

And accidents and fires are few, — 
How dull his life must be ! 

Small wonder is it if he feel 

A sort of semi-sinful joy 
"Whene'er a quarrel he perceives 

Brewing 'twixt boy and boy. 

At least 'tis something in his line 

To nip it in the bud, and quiet 
With admonitions grave and stern 

What might have been a riot. 

If I were doomed to walk the rounds. 
In some small, virtuous town like this, 

From dawn till curfew, up and down, 
While nothing went amiss. 

Never a casualty or crime 

To call my valor into play, 
To pick a fallen urchin up 

The event of a whole day. 

Never a chance to use the club 

I keep at home upon a shelf, 
I fear — I fear I might stir up 

A little row, — myself. 

MARY A. GILLETTE. 



RIDGE HILL 

ABOUT ten thousand j^ears ago our town 
was not such a pleasant place to live in as it 
is today. For centuries the great glacier, 
like a gigantic file, had been slowly moving 
over it, grinding the surface to a dead level. 
But the time came when the Ice King began 
to lose his power and the ice front began to 
retreat. The ice, no longer of that beautiful 
blue color as when it left the snow fields of 



Labrador, was dingy and dirty, and in some 
places looked not unlike the granite hills 
through which it had ploughed its way, so 
thickly was it covered with the debris from 
the mountains. Great bowlders were scat- 
tered over it. It was cracked, broken and 
melted until its surface seemed made up of 
small hills, valleys and mountain chains. 

Through one of these valleys runs a little 
river. It brings gravel from above; the 
stones and gravel along its banks roll down 
into it. Its course is from north to south, 
until it strikes a rounded, bowlder-covered 
hill of ice and is turned sharply to the west. 
Straight across its path is a deep crevasse 
into which it plunges, and, once more turned 
in its course, pushes its way through the great 
fissure under the glacier until it finally rushes 
into the sunlight sjireading part of its load in 
a delta upon the plain. There, above the 
place where Ridge Hill now stands, the 
stream continued to flow through the rapidly 
decaying ice, cutting its way deeper and 
deeper down to the solid earth, until it was 
turned from its course by the opeinng of a 
crevasse somewhere to the north. But there, 
shut in by the walls of ice, remained all the 
sand, gravel and stones that had found its 
bed, until the ice had completely melted. 
And now what was once the bed of that 
ancient river rises above the Needham marshes 
and is one of the most interesting moniiments 
that the Ice King has left to exalt our admir- 
ation and wonder. 

But besides being of intei'est to the geolo- 
gist, Ridge Hill and the adjoining swamps 
hold out ffreat attractions to the lover of 
flowers. During the first week iu June ot 
last year we spent the day there. Starting 
at the high hill at the northern end of the 
Ridge we followed the road down past the 
two large chestnut trees to the open meadow 
that skirts its eastern slope. 

The meadow was sprinkled over with are- 
thusas, and, in sharp contrast to this unassum- 
ing orchid, the great ruddy splashes of color 
showed where "the pitcher plant had hung 
out its gorgeous banners to attract its prey. 
What a wonderfully constructed insect-trap 
that leaf is ! Those down-pointing hairs bor- 
dering that ring of alluring nectar, and, just 
below, that slippery slide leading to sure 
death. Probably the insect preachers have 
worked this leaf into many a sermon to illus- 
trate the dreadful result of the first step down 
the broad and easy way, as well as the difii- 



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culty in retracing the steps once taken in that 
thoroughfare. But, judging from the collec- 
tion at the bottom of every leaf, their preach- 
ing has not had a marked effect on their con- 
gregations. 

On the other side of the meadow nearer 
the woods was another insect-catching plant, 
the round-leafed sundew, its leaves studded 
with tiny glistening rubies. After wading 
through water nearly to the tops of our rub- 
ber boots, we were rewarded by finding a few 
flowers of the buckbean. 

Later in the year, when the arethusas have 
disappeared and nothing is left of the beauty 
of the bloom of the pitcher-plant except its 
queer umbrella-like pistil, here may be found 
countless rosy blossoms of the sweet-scented 
pogonia and a few spikes of the purple cal- 
opogon. 

Leaving this meadow we pushed our way 
through the tangle where, but a short time 
ago, the flowering dog-wood was in bloom, 
up to the cart-path at the top of the Ridge 
and followed its slightly winding and un- 
dulatory course to the grove of pines. 

After lunch we went down the hill wliere 
the columbine grov/s into tlie thick shade of 
the western swamp. We found no flowers 
here, but all around was a luxuriant growth 
of ferns, reaching well above our knees. 
About the time the peep of the young Balti- 
more orioles is heard in the land, the smaller 
purple-fringed orchids will push their spikes 
of delicate lavender up through the green of 
these ferns, making a picture worth miles of 
tramping to see. 

Let me say, for the beneflt of any of my 
readers who may take this walk, that it 
would be wise before starting to put that old 
"brier" in one pocket and a handful of cut 
plug in another. The mosquitoes on this 
side of the Ridge are not as large as the Jei*- 
sey variety, but they make up in numbers 
what they lack in size. But possibly some 
of you do not possess even one pocket; to 
you my advice is to take along someone who 
does and keep pretty close to him on the lee- 
ward side. 

About a stone's throw from this great fern- 
ery were two little shallow pools of water, 
and rising out of them were the pure white 
spathes of the wild calla surrounded by their 
glossy green leaves. For a short distance 
the swamp is full of underbrush, so we went 
up the bank where the brown ip'me needles 
woven together with goldthread were almost 
concealed by dwarf cornel and Canada May- 



flower in full bloom, with here and there a 
white star-flower. 

Higher up the hill we found the first lady's- 
slippers, and where we entered the swamp 
again in the more open woods, they grew in 
the greatest abundance. We tramped for 
more than a mile through a garden of these 
orchids, whose color varied from dark rose- 
purple to pale pink, and we ended our day 
of flower-hunting by finding three pure white 
ones which, if not more beautiful, were cer- 
tainly more rare than any flower in our 
boxes. 

H. L. KOLLIXS. 

A MAY MORNING 

"The world is so full of a number of things, 
I'm sure we should all be as happy as kings." 

MIGHT not bright May mornings, full of 
freshness and sweet sounds, have been 
among the "number of things" to which 
Stevenson referred? 

Just before daybreak, not long ago, a 
warbling vireo woke me and I knew that 
that cheery call from the elm outside ray 
window was the key-note for a grand chorus 
soon to follow, in which every songster in 
the neighborhood would join. I was soon 
out among them. For a moment the little 
herald seemed fairly bursting with excite- 
ment, and it was hard to believe that those 
wild, ringing notes could belong to such a 
small, gray bird. Abruptly he stopped. 
What a stillness there was ! Not even the 
leaves rustled. All the birds were holding 
their breaths until the sun should be up. 
Then the wonder, when, just as the sun 
appeared, there came from everywhere a 
grand chorus of voices. The air was full of 
a new story, v/oods and birds seemed ninning 
over with joy and all the world was aglisten. 
Above the din of sparrows, orioles and war- 
blers rose the robin's "cheer up, cheer up, 
cheerily, cheerily!" 

One of the little choir was perched on a 
fence. This saucy song sparrow, knowing, 
the rogue, that his feathers shaded well with 
the old rail, waited until I was quite past 
when, throwing back his brown head, with 
the bill pointing straight into the air, he sang 
a familiar "chur, chur, churree, chee, cheo," 
and faced me as much as to say, "You thought 
me a mere fence post. Can a post sing like 
that? Do better if you can." The next 
minute he flew away to a neighboring field 
chuckling to his little spotted self over the 
huge joke. 



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As the song sparrow's voice died away a 
few delicate, thrilling notes came from a 
straight, scanty maple tree, and against the 
bluest of blue skies appeared the goldfinch in 
gay black and yellow, a tiny little soul, yet 
so beautiful is his coloring and so soft and 
spirit-like are his notes that he seems to 
belong to the sunshine. 

Across an open field fluttered the meadow- 
lai'k in slow, tremblnig flights, and then came 
that plaintive cry which floats to us from 
some low-lying swamp or far-off hill. The 
meadow-lark stretched his yellow neck and 
sang those long-drawn, tender notes, too 
human for a bird, yet understood by the mate 
for whom they are intended. They tell 

"o' never ending care, 

o' speechless grief and dark despair." 

Suddenly, from a bush near by, sounded a 
"che-bec, che-bec." There sat the imp, his 
head as clumsy and out of proportion to his 
wee body as ever. Not noticing my rude 
stare, the young desperado kept che-becing 
until it seemed that ere long he would che- 
bec his head off. My comical serenader eyed 
me suspiciously and soon, true to his own, 
jerky, fly-catcher self, made a successful dive 
after a passing insect. 

From a sunny way-side place burst the 
rich, joyous music of the purple finch, and 
nearby the ambitious oven bird, or golden- 
crowned thrush, always in pursuit of know- 
ledge, demanded a "teacher, teacher^ 

TExVCHEE." 

The bay- winged bunting or vesper sparrow, 
a shy, timid, whispering bunch of feathers, 
was hiding behind a stone wall singing avray 
in an undertone. Approaching this little 
murmurer I heard a song full of trills and 
diflicult passages, yet so soft and light that 
he seemed practicing to himself for some pub- 
lic performance. The little vespers are 
taught to whisper in the same Avay, and per- 
haps their loud hymn is all the more perfect 
for an hour of morning drill. 

Blending fittingly with Vesper's matin 
came the clear voice of the wood-thrush. 
No words can describe this magical song, 
always far away and seldom interfered v/ith, 
for when the thrush deigns to sing all other 
birds listen. 

Close at hand the red- winged blackbirds 
had stopped their "oo-ka-lees," even Downy, 
the woodpecker, was resting, and the glad, 
ringing twitter of the swallows told that 
breakfast time had come. 

MABEL K. WALCOTT. 



BUTTERFLIES OF WELLESLEY 

THAT amateur sociologist who observed 
the morning trains and noted the various 

hours at which the citizens- of a certain 
suburban town, possibly Wellesley, arrived 
at the city to begin their daily duties, and 
shortly produced a fairly accurate chart 
shownng the relative standing and wealth of 
the inhabitants, might have adopted a some- 
what similar method in the classification of 
butterflies with equally successful results. 

Naturalists have discovered that, as a gen- 
eral rule, butterflies which fly in the daytime 
have certain characteristics. Their feelers 
have a knob at the end, and they shut their 
wings with the upper sides together. These 
are the true butterflies. Butterflies which 
fly at twilight differ in that their feelers are 
thickest at the centre and taper both ways, 
and when at rest their wings are nearly hori- 
zontal. These are the dusk fliers, of which 
the hawk or humming-bird moths are fam- 
iliar examples. Butterflies which fly at night 
are called moths; their feelers are often like 
miniature feathers, or else are thickest at the 
base and taper toward the end, and they rest 
their wings as do the dusk fliers. 

All butterflies pass through four stages — 
the Q^^^ the worm, the chrysalis and the per- 
fect winged insect. Popular interest begins, 
and often ends, with the final stage of butter- 
fly life, not only because of the beautiful 
forms and colors there so conspicuous, but 
also for the reason that study of the insect, in 
its other stages, is attended by difticulties. 
For like reasons, the scope of this article will 
be limited to the true butterflies. 

Of the true butterflies — those which fly by 
day, have their feelers (antenna?) Icnobbed, 
and rest their wings vertically over their 
bodies — less than fifty species are likely to 
be found in Wellesley. Five of these might 
attract notice because of their numbers, a 
dozen are common, tv>'0 dozen not rare, and 
the remainder decidedly uncommon. 

By June the common white butterfly, 
Pieris rapa3, may be seen flying over culti- 
vated ground in abundance, while in the 
meadows and fields the yellow butterfly, Col- 
ias philodice, the tiny copper-colored Chrys- 
ophanus americanus, and the larger red and 
black Melita^a tharos, flit from flower to 
flower. All of these have been on the wing 
for a month, and may be seen till late in the 
fall. In July the Satyrus alope, 2 1-2 inches 



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across, brown, with two eye spots aud a yel- 
low band on the fore wings, will be common 
in grassy meadows bordered by woods or 
bushes. This knowing insect lies hidden in 
the grass, or flits serenely from spot to spot, 
but if disturbed, starts immediately with a 
peculiar zigzag flight for the adjoining trees 
or shrubbery, where it is speedily lost to 
A'iew, much to the discomfiture of the collec- 
tor. These are the commonest butterflies in 
Wellesley, 

Those butterflies which appear in May, or 
earlier, include the purplish-brown, yellow- 
bordered Vanessa antiopa, which hiber- 
nates and flies in the "Hundreds" and 
similar localities, often before the snow 
is fairly off the ground; three species of 
Pyrameis — Atalanta, Cardui and Hunteri, 
which ai'e black, with markings of .red or 
orange above, and have eye spots and peculiar 
marblings below; Argj'nnis bellona, which is 
tawny-yellow or reddish, with numei-ous 
black spots and markings, a few specimens 
of which may be found in almost any wot 
grassy meadow in Wellesley; and Lyca^na 
pseudargiolus, a small butterfly, azure blue 
above and pearl gray below, which also fre- 
quents the "Hundreds," where it flies along 
the wood paths. 

In June come our largest and most showy 
butterflies, the three swallow-tailed Papilios 
— Turnus, often five inches across, yellow, with 
black border and stripes ; Troilus, four inches 
across, fore wing black, with one row of 
spots, and hind wing with one pixre orange 
spot at lower margin; and Asterias, similar 
to the preceding, but with two rows of spots 
on fore wing, and a black spot in the centre 
of the orange spot. These three butterflies 
are frequent visitors in Wellesley gardens, 
wdiere they patronize lilacs and syringas. 
Three Grapta butterfl.ies — Interrogationis, 
Progne and Comma — appear in June. The 
margins of their black-spotted and fox-red 
'wnngs are irregular, and on the under side of 
the hind wings, near the centre, in the thi'ee 
species are respectively, a silver semi-colon, 
a letter L and a comma. 

In June also come Argynnis myrina, in 
appearance and habits like Argynnis bellona, 
but with pearl-white spots on the under side 
of hind wing; Melitoea phaeton, black with 
orange and white spots, a pretty and uncom- 
mon insect which flies 3'^ear after year in four 
or five wet, gx'assy meadows in Wellesley, 
and is almost never found outside of these 



spots, of sometimes only a few square rods; 
and Neonympha eurytris, dark grayish 
brown, with eye spots, which, with a jerky 
flight, wanders here and there in the vicinity 
of open Avoods. 

In July the butterflies come thick and fast, 
and by the first of August no new species 
appear, although many have several broods, 
which come at intervals throughout the sum- 
mer and fall. 

Danais archippus, a tawny-orange and 
black-veined butterfly, four inches across, 
delights in clover blossoms, and is fairly 
common in the large fields on the left side of 
Washington street, between Wellesley vil- 
lage and South Natick. Limenitis disippus 
is similar to the preceding, but smaller, and 
absti'acts nectar from the red milkweed which 
grows in swampy places. 

Limenitis ursula is one of our handsomest 
butterflies. It has irridesceut black and blue 
tints, with a striped border, and frequents 
cool back roads, like portions of Worcester 
street and Wellesley avenue, and the margins 
of woodland pools. Neither is it wholly 
oblivious to the charms of civilization, for 
pig pens are its especial delight. 

Two species of Argynnis — Idalia and 
Cybele — frequent the red swamp milkweed 
in July. They are large, tawny-orange but- 
terflies, with black dots and markings above, 
and silvery spots below. The Idalia has the 
lower half of the upper side of its hind wings 
black, with orange spots. 

Neonympha canthus is a delicately shaded 
yelloAvish-brown butterfly, with eye sj^ots, 
which flies in isolated localities in woods, 
where there is grass underfoot. It has been 
found in several places in Wellesley, and 
also near Glen Road, over the Weston line. 

Chrysophanus epixanthe is a diminutive 
but pretty insect that flies over grassy bogs, 
and has been found near the Needham line, 
off Cartvvn-ight street. It is dark brown and 
black, with orange spots on the hind wings. 

The aim of the student of butterflies should 
be to ascertain the relationships existing 
between the various species, based upon the 
whole life-history of the insect; and not only 
to enjoy superficially the varied phenomena 
of butterfl.y existence, but to know the why 
and the wherefore of these phenomena — 
knowledge which will increase many fold the 
jileasure to be derived from the collection 
and study of these most beautiful of all forms 
of animal life. alex e. wight. 



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IMellesleg Congregational Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Worship. 

11.55 Sunday School and Adult Bible Class. 

3.30 Junior C. E. Society. 

6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 

7.15 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Woman's Union. 

FRIDAY 
7.30 Mid-week Service. 

PULPIT EXCHANGE. Rev. L. R. Eastman of 
Framingham will preach on Sunday morning, June 5. 

WHITMAN COLLEGE. As a result of the visit 
of Miss Virginia Dox to this parish over $250 has 
been given or pledged for the endowment fund of 
Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. 

THE COM.VIENCEMENT exercises of Dana Hall 
will be held in the Church on Wednesday afternoon, 
June 15th, at 5.30 o'clock. The address will be given 
by Professor E. Charlton Black. 

NEW MEMBERS. The Church cordially invites 
members of other churches worshipping here to bring 
letters and join this Church. Such letters may be 
presented to the Pastor on or before June 17th, the 
time of the regular meeting of the Church Committee. 

MR. FRANK C. TUCKER, a member of this con- 
gregation, is in the ranks of Company E, 6th Regi- 
ment, Massachusetts Volunteers. In the same com- 
pany are sons of Dr. F. E. Emricli and Rev. W. G. 
Puddefoot of South Framingham. 

HOME MISSIONARY BARREL. Asa result of 
the winter's work a most valuable collection of useful 
and attractive garments and other necessary house- 
hold furnishings has been sent to the home mission- 
ary ia the West in whom the Woman's Union has 
been interested. 

CHILDREN'S DAY will be observed on June 19. 
At the morning service Bibles will be presented to 
children who were baptized in 1891, and there will be 
a special sermon to children. In the afternoon will 
be held the usual Children's Day Sunday School ser- 
vice. On this day the Church will make a contribu- 
tion to the Sunday School and Publishing Society. 

WOMAN'S UNION. Addresses have bt-en made 
to the Union by Professor Ellen Hayes on temper- 
ance work and Professor Katharine Coman on the 
Consumer's League. The advantage of proximity to 
the College is being thoroughly appreciated, and the 
women of the congregation are heartily grateful for 
the readiness to co-operate with them shown by mem- 
bers of the College faculty. 

LOSSES IN MEMBERSHIP. Mrs. M. J. Cooley, 
mother of Professor Grace E. Cooley of Wellesley 
College, died on May i6th. Mr. John Weston, now 
living in Dorchester, and Mrs. F. W. Shattuck of 
Natick, have withdrawn to connect themselves with 
other churches. Mrs. F. T. Oilman is soon to leave 
for Colorado Springs to visit her daughter, Mrs. 
Ahlers, and Mr. and Mrs. Francis L. Oilman are to 
remove their place of residence to New Bedford. 



ifirst Congrecjattonal Cburcb In 
mellesle^ ibills 

Organized, February 24, 1847 

REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

3.15 Junior Christian Endeavor. 

4.00 Adult Bible Classes. 

7.00 Union Service in charge of Y. P. S. C. E. 
TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

CHILDREN'S SUNDAY. The second Sunday 
in June is to be observed as usual. There will be a 
concert exercise by the Sunday School, with presen- 
tation of Bibles, and an address by Rev. Pitt Dilling- 
ham on work among the children in the black belt of 
the South. 

THE FLOWER MISSION department of the 
W. C. T. U. will open its work for the season on Sat- 
urday, June 4, at headquarters, 171 Tremont street. 
Donations of flowers, fruit or money for the work 
will be received on the Fridays of June between the 
hours of 4 and 7 p. M. at the residence of Mrs. Frank 
L. Fuller. 

SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES. June 5, Mis- 
sionary Concert. June 12, Children's Sunday exer- 
cises. June 19, True Friendship. June 26, The Right 
Use of Time. The program for the next six months 
must be made out in June, and the Sunday Evening 
Service Committee would be glad of any suggestions 
which may be sent to the Pastor or to Mr. Joseph W. 
Peabody. 

THE NEXT COMMUNION SERVICE will be 
observed on the first Sunday in July. The Pastor 
would remind members of other churches, now resid- 
ing here, that this church invites them to membership 
here. Letters should be presented to the Pastor dur- 
ing the first fortnight in June. There will be a meet- 
ing of the Church Committee at the close of the Fri- 
day evening prayer meeting on June 17, to which all 
who wish to unite with the church are invited. 

THE JUNIOR ENDEAVOR SOCIETY. With 
the very cordial help of theirfriends the Juniors made 
$57 at their recent sale and entertainment. $50 of this 
they have added to their bank deposit, thus making 
$102 for their New Church fund. The Band of Mercy 
meeting will be omitted this month. The Pastor will 
speak to the Society on the afternoon of June loth, 
and the Superintendent hopes that every member will 
be present. 

MEN'S BIBLE CLASS. The lessons for June 
and July will be in the Epistle to the Ephesians: 
June 5, Chapter i, "God's purpose in Christ and the 
apostle's prayer for the church ;" June 12, Chapter 2, 
"What Christ has Accomplished. Paul's Idea of Sal- 
vation;" June 19, Chapter 3, "Paul's Missionary Mo- 
tive;" June 26, Chapter 4, "Christian Unity. Practi- 
cal Principles of Christian Conduct." N. B. This 
class meets at four o'clock on Sunday afternoon, and 
is open to all men. 



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maicslcv UMIIs 'Clnltariau Bocict^ 

Organized, 1871 
REV. ALBERT B. VORSE, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 
10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

SATURDAY 

9-00 Junior Branch Alliance. 

TUESDAY 

^^Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues- 

Ad^TuTv" n?. ^^^^'^'^ °" ^he first Sundays of Jan - 
Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service- 

SOUTH MIDDLESEX CONFERENCE ~T1^ 

wilThr."}r-''"^ °^ '^' ^°"'h Middlesex Conference 
will be held in our Church on Wednesday, June iTth 
beginning at 9 o'clock with a devotional s^ervice The 

encT^rf ^o? Tno'"^ ?° ^'^ '° ^^^^^ the^onfe" 
enceare not announced in season to appear in thi^ 
notice, but as soon as the arrangements fJr the mee ' 
ing are completed they will be made pub he T^; 
a'tSdfd Tnd^'" ^°"''^^"^^ ^^^' - a^rule'-argJi; 

Hke our own! lirT"^''' "^'"'^"^ '" ^ neighborhood 
iiKe our o\vn is likely to prove attractive. There win 

be a morning and an afternoon session o the ConJe 

ence, and a most cordial invitation is extended to he 

friends throughout our town to attend and unite wi^h 



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OUR SUNDAY SCHOOL has organized for the 
work of the coming year with the follo^v^ing choice ol 
ofticers and committee: Superintendent,^Col Albert 

R!Ssot"ct/ir^:^ri,?r-i!^^^ i- ^rr F 

M.Jc.nD.Hard,M.s.E:^-L^-Eiu^^: 

THE WOMAN'S ALLIANCE nf ,!,„ tt -. • 
Society l.eld i„ ,„„„„ me H,^f ^.ht.Vts^i'rr 
as, reg„,a, meeting of ,he sea?™, „„ rSat May 

sis ^' ■"'-?* - p-f ?or.f 'i 

Mrs Skfi P= I T ^^- ^'""''' Vice-President, 
Treasurer Mrs 1 IJ !'""")■. M"- G. A, Purdy 

.er i^^i'dVa-^feftrv^r^ .f;itir;„t"f ^':§ 
SrsSH;rrs:"s;Tdsri;K't^: - 

yer and Mrs. To,vne As the object is oV, 'e?s«":i" 
life the Committee decided that he members of AIM 
ance w,l] act as hostesses and receive aH ,vho° ish ^' 

me«; rdS" ::;' t::' "?LTt ■'""'--^ -SsL- 

Mis, Ma,ie^Un,hto„.s feal-',' a^nd mSfh^M"/ 

co:.jSs.t'|rp-.-'£:r;;i-;s:;? 



St. BnDrew's Cbiircb 

Organized, 1891 

REV. WILLIA.M E. HAYES, Rector 

Keli-rious Services 

SUNDAY 
10.30 Morning Prayer. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the Month, 10.30 a m 

,„ SATURDAY 

2.30 Ministering Children's League. 
7-45 Girls' Pnendly Society. 

Seats free. All welcome. 



. CONFIRMATION^ The PislT^TTTTiT":^ 

S;s™i o^"tLr,hr'j„fii"'f4 -T r 

presented one candidate ?;„^\k,',;;;rFnT, .S^hoot"" 

SERVICES IN SUMlNfFR n • , ^ 
absence abroad, the following de^'S ['m ^^^^T'^ 
June, the Rev. William H. ifrookf D D of ifo f '^ 

FredprirV r T ". , ^^"ghton; August, the Rev 

Th.J • c ^^ ^''^^ graduated from the General 
pnttffin'rar^-^^^^^-^' ^"^ ^^^^^^ - ^hl 

MIS-SIONARY OFFERING, WHITSUNDAY 

the Arch-deaconr^ of New Bedford fn^'^,-°'^""'^°" '° 
sions; $10 for the Fresh Air F ^°' ^^'°"san mis- 
Rest. Episcopal aty'^Mii^io^i^.S^n-lfo fS'""' 
sionary stipends, diocese of Indiana $,:,o l\^? I 
annual pledge toward the salar; of thl'fe'v fpf 
Roots missionary at Wuchang, ^China, from Fpisco: 
pal Theological School, Cambridge; the lAfanre 
$62.12. was sent to the General R^Jr^ t ^, -^ ' 
New York Ci>,r f^i ^ •! 1 °^'^^ °f Missions 

vork City, to be divided at its discretion. 

ANNUAL SERVICE G F q e. ^ j , 
branch of the Girls' Frtn HI c St. Andrew's 

by eleven membe s ItlZ^ f"'^' "'^' '"^P'-esented 
J ^" ""^"'ijers at the annua serv cp nf «Kc j^;„ 

divisirnrSi^g^rrotr^r o'r h' ;- *^° 

avenue to the church. Mostof ill, Huntington 
beautifully-embroidered banners As tW ff, T''^ 
the church, singing the threT processi:Lfhvmn',' 
"Rejoice, ye pure in heart '• "AnHenr^f "i ^y'""^: 
"Fling out the banner," he 7\l\lf ^^^'- ^"^ 
s ve. The mu<;ir nf ihL c • ^ ^^^^ ^^'■y inipres- 

tional, th'e^^Tarhelh^' i^g^rctS U s"'^ ?" A^" 
beforehand The r; 'f^P"^"'"^ '* several months 

which was collected in small red silk Z '"."^ 

each branch, was devntpTf!, c? * ^^^^' °"^ '^o'' 

Raleigh, No'rth Jaro^nl' ° ''• ^"^-^'-'^ School. 



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REV. H. 



/iDavi>'s (Xi3urcb 

Organized, 1S12 
USHER MONRO, Rector 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

9.30 Sunday School. 
10.45 ^lorning Prayer and Sermon. 
4.30 Evening Prayer and Address. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the month, 
All other Sundays, 
Special Festivals, 
Choir rehearsals, Tuesdays and Fridays. 

SPECIAL DAYS. There are three special days 
in the Church Calendar to be observed in June: St. 
Barnabas, June 11 ; St. John Bnptist, June 24 ; and 
St. Peter's Day, June 29. There will be a service of 
lioly Communion on each day at 9 A. M. 

THE ARCH-DEACONRY OF LOWELL held 
its annual meeting in the Church of the Ascension, 
East Cambridge. The delegates to represent St. 
Mary's Church were the senior warden, Mr. Samuel H. 
Warren, Mr. Samuel W. Clifford and Mr. George P. 
Codwise. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL OFFERING at Easter 
for the Dr. Langford Missionary Fund amounted to 
518.50. Four scholars received special prizes in recog- 
nition of faithful attendance and care in the use of 
lesson papers during the year. Those receiving the 
prizes were Marion Morse, Mary B. Burnett, Marion 
WiswEil ana Carrie Sears. 

TRINITY SUNDAY. This festival occurs on 
June 5th. It is the last of the chief days of the 
Christian year before the Advent season, and marks 
the beginning of the Trinity season, which covers 
nearly half of the Christian year. In St. Mary's 
Trinity Sunday will be observed with the celebration 
of the Holy Communion at the usual morning service. 

THE CHOIR is making careful preparation to 
join in the great chorus of church clioirs which every 
year holds a musical festival in Boston in June. It 
held a good rank among other choirs last year. The 
parish gets the direct benefit of its work for the festi- 
val, not only in the rendering of the special music in 
our Church, but in the results obtained by earnest 
devotion to all parts of the service. 

DEATH. The parish has sustained a severe loss 
by the death of Mrs. Charles F. Crehore, which 
occurred in the early morning of the first Sunday in 
May. For many years Mrs. Crehore has been a faith- 
ful communicant in St. Mary's. Her gentle life and 
kindly spirit will be greatly missed among us. Her 
devotion to the welfare of the Churc'n v.'as constant, 
and her character was a consistent expression of the 
principles of the Christian faith. 

THE ALTAR CHAPTER would be very grateful 
for contributions from the parishioners for its needed 
work. It provides flowers for the Sunday services, 
when they are not given, and also keeps the vestments 
and altar linen clean and in repair. The members of 
the Altar Chapter are: Mrs. W. C. Norcross, Mrs. 
Pratt, Mrs. Pronk, Mrs. Curtis, Miss Sarah A. Joi-dan, 
Miss Susan Pulcifer and Miss Eva Wiswall. 





Washington St., 


10.45 A. M. 


WELLESLKY. 


8.45 A. JI. 




9.00 A. M. 





H. L. ROLLINS 



Attorney and Counsellor at La^ 



728 Tremont Bldg., 
boston, mass. 



MISS HABEL RYLAND KELLER 

Teacher of Piano, Guitar and Banjo. 

Wellesley. 
Refer to 

Prof. Junius W. Hill, 154 Tremont St., Boston. 

Mr. G. L. Lansing, 164 A Tremont St., Boston. 

riRS. VV. L. TAYLOR 

Teacher of Piano, 

Wellesley. 
Refer to 

Mr. G. W. Chadwick, Director New England 

Conservatory of Music. 

PROFESSIONAL TUTORING 



Miss Grace B. Townsend, Wellesley 'iJG, approved by the 
Departments of Mathematics, Latin and Greek, of Wellesley Col- 
lege, soliciis tutoring in these subjects. Miss Townsend will make 
special arrangements for those desiring instruction during vacation 
and for students wishing to meet her in Boston. For terms, refer- 
ences, etc., address Wellesley Hills, Mass. 



ni55 SUSAN SHARP PRATT 

Vocal Instruction. 

Wellesley Hills. 



DANA HALL SCHOOL- WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

Special advantages in the Modern Languages, 
Music and Art. 

For circulars address the Principals, 

JULIA A. EASTMAN, 
SARAH P. EASTMAN. 



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WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 



CLOSE OF COLLEGE. Final examinations will 
begin June 9th and extend to tlie i6tli. Entrance 
examinations for admission will be held here, in New 
York, and other appointed places, from June 7th to 
loth inclusive. Commencement will fall on Tuesday, 
June 2ist, and Alumnae Day exercise on June 22nd. 

EVENTS AND VISITORS DURING MAY. 
The list of preachers for May is a notable one, — 
Bishop Vincent, Dr. W. H. P. Faunce, Dean Hodges, 
Dr. Charles Cuthbert Hall and Dr. T. T. Hunger. 
Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer and Miss Lilian Hors- 
ford, trustees of the College, were given a reception at 
Norumbe.'^a Cottage recently. Through the courtesy 
of the Misses Eastman many from the College enjoyed 
the admirable lecture by Mr. Hamilton W. Mabie on 
'Literature as a Resource," at Dana Hall, May 25th. 

GENERAL NOTES. Attractive new courses of 
study are offered in almost every department for next 
year, those particularly noteworthy being in art, peda- 
gogy, English and literature. Miss Ella E. Carlisle 
is the newly-appointed associate professor who will 
have charge of all the work in Pedagogy. Four 
courses are offered: i and 3, Educational Theories; 
2, Psychology as applied to Pedagogy; 3, School or- 
ganization, management and principles of teaching. 

Under the auspices of the English literature depart- 
ment, the Harvard chapter of Delta Upsilon gave 
"The Shoemaker's Holiday" in the Wellesley town 
hall, May 19th. This entertainment, as also the Har- 
vard Glee, Banjo and Mandolin concert on the 26th, 
was well attended by the College community. 

Professor Katharine Coman visited New York May 
1 6th, as a delegate to the National meeting of the 
Consumers' League. 

COLLEGE FETES. The Tree-Day exercises have 
been appointed for June 3rd. As usual, each class 
has charge of its own arrangements, which are kept 
rigidly from the knowledge of the other classes. 
Guests on this day are confined to members of the 
College, this being Wellesley's own exclusive fete- 
day. 

"A Midsummer Night's Dream" has been decided 
upon by the Shakespeare Society for their annual 
out-door representation. Two performances will be 
given; one, June nth, the other, June 15th, provided 
the weather is favorable. This play, which was given 
four years ago, finds a charmingly unique setting in 
the vicinity of Longfellow's Pond. 

"Float" this year, wind and weather permitting, 
will be held on the evening of June 14th. A move- 
ment is now on foot to place the arrangements in the 
hands of the Athletic Association, thus relieving the 
senior crew of responsibility at a time when hours are 
most precious. Excellent practice has been gained 
by the crews, and the English all-round pleasure 
stroke, advocated by Mr. Lehman, is in use this year. 
There have been a hundred students in the rowing 
squads, — eighty oarswomen, twenty coaches and 
coxswains. The crews to row on "Float" night are 
now being chosen from these numbers. An effort is 
being put forth to have the "Float" somewhat more 
than usual in the nature of a carnival. 



MISS M. E. FITZPATRICK 

DRESSMAKING 

CORNER CENTRAL AND CROSS STS., WELLESLEY 

MISS HARGARET FLErUNQ 
DRESSMAKING 

THE IMPEOVED TAYLOR SYSTEM USED 



Central Street, 



Wellesley. 



WANTED. 

The Public to know that I keep constantly on 
hand a first-class assortment of Groceries and 
Provisions, at prices as /ovv as asked in Boston 
for the same grade of goods. Orders Filled 
Promptly and Satisfaction Guaranteed. 

E. M. BECK - Newton Lower Falls, Mass. 

PEOPLE'S MARKET. 

NEWTON LOWER FALLS. 

Everything- in the line of MEATS and PRO- 
VISIONS at Boston Prices. Quality guaranteed. 
Orders called for and delivered free of charge \in 
Wellesley Hills Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 

R. H. LANDICK, Proprietor' 

WILLIAM J. DANA, 

Grower of Roses, Chrysanthemums, Carna- 
tions, Violets, all Kinds of Bulbs, and Bed- 
ding Plants. 

Oakland Street Conservatories, 

Wellesley Hills. 

IF YOUR HOUSES OR OTHER BUILDINGS 
NEED PAINTING, AND YOU WISH IT DONE 
WITH FIRST-CLASS STOCK, BY COMPETENT 
MEN, AT REASONABLE PRICES, SEND FOR 

O. p. SANDERSOxN, 

SHOP, RIVER STREET, WELLESLEY LOWER FALLS. 
OR, BOX 122. NEWTON LOWER FALLS. 



1,000 LOADS 

of Fine Loam For 
Sale Cheap. 

JOHN CROSWELL, 

Wellesley Hills. 



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STORY & CUTTER 

Successors to 

DRUGGISTS 

WclUslcy - - Mass. 



C. H. DAOMUN JOHN BENSON G. FRANK NORTON 

Phillips (]ompany 

SUCCESSORS TO 

FREEMAN PHILLIPS 
CARPENTER . AND . BUILDER 

Jobbing; attended to promptly. 
Plons estimated. 

Shop, Forest Street, 

P. O. Box 292. WELLESLEY HILLS. 

J. TAILBY & SON 

ARTISTIC FLORAL DECORATORS 

Choice Roses, Carnations, Violets, 
Artistic Floral Designs. 

Coleus, Geraniums, Cannas and 
all kinds of Bedding Plants. 

Particular Attention given to the Care 
of Lawns, etc. 
Linden St., - - Wellesley , riass. 

Telephone Connection. 

The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 
EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D. 
Washington St., Wellesley. Superintendent. 

ELM PARK-Wellesley Hills 

First-CIass Family Hotel 
JUNCTION WASHINGTON & WORCESTER STS 



STEAn HEAT. EXCELLENT TABLE. 
SPACIOUS GROUNDS. STABLE, ETC. 

Several Desirable Rooms to Let for "Winter 
or Year 

ICE CREAM AND FROZEN PUDDING MADE 
TO ORDER 



E. J. FREEMAN. 



F. A. COOLIDGE. ©. E. STEVENS. 

F. A. COOLIDGE & CO. 

DEALER IN 

Choice .. Meats .. and .. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 

Goods, etc. 

WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY. 

F. DIEHL & SON 

Deolers in Coal, Wood, 
Hay and Grain. fV jV 

TELEPHONE NO. 16-4 

WELLESLEY, MASS. 
MRS. E. W. ILSLEY 

A Fine Line of 

SHIRT WAISTS 

AVELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE 

BOLLES & YOUNG 

Dealers in Fine Groceries, Boots, Shoes and 
Rubbers, Tea, Coffee and Spices, Best flinne- 
sota Flour. 

Boot and Shoe Repairing- a Specialty. 
NEAR WELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE. 



W. D. WILSON 

PAINXEn .. A.1SII:) .. DECORATOR 

A Large Stock of Wall Papers ... A Fine 
Line or Cahtridge Papers or all Colors, 
with borders to match ... also picture 
Mouldings, Hoo:<s, Coros, Etc 



Shop rear of McLeod's Block 



Wellesley Hilts 



C. A. FREEMAN & CO. 

Manufacturers of 

Patent Door and Window Screens 

SCREENING OF GOOD CLASS 

DWELLINGS A SPECIALTY ... 

Difficult work solicited. Repairing done. 

Estimates on application. 

Orders Promptly Attended to. 
Factory and P. O. Address ~ 

WE5T0N, MASS. 



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PEOPLE'S STEAM LAUNDRY 

ESTABLISHED 1886 

A f irst-closs Laundry with every facility 
for doing: first-closs work. Special attention 
given to Gents' Custom Dress Shirts and 
Ladies' Shirt Waists and "White Dresses* 

EDWA^RD F^IXCH Is our agent 
for "^^enesley KCills, and M. L. 
FLAGG Is agent for "Wellesley. 

D. A. MAHONY & SONS, Props., 

7 & 9 Common St., Natick, 



MERRITT S- KEITH 

Dealer in Provisions ♦.. Fresh and 
Smoked Fish ... Oysters in their 
Season ..♦ Fresh Fruits and Vegfe- 

tables, 
WELLE5LEY HIL L5. 

GEO. N. SMITH 

Insurance Agent and Auctioneer 

Wellesley Nursery Co. 
ricLeod's Block = Wellesley Hills. 




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G. M. ST. CLAIR 

Agent for Bicycles. Sundries on Sale. Eepairing and 

xientlDg. Clocks Repaired, Lawn Mowers and Scissors 

Sharpened, and Small Jobbing attended to. 
Violin, Banjo and Guitar Strings and Fixtures for Sale. 
McClellan's Block, - - Wellesley Square. 

Residence at Wellesley Hills. 

The Wellesley Tea Room 



Meals served <J /a carie. 
Maryland biscuit a specialty. 



J. D. SHAW 



PAINTER 



AND 



DECORATOR 



Box 78, Newton Lower Falls. 
Shop on Washington St., near R. R. Station. 



June 1st, 1868, 

DRY AND FANCY GOODS STORE 

Opened in Welleslej, 

by 

MRS. H. E. CURRIER. 

Jnne ist, 1898, 

Thirty Years Business Experience. 

F. DIehl, Jr. & Co., 
LIVERY & BOARDING STABLE 

Centra! Street, Wellesley. 
riEET ALL TRAINS. TELEPHONE No. 16=2 

THE NEWTON ICE CO. 

is prepared to furnish a jirst=c!a§s quality of 
Pond ice in Wellesley Hills, Newton Lower 
Fails and South Weston. 

niLLER & HATCH, Proprietors. 

P. O. Adire.s5, - Newton Lower Falls. 

Wellesley Hills Pharmacy 

PRESCRIPTIONS 

A 

SPECIALTY. 

McINTOSH ^-^ 

Wellesley, Wellesley College, Wellesley 
Hills, Wellesley Farms, Woodland and 
Waban 

.ife^ EXPRESS 

Boston Offices: 174 Washington, 15 Devonshire, 105 Arch and 

77 Kingston Streets. 

Leave Boston at II A. M. and 2 P. M. 



NOTARY PUBLIC 



JUSTICE OF THE PEACE 



ALBERT JENNINGS 

Real Estate and Insurance Agent 
Auctioneer and Conveyancer 



SERVICES RENDERED IN THE ADMINISTRA- 
TION AND SETTLEMENT OF ESTATES. 



WELLESLEY, flASS. 



VII 



OURTQW/N 



JULY, 1898 



Volume I Number 7 - - - j^/cenVayr 



CONTENTS 



Editorial • ... . . 3 

A Typical Day • Edith A. Sawyer 3 

Comp Life ..... 4 

Volunteer Aid Committee 

Our Roll of Volunteers 

The Ethics of War 

Items from the Welleslcy Churches 



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CHj5^RLE:s Tvl. EA.TON. Publisher 
Wellesley Hills, Tvlass. 



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THE WEI^I^ESI^EY SPECIAI, 

A HIGH GRADE WHEEL FOR $65 

FOR LADY OR GENTLEMAN 
BUILT JUST AS YOU WANT IT 
All kinds of repairing promptly and skillfully done at 
lowest prices, and work guaranteed. Wheels cleaned and 
adjusted, Bicycles to rent. 



AGENTS FOR THE ORIENT 

J. HUBER & CO., 

Cottage 5t. = VVellesley. 




RIDQE HiLL FARHS DAIRY 

Successors to John Law- 
son AT Wellesley Hills 

MORNING and EVENING DELIVERY 
TELEPHONE 23 3 

VISITORS ARE WELCOME AT ALL TIMES 
Wellesley mail address : 

W. G. SMITH, Supt. 



THIS SPACE RESERVED. 



FREDERICK L. DIEHL, Jr. 

BLACKSniTH 

Carriage, Wagon, Sleigh Work and Jobbing. 
Special Attention given to Over-reaching, Interfering 
and Tender-footed Horses. 



Washington St., 



Wellesley. 







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Wellesley Studio closed for July, Augftjst 
and September, but sittings will be mode 
any time by appointment. 



W. W. McLEOD 

SOLE AGENT FOR WELLESLEY 

FOR THE 

CELEBRATED KING ARTHUR FLOUR. 



Are you in the market for a bicycle? 

Have you seen my list and prices? You will make a mistake if you buy elsewhere. 
Agent for Wellesley and Wellesley Hills for 

Crawford Hfg. Co., Iver Johnson Arms and Cycle Works, 

John P. Lovell Arms Co., Union Cycle Mfg. Co. 



For Prices, Address, 



Henry W. Hagar, 



Wellesley, ilass. 



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Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on tlie first 
of each month. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Edward H. Chandler, Wellesley. 

Publisher, Charles M. Eaton, Wellesley Hills. 

Advertising Agent, L. V. N. Peck, Wellesley Hills. 

Subscriptions may be left at Flagg's News Stand or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Wellesley; Mrs. Ilsley's, Wellesley Hills, or at the 
Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Wellesley Hills Post 
Office. 



MR. L. V. N. Peck, of Wellesley Hills, 
has taken charge of the advertising in 
this paper and will be glad to furnish 
rates and information on application. 



OUR TOWN has passed the first of July 
successfully and looks forward to the 
completion of its first year with com- 
placency. We shall be glad to receive a few 
more 25-cent pieces from our readers to 
make sure that the balance is on the right 
side of the account on January 1st, 1899. 
Any one who wishes the complete set of 
issues for 1898 can have them by applying 
to the Publisher or Manas-ingj Editor. No 
subscription is taken for any other period 
than the Calendar year. 

A TYPICAL DAY 

"Oh! which were best, to roam or rest.' 
The land's lap, or the water's breast.'" 

WITH its constant changes, its endless 
moving on, water finds an answering 
echo in our hearts and lives. For is 
not progress, key-note of these latter days, a 
constant moving on? Hence, the satisfac- 
tion of the sea — at least until we have grown 
old and are content with the rest of the ever- 
lasting hills. 

This was vaguely in our minds, but what 
eventually decided the whereabouts of our 
holiday was the cordial invitation to Rose- 
merry Farm. 

Starting on the afternoon express from 
Boston, we rolled swiftly over the Quincy- 
Braintree levels. Beyond Bridgewater we 
passed the head of Buzzard's Bay, catching 
a glimpse of Cleveland's "Gray Gables" and 
Jefferson's red-brown roofs. Then, chang- 
ing to a local train, we entered upon the 
territory of the real Cape Cod, — seeing, here, 
a waste of dark blue water and pale sand 
dunes; there, stunted pine forests; elsewhere, 



hay-fields, cranberry l)ogs and myriads of 
birds, — till at length Cataumet, our Mecca, 
was before us. 

A lialf-mile drive brought us to Rosemerry 
Farm, haven of content, the century-old 
house, built in Cape fasliion, standing in the 
midst of wide-armed elms, fruit trees, morn- 
ing-glory vines and rose-bushes. The deli- 
cious soft air was full of country music, clear 
calls from the tame "Jim Crow," ecstatic 
barking from old Skipper, the gladness of 
children's voices, and in gentler tone, the 
genial welcome of host and hostess. 

There was a cloudless sky the next morn- 
ing. No hour could be wasted, and speedily 
the four elders and five children were on the 
road m two roomy carriages. 

Turning inland, eastward, we drove into 
the wood-road region. Sometimes, for miles 
the w^ay was a mere path through thick, 
tangled undergrowth of pitch-pine and scrub- 
oak, and everywhere, the sweet July roses. 
Occasionally, a clearing came in sight, where 
low-lying farm buildings were clustered 
around a cranberry bog; and often the way 
was lost, for these wood-roads run at all 
angles. Our route lay southward, now, 
through Hatchville, with its hovering settle- 
ments of tiny cabins occupied l)y "real live 
Injuns" and Negro half-breeds. At high 
noon we reached Ashumet, dining sumptu- 
ously here in an old orchard bordering on 
the magnificent Ashumet Pond. 

Hog Island, bought as pasture land, years 
ago, for thirty-five cents, now a fashionable 
summer resort, was our final destination; 
and our way thither lay through West Fal- 
mouth. As we left the wood-roads, the 
aroma of the pines was mingled deliciously 
with the fragrance of the sea. Soon, every- 
tliing suggested the sea. Beach-grass, bay- 
berry and beach-plum bushes lined the road- 
sides. For birds there were gulls and fish- 
hawks; for carts in the fields, boats turned 
bottom upward. Dwarf apple orchards and 
clumps of backward-bending oaks showed 
the force of the strong, sweeping winds. 
Most typical of all, an occasional wind-mill, 
old, and full of Dutch dignity, loomed high 
on the landscape, a gray-looking octagonal 
tower, with long timbers slanting to the 
ground, a landmark in the old days for the 
Cape sailor. 

West P'almouth, half old, half new, with 
its prim Quaker church, its geometric grave- 
yard, its generous summer homes, is a serene 
village, facing westward to the blue of Buz- 



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zard's Bay. A wooden bridge connects it 
with the long, narrow Hog Island — bleak, 
barren of trees, bereft of Nature's bounties. 

The breakers along the sandy shore were 
monotonously keeping time to old ocean's 
endless refrain, and the south wind was ris- 
ing. Behind, lay the horizon line of low 
trees and sand hills ; in front, the wild, fath- 
omless waste of waters. Air, ocean, shore, 
vividly echoed that characteristic Cape Cod 
poem, — with its deep melancholy — 
"The salt, salt smell of the thick sea air 
And the smooth round stones that the ebb tides 
wear, — 

When will the good ship come? 

* * * * 

"The lapping wave and the broad gray sky, 
Where the cawing rooks and the slow gulls fly, — 
Where are the dead untold?" 

* * * * 

"And among the dark pines, and along the flat 

shore, 
O the wind and the wind, forevermore — 
What will become of man ? " 

But all at once, the glorious sun, setting, 
broke through the clouds, and the bay flashed 
fire from a million waves. As the sun went 
down, Wing's Neck light shone out, sending 
across the leaojues of restless water its mes- 
sage of safety. And all along the way the 
evening lamps glowed warmly as we drove 
bomeward to Rosemerry Farm. 

Which were best? Best, whether we roam 
on land or sea, best the benediction of the 
Lome-coming. 

EDITH A. SAWYEK. 



A GLIMPSE OF CAMP LIFE 

FOR those of us who were born during or 
since the days of the Civil War there is a 
si:>ecial interest in the story told by those 
who are now in camp. What has been to us 
hitherto almost as unreal as the imaginative 
detail of fiction is now a most vivid reality. 
We read the newspapers with the greater 
avidity to discover whether it be really true 
that a soldier's life is like the description of 
it that as children Ave have learned to know. 
And a letter from the field is such a new 
experience that every detail narrated in it 
possesses perhaps an unwarranted signifi- 
cance. 

For this reason the following extracts 
from a personal letter are here reprinted. 
Enough for most of us to know that they are 
from one of our own Wellesley boys now on 
duty. 

"We had a delightful trip all the way from 



South Framinghara, — plenty of oranges, 
plenty of beautiful scenery. At Pittsfield 
they gave us the send-off of the trip. Can- 
nons were fired, the people cheered them- 
selves hoarse, and the girls handed up dainty 
lunches to the boys in the windows. 

Of course you have heard of our successful 
march through Baltimore. It was a good 
six-mile route, and in heavy marching order 
too, so you can imagine that we were tired 
when we got back to our clean cars and the 
lunches the kind people had provided. 

It was about ten o'clock Saturday night 
when we arrived in Washington, so we could 
not see much. After resting on our arms 
about half an hour we marched two miles to 
take the train for Dunn Loring, about ten 
miles further. We were allowed to spend 
the night in the cars. On Sunday morning 
we were assembled, in a man's cornfield, I 
am sorry to say, for rations of canned beans 
and bad coffee and hardtack. After break- 
fast we marched two and a half miles further 
to our pi-esent camp. The ground here is a 
reddish clay and does not absorb the water, 
though the camp is on pretty high ground. 
As it was rainy and the camp had just been 
vacated by another regiment, we thought we 
saw a hopeless task before us. But soon each 
tent was in place with trenches dug about it. 
In a day or two each mess had its bed of 
bark and straw and evergreen. Most of the 
beds have been raised a foot or more above 
the ground by the Colonel's order. 

For the first few days there was no water 
within a mile from camp fit to drink. Now 
we have a well driven fifty-seven feet. The 
pump handle has no rest from sunrise to sun- 
set, since more than five regiments draw 
water here. Some walk over a mile for it. 

The following is the daily program: Re- 
veille at 5.15 A. M., followed by assembly at 
5.30; breakfast at 5.45; general police of 
camp and sick call at 6.15. At 6.30, drill, 
school of the soldier. This includes a setting 
up drill, simple arm and leg movements, 
somewhat like school gymnastics. Recall at 
7.30; theoretical instruction in the guard 
manual, general orders, etc., 8 to 9. The 
other day the Major had a rifle dismounted 
and assembled for our benefit. Another day 
he read a letter from an uncle who had 
camped here during the Civil War. From 
9.30 to 11, drill in school of the company, 

troop or battery; dinner at 12. A battalion 

drill usually comes from 3 to 4.30. In this 



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drill we generally go oft' into the woods and 
practice skirmishing and scouting. Supper 
at 5.30; dress parade at 6.30; tattoo sounds 
at 9; taps at 9.30. 

On Wednesday morning I felt so miser- 
able that I had to answer to the sick call. I 
tell you it was a luxury to lie once more on a 



session and one hundred and one hands were 
made. There will he a similar meeting every 
Wednesday at Maugus Hall, as long as there 
is need or until our funds are exhausted. 
All women accustomed to sewing are invited. 
Gifts of old linen and cotton are requested. 
The Committee would like to answer some 



si)ring bed in that fine large hos}>ital tent, cpiestions which have been asked, and will 

the coolest place in camp. I could look out also try to answer future questions through 

over the officers' quarters and see every one these columns. 

take off his hat as he passed the color line. 1. We do not know whether the war will 

That evening I had a whole box of straw- soon be over or not, but we mean to perform 

b3rries for supper. They are five cents a box our part toward that desirable end by doing 

down here. Yesterday morning my quai'ter- all we can for the health of our soldiers, 
master sergeant brought me some eofgs on 



toast and milk, so you se 
for." 



I am well cared 



REPORT OF THE VOLUNTEER AID 
COMMITTEE 

AT the annual meeting of the Wellesley 
Hills Woman's Club a committee was 
chosen to take charge of relief work for 
our army and navy, in case we should be 
called upon to share in such work. At the 
call of the Massachusetts Volunteer Aid 
Association we offered our services. On May 
24 we received a letter containing the fol- 
lowing appeal : 

''Relying upon the patriotic offer of assist- 
ance made to the Massachusetts Volunteer 
Aid Association by your Society, we enclose 
herewith a sample of an abdominal band, and 
ask that you will aid us in our work by hav- 
ing made at least one hundred of them, or as 
many more as possible. These bands are 
very essential to the health of our troops in 
the tropics, many of whom are in urgent 
need of them at this time. The surgeons of 
the Massachusetts regiments have requested 
that a large supply of them be forwarded 
speedily." 

In one week one hundred and twenty- 
seven bands were delivered at lieadquarters 
in Boston, five more having gone to Manila. 
The pleasant commendation was received : 
"Wellesley is one of the very first towns to 
report with finished work." Four barrels of 
magazines have been sent. Learning that 
the surgeons were still asking for bands, we 
promised one hundred more and twenty-five 
pajamas. An opportune and generous oft'er 
was made of the use of the Maugus Club 
Hall for our seAving meetings. We have 
gladly availed ourselves of this privilege. 
(3n Tuesday, June 21, we held an all-day 



2. The United States government is mak- 
ing commendable efforts in these lines, — 
witness the "Solace" and the "Relief" — but 
we do not wish Massachusetts to be behind- 
hand. Her citizens can and ought to care 
bountifully for her own men and have some- 
thing over for volunteers from other states. 

3. All the articles which the women are 
asked to make are such as either could not 
be bought or could only be boixght for a much 
greater sum of money than the cost of mate- 
]"ial. 

4. The Boston Committee does not pro- 
vide material for any societies of women, 
except in a few cases in small towns where 
there are willing hands and thin pocketbooks. 

5. No, we have not money enough, though 
we are glad to announce that we are out of 
debt with a balance on hand. In the autumn 
a full financial statement will be made. In 
the meantime we shall require much more 
than our present supply to enable us to do 
our share toward fitting out the new hospital 
ship. 

The mend>ers of the Committee are : Mrs. 
W. O. Robson, Chairman. For Wellesley: 
Mrs. Edward A. Benner, Mrs. Albert Jen- 
nings, Mrs. Herbert A. Josliii ; For the Hills 
and the Fai-ms: Mrn. Arthur E. Brown, Mrs. 
John F. Edmunds, Mrs. Parris T. Farwell, 
Mrs. Edward Lawrence, Mi-s. Joseph W. 
Peabody, Miss Mary C. Sawyer, Mrs. E. 
Herbert Whitney, Mrs. J. Franklin Wight. 
Mrs. Edmunds is 'J^reasurer, 



OUR ROLL OF VOLUNTEERS 

Chandler 13nggs Allen, Co. A, 1st N. II., Chicka- 

mauga. 
Guiton r.ergenzoni, U. S. Marines, Monitor "Catskill." 
Durnham Carter Lenner, llattery A, Light Artillery 

Niantic, Conn. 
Roscoe Francis Buck, U. S. Marines, Key West. 
Albert Cartwright, U. S. Marines, Cruiser "Vale." 



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Claude Ulmus Gilson, Co. M., 8th U S V 

Howard B. Grose, Jr., Battery K, 1st Re-, Heavy 

Artillery, Gloucester. 
Harry L. Peabody, iSth U. S. Infantry, sailed for 

Manila on the '-riuliana," June 27. 
Frank Cady Tucker, Co. E., 6th Mass., Dunn-Loring, 

\ 3,. 

Sarg't GaorgeH. Wascott, 5th Mas3.,.So.Frainingham. 

Joseph F. Whitney, " " » « 

Corp. Thomas Hyde, ♦' " " « 

Priv. George Coulter, " " " << 

" Charles S. Cabot, " " " " 

Edward R. Robson " " " '< 



THE ETHICS OF WAR 

ninless justly waged, wir involves a psople in the 
guilt of murder."— CAan/j//;^. 

'jStill, I may be asked whether a people, however 
ioroeanng, miy not sometimes owe it to its own dig- 
nity and safety to engage in war.? I answer, Yes. 
Uften the spirit of justice, humanity and forbear- 
ance, instead of spreading peace, provokes fresh out- 
i-age, this outrage must be met and repressed by force " 
— Lhanning: 

"The professional philanthropist, in his denuncia- 
tion of war, sometimes . . unites all wars in the one 
Class of butchery and murder. This folly and falsehood 
prevent the truth he has from being recognized. War 
tor ambition's sake is the sum of all crimes; war for 
p-ission s sake is only animal ferocity. But there are 
other wars than these, and they have been amon- the 
•most beneficent events of human history."— iVo/" 
B. P. Bowne. 

"Nothing can well be further from the sentiment of 
scripture than the extreme horror of force, as a penal 
and disciplinary instrument, which is inculcated in 
modern times. . . The reverence for human life 
IS carried to an immoral idolatry when it is held more 
sacred than justice and right, and when the spectacle 
'ot blood becomes more horrible than the sight of des- 
olating tyrannies and triumphant hypocrisies"— 
James Marti neau. 

"The doctrine of Burke is now the real doctrine of 
'Christian states: That wars are not massacres or 
confusions, but the highest trials of right; that the 
b ood of man should never be shed but to redeem the 
blood of man. It is well shed for our family, for our 
tnends, for our God, for our country, for our kind The 
rest IS vanity; the rest is crime."—/)/-. R. s. Storrs. 
"Peace and war are noble or ignoble according to 
tlisir kind and occasion. . . . Peace may be 
sought in two ways. One way is as Gideon sought it 
w.ien he built his altar in Ophrah, naming it 'God 
send Peace,' yet sought this peace that he loved as 
he was ordered to seek it, and the peace was sent in 
'i^ods way: 'the country was in quietness for forty 
:year3 m the days of Gideon.' And the other way of 
Seeking peace is as Menahem sought it when he gave 
the king of .Assyria a thousand talents of silver. That 
is, you may either win your peace or buy it. Win it 
fey resistance to evil; — buy it, by compromise with 
evil. \ou may buy your peace with silenced con- 
sciences, . .buy it with the cry of the captive 
and the silence of lost souls, while you sit smilino- at 
your serene hearths, lisping comfortable prayers 
evemng and morning. . . No peace was ever won 
trom fate by subterfuge or agreement. For many a 



year to come the sword of every righteous nation 
must be whetted to save or subdue; nor will it be bv 
patience of others' suffering, but by the offering of 
your own, that you will ever draw nearer to the time 
when the great change shall pass upon the iron of the 
earth, when men shall beat their swords into ploueh- 
snares and their spears into pruning hooks; neither 
shall there be war any more." —John Ruskin. 

"Much stress is being laid nowadays upon General 
bherman s apothegm that 'War is hell.' It must not 
be overlooked that he also said: 'In the providence 
of God there is a time for all things; a time when the 
sword may cut the Gordian knot and set free the 
principles of right and justice bound up in the meshes of 
hatred, revenge and tyranny'. "-Con^e^ationalist. 

ITEMS FROM^THe" WELLESLEY 
CHURCHES 

St. Andrew^s Church 

REV. W E. HAYES is now in England, where 
he will spend the greater part of July and August. 

VISITING CLERGYMEN. During July, services 
will be conducted by Rev. Robert LeB. Lynch, of 
Brighton; during August, by Rev. Frederick C. Laud- 
erburn, minister of Calvary Church, Tamaqua, Pa. 

GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY. An enjoyable 
graphophone party, at the home of the Misses Haves 
Monday ev^ening June 6, closed the 1S97-98 season of 
he Girls Friendly Society. Regular meetings of the 
Branch are expected to be resumed early in October 
On Saturday, June 18, at a preliminary session, in 
Irinity Parish Room, Boston, of the committee to 
arrange for the general State conference for G F S 
members and associates, it was virtually decided' to 
hold this conference in St. Paul's Church, Boston Fri- 
day evening December 2, and to take up the subjects: 
Money; How to Make, Spend and Save It," and 
'Patriotism,' with several subdivisions. The writers 
and speakers upon these subjects will be announced 
later. Several weeks ago, arrangements were made 
for a large party of members and associates from 
various branches in the State, to visit the G F S 
"Holiday House," at Milford, Mass. This house will 
be open for the summer season, on July ist. 

Wellesley Hiils Unitarian Society 

THE COMMUNION SERVICE will be observed 
next Sunday, July 3, at the hour for morning worship. 

REV. A. B. VORSE and Mrs. Vorse will lea.e 
early in July for Lewisburg, Pa., Mr. Vorse's old 
home, where they will probably spend July and August. 

VACATION. After the first Sunday of Tuly occurs 
the interval for closing this church for the summer 
Services will be resumed on the first Sunday of S°d- 
tember. -^ "' 

CONFERENCE. The meeting of the South Mid- 
dlesex Conference was held, as announced in a former 
issue of Oqr Town. The attendance was large, and 
an interesting session of the Conference was enjoyed. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL held a floral service 
on the 19th of June, in connection with the usual 
morning service. The sessions of the school for the 
year closed with this service, and will be resumed on 
the first Sunday of September. 



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Wellesley Congfregfational Church 

VOLUNTEER AID. Two barrels of magazines 
and illustrated periodicals have been collected in this 
parish and sent to the camps and the warships. 

MR. SAUL SEAGRAVE. who died in Wellesley 
on June 19, at the age of 88 years, was one of the first 
Massachusetts citizens to favor the abolition of 
slavery. 

SEAMEN'S FRIEND SOCIETY. Rev. Law- 
rence Phelps, Secretary of the Seaman's Friend Soci- 
ety, addressed the Christian Endeavor meeting on 
Sunday, June 26. 

REV. HARVEY NEWCOMB. The Pastor would 
like information concerning the descendants of Mr. 
Newcomb, Pastor of this church from 1842 to 1846. 
His portrait is desired for publication in the Centen- 
nial Book. 

REV. E. H. CHANDLER and family will leave 
on July 19 for Isle au Haut, Maine, to stay until 
August 12. Mr. Chandler will preach at the United 
Church, New Haven, on July 17; in Wellesley, July 
31 ; and at the South Cliurch, Salem. August 14; 
returning to Wellesley August 15. 

AN EXPERIMENT is to be tried in the Sunday 
School during the ne.xt two months. Owing to the 
absence of teachers, classes are ordinarily much 
broken up, and lesson courses interfered with. One 
class will therefore be made of all teachers and schol- 
ars in the main school, and some one person will have 
charge each Sunday. Ten of the chief parables of 
Jesus have been selected to be studied in order. The 
Pastor will be the teacher for July 3 and 10. All 
members of the main school are invited to attend 
regularly. The Bible class, primary and kindergarten 
departments will continue as before. 

SUMMER SERVICES. Arrangements have been 
made for the supply of the pulpit during the Pastor's 
absence as follows: July 17, Rev. S. V. Cole, D. D., 
President of Wheaton Seminary, Norton, Mass.; July 
24, Rev. Sydney Strong, of Oak Park, III.; August 7, 
Rev. George P. Knap), formerly missionary of the 
A. B. C. F. M. in BItlis, Turkey, now Secretary of the 
National Armenian Relief Committee; August i \, 
the Rev. Thomis Clayton, of Binghampton. N. Y. 
The Sunday evening Christian Endeavor meetings 
will be continued through the summer at 6.15 o'clock. 
On the four Sundiy evenings of July 10 and 24, Aug. 
7 and 21, there will also be a preaching service in the 
Chapel at 7 o'clock. On the other Sunday evenings 
the preaching service will be omitted. 

Wellesley Hills Congfregfational Church 

THIi SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES will be 
in charge of the Young People's Society during the 
months of July and August, and the topics will be 
those regularly assigned for the Society of Christian 
Endeavor. 

QUARTERLY C. E. C )NFERENCE. The 
Executive Committee of the Middlesex Christian 
Endeavor Union has voted to accept the invitation of 
the Wellesley Hills Society and hold its next quarterly 
conference here in September, probably on Labor 
Day. 



St. Mary^s Church 

THE ALTAR CHAPTER would be very grateful 
for contributions from the parishioners for its needed 
work. It provides flowers for the Sunday services, 
when they are not given, and also keeps the vestments 
and altar linen clean and in repair. The members of 
the Altar Chapter are: Mrs. W. C. Norcross. Mrs. 
Pratt, Mrs. Pronk, Mrs. Curtis, Miss Sarah A. Jordan, 
Miss Susan Pulcifer, Miss Eva Wiswall and Mrs S. 
W. Clifford. 

ST. MARY'S SUNDAY SCHOOL will not hold 
its sessions during the months of July and August. 

BICYCLE RIDERS. A cordial invitation is 
hereby extended to all bicycle tourists to attend the 
Church services on Sunday. The Church is very 
near the corner of Washington and Concord stieets. 
Wheels may be cared for at the Parish House adjoin- 
ing. The morning service is at 10.45. The afternoon 
service is at 4.30. Ushers at the church will be glad 
to welcome strangers and to show them sittings. 

THE CHOIR will not sing at the afternoon service 
during July and August. 

SUMMER CHURCH ATTENDANCE. The 
godly members of St. Mary's are adm.onished not to 
forsake the assembling of themselves together, "as 
the manner of some is," during the warm weather. 
The Church is not warmer than most houses are, and 
at times it may be cooler. Worship is not to be 
gauged by climatic conditions. We are to honor God 
in worship as faithfully in hot weather as in cool. If 
you cannot attend the services, be mindful that the 
expenses go on just as in winter, and that your con- 
tributions are always needed. 

VACATION AT HOME. During the summer 
the Rector of St. Mary's anticipates a delightful 
sojourn among the pines on the banks of the classic 
"Charles." The "purling stream" around "Pine Grove" 
was never more beautiful. Here summer is refulgent. 
Here it is luxury to draw the breath of life. Here are 
shady nooks and quiet walks. The woods are full of 
birds; and the air sweet with the breath of the 
flowers and the odor of the pines. How wide, how 
rich, how full of glory is Nature's domain to the lover 
of Nature! What secrets are revealed to the reflec- 
tive mind! What over-powering beauty charms the 
soul amid the solitudes of Nature! In field and 
stream, in earth and sea and sky, in forest and 
meadow, one finds abundant resources for rest and 
recreation. A person whose home is in the country 
has no cause for repining in these resourceful days. 
Some people remain at home because compelled to. 
Others do so from preference. Many people who get 
wisdom by experience have found that in hot weather 
"there is no place like home." Shutting oneself up 
in a hotel in the mountains, or at the shore resort for 
several weeks proves to be a "delusion," if not a 
"snare" very often. The secret of a happy and help- 
ful vacation, whether spent at home or abroad, will be 
found in the cultivation of the power of repose. Live 
quietly and simply, be temperate in eating and drink- 
ing. Avoid as much as possible worry and excite- 
ment. Be chearful and industrious, and if blessed 
with food and raiment "let us therewith be content." 



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MISS M. E FITZPATRICK 

DRESSMAKING 

CORNER CENTRAL AND CROSS STS., WELLESLEY 



M1S5 HARGARET FLEniNQ 
DRESSMAKING 

THE IMPROVED TAYLOR SYSTEM USED 



Central Street, 



Welleslcy. 



WANTED. 

The Public to know that I keep constantly on 
hand a first-class assortment of Groceries and 
Provisions, at prices as low as asked in Boston 
for the same grade of goods. Orders Filled 
Promptly and Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
E. M. BECK - Newton Lower Falls, Mass. 

PEOPLE'S MARKET. 

NEWTON LOWER FALLS. 

Everything in the line of MEATS and PRO- 
VISIONS at Boston Prices. Quality guaranteed. 
Orders called for and delivered free of charge in 
Wellesley Hills Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 
R. H. LANDICK, Proprietor. 

IF YOUR HOUSES OR OTHER BUILDINGS 
NEED PAINTING, AND YOU WISH IT DONE 
WITH FIRST-CLASS STOCK, BY COMPETENT 
MEN, AT REASONABLE PRICES, SEND FOR 



O. p. SANDERSON, 



SHOP, RIVER STREET, WELLESLEY LOWER FALLS, 
OR, BOX 122, NEWTON LOWER FALLS. 



1,000 LOADS 

of Fine Loam For 
Sale Cheap. 

JOHN CROSWELL, 

Wellesley Hills. 

ROBINSON & EATON 
Real .. Estate .. and .. Insurance 

"Wellesley Hills, 



H. L. ROLLINS 



Attorney and Counsellor at Law 



Washington St., 
wellesley. 



728 Tremont Bldg. 
boston, mass. 



. . . DENTIST . . . 

ADELBERT FERNALD, D. M. D., 

Will be at Wellesley Monday and Friday of 
each week, 496 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, or Shat- 
tuck Building, Wellesley. 
OFFICE HOURS, Reference, Dr. E. E. Bancroft, 

a A. M, TO 4 p. M. 

riRS. W. L. TAYLOR 

Teacher of Piano, 

Wellesley. 
Refer to 

Mr. G. W. Chadwick, Director New England 
Conservatory of Music. 

VACATION TUTORING 

In MATHEMATICS, GREEK and LATIN,— 
Entrance Requirements or College Conditions. Ad- 
dress : 

GRA.CE B. TOWNSETSCD. A.. B., 

WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS. Tutor at Wellesley College. 



ADVERTISE IN OUR TOWN 



DANA HALL SCHOOL^- WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

Special advantages in the Modern Languages, 
Music and Art. 

For circulars address the Principals, 

JULIA A. EASTMAN, 
SARAH P. EASTMAN. 



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SUMMER CONVENIENCES. 

The "All Right" Oil Cooking Stoves are by far the 

handsomest and most diiraljle in the market. 

Pric2 of Two=Burner Stove, $5.90. 



A Superior Refrigerator is a necessity at this season. 

figff\ Our line of Refiigerators have Modern Improvements, and are 

^Ip^-EjJJI up-to-date. When in need of Hardware, Estimates upon 

Pluml)ing or Heating, Doors, Windows and Frames, Remem- 



ber us. 

FISKE & COMPANY, 



Natick, Mass. 



F. A. COOLIDGE. O. E. STEVENS. 

F. A. COOLIDGE & CO. 

DEALER IN 

Choice .. Meats .. and .. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits, Veg:etables, Canned 

Goods, etc. 

WASHINGTON ST ., WELLESLEY . 

F. DIEHL & SON 

Dealers in Coal, Wood, 
Hay and Grain, iXf ^ 

TELEPHONE NO. 16=4 

WELLESLEY, MASS. 
MRS. E. W. ILSLEY 

A Fine Line of 

SHIRT WAISTS 

WELIvESLEY HILLS SQUARE 

BOLLES & YOUNG 

Dealers in Fine Groceries, Boots, Shoes and 
Rubbers, Tea, Coffee and Spices, Best ninne= 
sota Flour. 

Boot and Shoe Repairing' a Specialty. 

NEAR WELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE. 

W. D. WILSON 

PA.INTER .. A.ND .. IDECORAXOR 

A Large Stock of Wall Papers . A Fine 
Line of Cartridge Papers of all Colors, 
with borders to match ... also picture 
Mouldings, Hooks, Cords, Etc 



STORY & CUTTER 

Successors to 

C. ^?V. F-ERRY 

DRUGGISTS 

Wellesley - - Mass. 



Shop rear of McLeod's Block 



Wellesley Hills 



C. H. DADMUN JOHN BENSON G. FRANK HORTON 

• Phillips (^ompany 

Successors to 

FREEMAN PHILLIPS 
CARPENTER . AND . BUILDER 

Jobbing: attended to promptly. 
Plans estimated. 

Shop, Forest Street, 

P. O. Box 292. WELLESLEY HILL5. 

J. TAILBY & SON 

ARTISTIC FLORAL DECORATORS 

Choice Roses, Carnations, Violets, 
Artistic Floral Designs. 

Coleus, Geraniums, Cannas and 
all kinds of Bedding Plants. 

Particular Attention gfiven to the Care 
of Lawns, etc. 
Linden St., = = Wellesley , flass. 

Telephone Connection. 

The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

pjaths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 
EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D. 
Washington St., Wellesley. Superintendent. 



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PEOPLE'S STEAM LAUNDRY 

ESTABLISHED 1886 

A first-class Laundry with every facility 
for doing: f irst-closs work. Special attention 
given to Gents' Custom Dress Shirts and 
Ladies* Shirt Waists and White Dresses. 

EDW^A-RD KITCM Is our agent 
for Wellesley Hills, and li. L. 
FLA-GG is agent for "Wellesley. 

D. A. MAHONY & SONS, Props., 

7 «& 9 Common St., Natick. 

MERRITTS- KEITH 

Dealer in Provisions ... Fresh and 
Smoked Fish ... Oysters in their 
Season ... Fresh Fruits and Vege- 
tables. 

WELLESLEY HILLS. 

G. M. ST. CLAIR 

Agent for Bicycles. Sundries on Sale. Eepairing an 1 

Kentirg. clocks Repaired, Lawn Mowers and Scissors 

Sharpened, and Small Jobbing attended to. 
Violin, Banjo and Guitar Strings and Fixtures for Sale. 
McClellan's Block, - - Wellesley Square. 

Residence at Wellesley Hills. 



J. D. SHAW 



PAINTER 



AND 



DECORATOR 



Box 78, Newton Lower Falls. 
Shop on Washington St., near R. R. Station. 

WILLIAM J. DANA, 

Grower of Roses, Chrysanthemums, Carna- 
tions, Violets, all Kinds of Bulbs, and Bed- 
ding Plants. 

Oakland Street Conservatories, 

Wellesley Hills. 

C. A. FREEMAN & CO. 

Manufacturers of 

Patent Door and Window Screens 

SCREENING OF GOOD CLASS 

DWELLINGS A SPECIALTY ... 

Difficult work solicited. Repairing done. 

Estimates on application. 

Orders Promptly Attended to. 

Factory and P. O. Address -= 

WESTON, MASS. 




OROSIS 

HOE 

TOCKINQS, 

TOCKINQ 

LIPPER 




HOES, 
TRINQS, 

UPPORTERS, 
OLES. 



MRS. H. E. CURRIER, 

Grove St. - - Wellesley. 

Established 1868. 

F. Diehl, Jr. & Co., 
LIVERY & BOARDING STABLE 

Central Street, Wellesley. 
HEET ALL TRAINS. TELEPHONE No. 16=2 

THE NEWTON ICE CO. 

is prepared to furnish a first=class quality of 
Poni Ice in Wellesley Hills, Newton Lower 
Falls and Scuth Weston. 

niLLER & HATCH, Proprietors. 

P. O. Address, - Newton Lower Falls. 

Wellesley Hills Pharmacy 

PRESCRIPTIONS 

A 

SPECIALTY. 

McINTOSH .-sia. 

Wellesley, Wellesley College, Wellesley 
Hills, Wellesley Farms, Woodland and 
Waban 

^fe*^ EXPRESS 

Boston Offices: 174 Washington, 15 Devonshire, 105 Arch and 

TT Kingston Streets. 

Leave Boston at II A. M. and 2 P. IV!. 



ELM PARK-WeUesley Hills 

First-Class Family Hotel 
JUNCTION WASHINGTON & WORCESTER STS 



STEAH HEAT. EXCELLENT TABLE. 
SPACIOUS GROUNDS. STABLE, ETC. 

Several Desirable Rooms to Let for Winter 
or Year 

ICE CREAM AND FROZEN PUDDING MADE 
TO ORDER 



E. J. FREEMAN. 



AUGUST, 1898 



Volume 1 Number 8 



( 5 cents a copy 
I 25 cents a year 



CONTENTS 



Isle au Haut • E/Jieb/zt D- ('/Kfudler 

Editorial • • ' 

A Letter From England ^V'k- E- Ilaije.-i 

Cod Fishrng: • Edward IL Chitiuller 

Volunteer Aid • i 

Beauty in the Home • 

Our Roll of Volunteers 

Items from the Wellesley Churches 



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3 

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5 
6 
7 
7 



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CH>!VRLES Tvl. EATON, F'ublisher, 
"Wellesley Hills, Mass 



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THE WEW^ESLEY SPECIAI, 

A HIGH GRADE WHEEL FOR $65 

FOR LADY OR GENTLEMAN 
BUILT JUST AS YOU WANT IT 
All kinds of repairing promptly and skillfully done at 
lowest prices, frd work guaranteed. Wheels clesned and 
adjusted. Bicycles to rent. 




AGENTS FOR THE ORIENT 

J HUBER & CO., 

Cottage St. = Wellesley. 




RIDGE HILL FARHS DAIRY 

Successors to John Law- 
son AT Wellesley Hills 

MORNING and EVENING DELIVERY 
TELEPHONE 23 3 

VISITORS ARE WELCOME AT ALL TIMES 

Wellesley mail address : 

W. G. SMITH, Supt. 



FRANCIS W. UNDERWOOD 

EHBALHER 

and 

FUNERAL DIRECTOR 



FREDERICK L DIEHL, Jr. 

BLACKSniTH 

Carriage, Wagon, Sleigh Work and Jcbbing'. 
Special Attention given to Over-reaching, Interfering 
and Tender-footed Horses. 

Washington St.. =- = Wellesley. 




fc loftraif 



Boston, Mass. 



Box 300, Wellesley, flass. 



Boam 2932 "'^^piAROSTuta 

ntwroriviiii^ U^B Art toxom 
DoBciinTti! I8W „|^^^thut 

TtL!?HC;<I Coanfcr.CNS. / '^ 'SS \j KfiiRTRlDCEr- 

"Wellesley Studio closed for July, August 
and September, but sittingfs will be made 
any time by appointment. 

W W. McLEOD 

SOLE AGENT FOR WELLESLEY 

FOR THE 

CELEBRATED KING ARTHUR FLOUR. 



Are you In the market for a bicycle? 

Have you seen my list and prices? You will make a mistake if you buy elsewhere. 
Agent for Wellesley and Wellesley Hills for 

Crawford flfg. Co , Iver Johnson Arms and Cycle Works, 

John P. Lovell Arms Co., Union Cycle Mfg. Co. 



For Prices, Address: 



Henry W. Hagar, 



Wellesley, flass. 



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Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the first 
elf each month. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Edward H. Chandler, Wellesley. 

Publisher, Charles INI. E.iton, Welleslev Hills 

-Advertising -Agent, L. V. N. Peck, Wellesley Hills. 

Subscriptions mav be left at Flagg's News .Stand or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Wellesiey; Mrs. Ilsley's, Wellesley Hills, or at the 
Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Wellesley Hills Post 
Otiicc. 

ISLE AU HAUT 

Oh! charmed, charmed Isle au Haut, 
Where the salt breezes, freshenmg blow ! 
Salt, did we say ? Yes, salt, b'lt still 
Most rarely sweet; for on the hill 
The spruce and fir together stand. 
And gay wild roses flood the land. 
We note the breath of fragrant bay, 
And sweet-fern borders all the way, ' 
The cow-bell sounds fiom pastures green, 
The bleating sheep are heard and seen; 
And often, when the tide is low. 
We hear the voice of grandsire crow, 
Feasting on mussel-beds left dry, 
Till flooding waves shall make him fly. 
Dear, dainty birds are on the wing, 
And all the isle may hear them sing! 
High, high aloft, on pinions strong, 
The eagle soars, and all along 
The rocky shore the graceful gulls 
Are found. The ocean m;isic lulls 
Us when we want to rest and sleep, 
While guarding rocks their sentries keep. 
Now and again the white fog rolls; 
Hides sea and shore and rocks and shoals. 
And shuts us in ; — we stand alone. 
And all the world that we have known 
Is blotted out. Then we may turn 
To Him who made the world, and learn 
His lessons. We may meditate. 
And stronger grow, the while we wait. 
And as the sea-cloud rolls away, 
Disclosing open sea and bay. 
And neighbor's cot, and grass and trees. 
With clearer eyes we look at these. 
Emerging from the Holy Place 
We meet the world with better grace. 
The great, wide sea enfolds our isle, 
Embraces it; and all the while 
We may the better learn to know 
How God enfolds his children so. 
Surrounding them on every side 
Like this deep, strong, encircling tide. 
And thus we learn to rest and grow 
On thy good soil, fair Isle au Haut! 

EMELY-N D. CHANDLER. 



WING to tile infreqnencv of centennial 
celebrations and the interest taken by 
the town in the dignified age of the 
Wellesley Congregational Church, which 
becomes one hundred years old on the 6tli 
of September, the next number of this paper 
will be given up largely to the history of this 
church. On the 2nd and 8rd of October a 
formal celebration will be held which is 
l)lanned to be of interest to all Wellesley 
citizens. A detailed program will be pub- 
lished next month. 



A LETTER FROM ENGLAND 

Stkatfokd-on-Avon. 

My Dear Friends: — I have joined the 
great army of tramps and mean to tell you 
in this letter of a tramp from Warwick to 
Kenilworth and return. 

The day was cloudy and cold, an east 
wind Avas blowing just as disagreeable in Old 
as it is in New England. Not a bad day, 
however, for a Avalk, as the exercise kept 
me Avarm, 

Failing to ask the right road to take, I 
went a mile further than I needed, but Avas 
glad that I did, as it took me around the 
beautiful estate called "The Priory." Along 
a lane shaded by "The Priory" elms, a deaf 
old man Avalked with me part of the Avay 
and told me the names of the laburnum and 
the pink may, handsome flowering bushes 
common everyAvhere in this section. Pass- 
a school-house, I heard the children 
"Glorious things of Thee are 
spoken," a good marching tune that ran in 
my head as I Avalked. It seemed very appro- 
priate, for glorious things have been si)oken 
of Warwickshire and I find them all true. 

Words fail me to describe the beautiful 
landscape spread out on all sides between 
Warwick and Kenilworth. Great stretches 
of rolling meads, yellow Avith buttercups, 
divided by hedges, luxurious forests in the 
distance, stone walls topped with green by 
one's side, and a smooth, hard road under 
one's feet — such are some of the features 
that make Avalking in England a perpetual 
delight. 

About half-way, I passed through the 
quaint little village of Leek Woolton, con- 
taining onl}'^ thirty houses, a perfect picture 
for an artist, with ivy and morning-glory 
running over its walls, its half-timber, 
thatch-roofed cottages Avith dormer windoAvs, 



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and its stern church in the centre of an old 
graveyard. Two houses opposite each other 
were especially pretty ; one, covered with 
vines up to the roof, and laburnum, wood- 
flower and pink may on either side of the 
door; the other, with a trim, little old-fash- 
ioned garden with a rose-bush climbing over 
the windows. 

Leek Woolton was left in two minutes, 
and then the open country again until the 
first houses of Kenilworth appeared. Trav- 
ersing a long street, with old houses side by 
side with new ones, and turning off through 
a characteristic English lane, bordered on 
both sides by stone walls topped with 
bushes, I soon came to the famous ruins of 
Kenilworth Castle. At the gate, a woman 
selling strawberries and guide-books insisted 
on my buying. When I declined, she offered 
to rent me a book for a penny and I yielded. 
But the guide-book was useless; I could not 
stop to read the long historical description, 
and I could not identify the different parts 
of the building from the plan ; I gave it up 
and simply walked around. 

It was a satisfaction, of course, to see the 
place where the Earl of Leicester enter- 
tained Queen Elizabeth and where she dis- 
covered Amy Robsart, but having said that, 
there is little left. Kenilworth never was 
beautiful, always a grim, forbidding fortress, 
The gray day is especially suited to it, 
a memorial of troublous days long since past. 
It is picturesque with the vines climbing 
over its walls, and the green sward surround- 
ing it made a fine setting. Were it not for 
Sir Walter Scott's novel, I doubt if any of 
us Avould have cared very much about it. 
How romance does make captives of us all ! 

An American from Grand Rapids, Michi- 
gan, who was "doing" England, opened 
conversation with me and soon became con- 
fidential, telling me what he paid for his 
passage, his lodgings, his meals, etc. It 
seems to be a habit with some Americans to 
be absorbed with the question of money 
wherever they are. 

When I went to the hotel for luncheon, I 
sat at the table with an interesting gentle- 
man from the south of England, who is 
travelling through the country on his 
bicycle. We got to talking about England's 
foreign policy, especially in reference to 
China, and we both agreed that, in spite of 
her faults, England had done wonders for 
civilization wherever she had established 



herself. 

Walking back to Warwick, I sat down on 
a bench just outside of Kenilworth and 
chatted with an old lame man. He told me 
he had been knocked down by a horse four- 
teen years ago and had been a year in Leam- 
ington Hospital. He had been a brick- 
layer and carrier of coals in his day, had a 
number of children all married and moved 
away. He and his wife lived in an old cot- 
tage, which the Board of Health wanted to 
tear down, "a shame," said he, "to turn poor 
folk out of their home." He seemed to have 
no conception of time. When I spoke of 
Kenilworth Castle as a very ancient build- 
ing, "Oh yes," said he, "a hunderd year ole." 
I explained to him that his own father went 
back as far as that. To which he replied : 
"I am no scollard, but my wife she can read 
and write. T'other day she was readin' 
abaout Queen Bess and how she came to 
Kenilworth." He told me the parish was 
supporting him, but only gave him half a 
crown a week. When he arose to go, I put a 
threepence m his hand for which he was as 
thankful as if it had been a crown. 

The rest of my journey was without event, 
except a few moment's stop to see Grey's 
Cliffe, a romantic Elizabethan manor like the 
kind described in English novels. I reached 
Warwick about four, very tired, but well 
repaid for my walk. 

Faithfully yours, 

W. E. HAYES. 



COD FISHING 

THERE is nothing special about a cod- 
fish as ordinarily known to arouse any 
one's enthusiasm. As an article of food 
I have always regarded cod very much as you 
think of a depot doughnut — to be taken as 
filling when nothing else is available. But a 
live codfish caught in the deep sea and just 
coming over the edge of your sail-boat, after 
having been pulled through a dozen fathoms 
of water, is the mo&t interesting creature 
imaginable. It is amazing how beautiful to 
the eyes this formerly ignored fish becomes, 
as he lies on the deck as the result of your 
angling. 

It is well enough for the expert fly caster, 
with his elegant rod and reel, to tell of the 
gamey tarpon and the sly trout. But let no 
one suppose that s-uch refinements of the art 
of angling can ever cast into shadow the less 



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l)iilliant sport of ccd fishing. It is not such 
a tame sport after alh If any landluhber 
tliinks it unworthy of his intellect and atten- 
tion, let him take the earliest opportunity to 
tind a skipper who will show him a thing or 
two. 

First, there are clams to dig in the Hats at 
(ow tide, for your knowing codfish is as fond 
of clam broth as the veriest epicure. It is 
remarkable how much larger clams your 
skipper will dig than you will out of the 
^•a,uxe mud ! 

At sunrise you are off for the fishing 
grounds. Up goes the mainsail, and in the 
morning breeze your spirits rise as you face 
the open sea. But there is no time to waste. 
Those clams must be opened, and no small 
skill is needed. Watch your skipper keep a 
clam shell in the air all the time, so fast does 
his knife pry into the tight-shut lids and 
evict the tenant, and toss his home over- 
board. Then there are the lines to make 
ready. I had never supposed that there was 
anything complicated about the anatomy of 
a fish-line. But here I learned that a cod 
line consisted of line and sinker and "horse" 
and "snoods" and "gaingings" with two big 
hooks dangling at the end. 

Now for the right spot where the fish are! 
But how shall you find it? The skipper 
smiles at your suggestion that it isn't as easy 
to find a particular point on a wide expanse 
of rippling waves as on the solid earth. "I 
get it by the 'ranges,'" he says, and you soon 
discover that his brain is full of the "ranges" 
of every portion of the waters for miles. "I 
guess we'll stop first on the 'meeting-house 
shoal'." "And what are the ranges for 
that?" you ask. "Kimball's Rock over the 
Ram and the meeting-house steeple by Kim- 
ball's Island." By which you learn that to 
the north a rock which rises abruptly from 
the sea has been brought in range of a ledge 
several miles beyond, and to the east the 
steeple of a church on a large island is just 
visible by the southern end of a nearer island. 
Round comes the boat into the wind. The 
jibs are dropped. Out go the cod lines over 
the edge of the boat. Down go the sinkers 
full fifty feet into the rocky bottom. Pull 
them up again a few feet, so that the hooks, 
each baited with four or five clams, hang 
free. Now watch for a bite. What! one 
already? This gets exciting. Next time you 
feel a pull on your line, jerk it a little so as 
to hook your fish, and begin to haul in. 



Have you got one ? Now haul in quickly 
but steadily. Up he comes. Now over with 
him into the boat. He's a good one. Five 
pounds, I guess. Throw him into the bar- 
rel and get j'our hooks out again. 

Who says this is not good sport! What 
if you do saw your fingers with the lines 
until they are blistered! What does it mat- 
ter if you piali in sea water along with the 
line until vour trousers are soaked throuo'h 
and you stand in a pool an inch deep. Next 
time you'll wear rubber boots and a water- 
proof apron and your hands will be tougher. 
Oh! for one of the big fellows! While j'ou 
wish it there is a vicious tug on your hook. 
He's a good one. Haul in steadily. Pulls, 
doesn't he? Now look out! There he is. 
My, but he's worth getting! Steady now. 
Be careful. There, you've lost him. Too 
bad. Why is it that the biggest fish you 
catch always get away just as you get them 
in sight? 

So the day wears on. Thirty-seven fish is 
the catch, and two are big ones. It was 
sport to get those. Just a pair. They must 
be nearly throe feet long. The two who 
caught them eagerly looked forward to the 
chance of using the steelyards and deciding 
which is the prize. 

Back comes the sailboat into the harbor. 
You find that fishing sharpens the appetite, 
and makes the home-coming keenly relished. 
Here we are at the landing. Now for the 
scales. One of the two big fellows weighs 
eighteen and the other nineteen pounds. J\. 
pretty good pair, sure enough. After all, 
cod fishing on a fair day, on the right fishing- 
grounds, is pretty good sport! 

EDW^VRD H. CHANDLER. 



VOLUNTEER AID 

ONE who worked with us last week for 
the first time said: "Now that I have 
been at the hall and seen the work going 
on and felt the enthusiasm, I think that I 
must come every Wednesday." These all- 
day sewing meetings will continue each week 
until further notice. It is hoped that a 
special effort will be made to attend them in 
August when so many of the workers are 
away. 

The Committee are in constant communi- 
cation with the ofticers of the Massachusetts 
Volunteer Aid Association, Not a single 
article is made which is not called for by the 



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reo-imental suro-eons or those in cbaro-e of the 
"Baj- State." All the material is carefully 
selected according to the advice of these 
surgeons. We hope the people of Wellesley 
will remain unmoved hj any jeers they may 
find in the papers about regiments who go 
into action clad in six suits of pajamas per 
man. 

From forty to fifty women meet each week 
to sew and many take work home. Plenty 
of work can be had on application to any 
member of the Committee, the list of whom 
was published in the July number of Our 
Tow.v. The faithful workers are glad indeed 
"to see the dawn of peace," but they are not 
sanguine as to an immediate daybreak and 
wish to remind their generous friends that 
even definite peace with Spain may not at 
once release our army and navy from active 
service. It is justly a matter of pride that 
our State work has broadened so that though 
it is "Massachusetts men first," there are 
many comforts for soldiers and sailors from 
other states. 

Each week we have the help of a band of 
young girls as baste-pullers. On July 19, 
Nicholas Smith and Gertrude Balch held a 
lawn party for the benefit of our work. A 
part of the proceeds was used to start an ice- 
fund for the Fifth Regiment. Ten dollars 
more were taken from our treasury, Mrs. 
Albert Clarke added five, and the Congrega- 
tional Christian Endeavor Society gave 
seven. In all twenty-five dollars were raised 
for that purpose. 

Besides the many contributions in money, 
which the Treasurer will report in the 
autumn, we are indebted to : 

Mr. Lawrence for 2 pieces cotton cloth. 
Mr. Selfe " i piece flannel. 

Mr. Abbott " 100 yards scrim. 
Mrs. Swift " 9 " flannel. 
Bigelow & Dowse for 2 doz. prs. scissors. 
Mr. Overholser " i box miscellaneous surgi- 
cal supplies. 

The following is a summai-y of the work 
completed to date: 

351 abdominal bands. 

S3 mosquito canopies. 

48 hospital shirts, laundered. 

35 suits of pajamas. 

12 comfort bags. 

6 dozen handkerchiefs, laundered. 

3 dozen towels. 

300 rolled surgical bandages. 
63 tumblers of jelly. 

4 bbls. magazines. 

% bbl. rolls of old linen. 

The response to our appeals has been both 



generous and prompt. The Committee take 
pleasure in serving such cheerful givers and 
willing workers. 

MARGARET C. FARWELL, SEC'v. 



BEAUTY IN THE HOME 

THE Twentieth Century Club of Boston, 
established "to promote a finer public 
spirit and a better social order," has issued 
a series of leaflets giving most valuable sug- 
gestions concerning beauty in the home. 
These suggestions deserve the widest circula- 
tion. We propose to reprint them in pan, 
and are confident that our readers will wel- 
come the contributions they make to a more 
graceful and therefore more inspiring home 
life. 

THE EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR OF THE 
HOUSE. 

The following laws of construction apply to all com- 
position of forms and colors, from a cathedral to a 
bonnet: arrange elements with relation to their use 
and position ; give prominence to features in propor- 
tion to their importance. The principles of arrange- 
ment and variation should be based on the laws of 
color and form. Let there be a distinct reason for 
each decision and a constant avoidance of pretence 
and imitation. 

"The great object of composition being always to 
secure unity, that is, to make out of many things one 
whole, the first mode in v.hich this can be effected is 
by determining that one feature shall be more impor- 
tant than all the rest, and that the others shall group 
with it in subordinate positions." — Euskin. 

The tower of Trinity Church dominates the whole 
edifice and illustrates this principle. The rear of the 
new part of the State House, with its three different 
materials and three different colors used in about 
equal proportions, violates it. 

This same principle must be observed in arranging 
the proportions of a frieze and dado to the rest of an 
interior wall surface. 

In deciding on the colors of walls and wood-work, 
consider whether the room has much or little sun- 
light. Floors and walls should harmonize, and both 
be treated as backgrounds for people, pictures and 
furniture. Avoid the large, pronounced figures that 
are now so fashionable. Intricate patterns, small 
figures, or plain surfaces, like cartridge paper, are 
alone suitable for backgrounds. 

Mouldings should be few, and flat rather than in 
relief. Wood carvings should be sparingly used, as 
they catch dust. Mosaics and inlaid work may pro- 
duce equally beautiful effects, and entail no labor. 

Many of the most popular of the French designs, 
while showing elegance in execution, are inferior to 
the best English designs. 

Beauty in the exterior of a house is seen by count- 
less thousands, and is a public benefaction. Luxu- 
rious furnishings of the interior gratify but few, and 
tend to selfish indulgence. Permanent forms of 
beauty, like arched windows and stone carving, cott 



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no more than many things that moth and rust corrupt, 
and that tempt thieves to break in and steal. 

Brilliant colors must be used sparingly. The color 
of a building must always be suited to its environ- 
ment. A yellow brick building between Trinity 
Church and the Art Museum would greatly injure the 
effect of both. A cottage may be more highly col- 
ored than a cathedral, a large municipal building, or a 
great warehouse. An isolated country house may 
have brighter color than one in a village. The color 
must harmonize with the winter as well as with the 
summer landscape. 

While our suburban houses are usually convenient, 
comfortable, and often beautiful in detail, their gen- 
eral effect is, as 3 rule, worse than that of city houses. 
Two different kinds of stone or brick with wood and 
plaster are not infrequently combined in one dwelling. 
Oddities and e.xcrescences of every kind mar the out- 
lines. Forms that were suited to a fourteenth century 
palace, or castle, or cottage, are reduced or enlarged 
in size, and placed indiscriminately on a modern ten- 
thousand-dollar dwelling-house. These abnormal 
structures are admired by their owners as showing 
"individual taste," and not as being "monotonous." 
To the person of refined taste, who loves simplicity, 
sincerity and harmony, the sight of such buildings is 
even more painful than a discord to a musician. If 
music is bad, we may rejoice that it will soon cease; 
if a statue or picture is poor, we may remove it or 
refuse to look at it ; if a poem is dull, we need not 
read it more than once; but if our neighbor's house 
is an offence, we cannot avoid it. The sight of it is a 
daily ve.xation. 

No more dignified, beautiful dwellincrs can be found 
than some of the simple. Colonial residences built in 
oar New England towns about the beginning of the 
century. They were of one material, one color, and 
were fitted for their environment. 

"You perhaps fancied that architectural beauty was 
a very costly thing. Far from it. It is architectural 
ugliness that is costly. . . . Decoration is immoder- 
ately e.xpensive because it is wrongly placed and 
wrongly finished." . . . "Well, but you will say, how 
can we decide what we ought to buy but by our lik- 
ings.'' You would not have us buy what we don't 
like? No, but I would have you thoroughly sure that 
there is an absolute right and wrong in all art, and try 
to find out the right and like that." — Ruskin. 



OUR ROLL OF VOLUNTEERS 

Corp. Chandler Briggs Allen, Co. A, ist N. H., 

Chickamauga. 
Guiton Bergenzoni, U. S. Marines, Monitor "Catskill." 
Burnham Carter Benner, Battery A, Light Artillery, 

Niantic, Conn. 
Roscoe Francis Buck, U. S. Marines, Key West. 
Albert Cartwright, U. S. Marines, Cruiser "Yale." 
Claude Ulmus Gilson, Co. M.. 8th Mass. 
Howard B. Grose, Jr., Battery K, ist Reg., Heavy 

Artillery, Gloucester. 
George Hawkes, 6th Mass. 
Corp. Harry L. Peabody, iSth U. S. Infantry, San 

Francisco. 
William Henry Smith, 6th Mass. 
Frank Cady Tucker, Co. E., 6th Mass. 
Serg't George H. Wascott, 5th Mass., So Framingham. 

Joseph F. Whitney, " 
Friv. Charles S. Cabot, " " 
Corp. Edward R. Robson, " 



ITEMS FROM THE WELLESLEY 
CHURCHES 

Wellesley Congreg-ational Church 

ROLL OF CHURCH MEMBERS. In connec- 
tion with the Centennial an accurate roll of the mem- 
bers of the church from the beginning has been pre- 
pared. The whole number is 825, of whom 205 have 
been added within ten years. 

AUGUST PREACHERS. On August 7th, Rev. 
George P. Knapp, formerly missionary of the Ameri- 
can iJoard in Bitlis, Turkey, now Secretary of the 
National Armenian Relief Fund, will preach morning 
and evening. The following Sunday Rev. Thomas 
Clayton of Binghampton, N. Y., will preach in the 
morning. The Pastor will return to Wellesley on 
August 15. 

SEPTEMBER COMMUNION. Sunday, the 4th 
of September, will be the last Sunday of the century 
of the church's organized existence. A special com- 
munion service will be held in the afternoon. All 
who desire to unite with the Church on that day are 
requested to be present at the meeting of the Church 
Committee, after the prayer meeting, on Friday even- 
ing, August 19. 

St. Mary's Church 

AFTERNOON SERVICE. There will be no 
afternoon service during August and until the second 
Smi<iay i-B September. - . 

CHOIR BOYS' CA.MP. The Choir Boys will go 
into camp for a week or ten days about the first of 
August. They will be in charge of Mr. Bachelderl 
the Choir Master, and Mr. F. G. Morse. The Rector 
also expects to be a visitor at the camp. 

St. Andrew's Church 

THE RECTOR will return from his trip to Eng- 
land before the end of August. 

REV. FREDERICK C. LAUDERBURN, minis- 
ter of Calvary Church, Tamaqua, Pa., will be the 
preacher during August. 

Wellesley Hiils Congregational Church 

CO.M.MUNION SERVICE will be postponed to 
the second Sunday in September. There will be a 
meeting of the Church Committee on Friday evening, 
Sept. 2d, after the prayer meeting. Those who wish 
to unite with the Church are invited to meet the Com- 
mittee at that time. 

THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY will enter- 
tain the quarterly conference of Christian Endeavor 
Societies on Wednesday, Sept. 21st. A good pro- 
gram is in preparation. As a large gathering is 
expected, we invite the assistance of all our people to 
provide for their entertainment. 

SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES. Leaders for 
the month of August areas follows: 7th, Mr. Fuller; 
14th, Mr. Richardson; 21st, Dr. Sanborn; 2.Sth, Mr. 
Thomas. Topics: Those of the Y. P. S. C. E. 



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MISS HARQARET FLEHINQ 

DRESS:\^AKir>JG 

THE IMPKOVED TAYLOK SYSTEM USED 



Central Street, 



Wellesley. 



WANTED. 

Tbs Public to know that I keep constantly on 
band a first-class assortment of Groceries and 
Provisions, at prices as low as asked in Boston 
for the same grade of goods. Orders Filled 
Promptly and Satisfaction Guaranteed. 
E. M. BECK - Newton Lower Palls, Mass. 

PEOPLE'S MARKET. 

NEWTON LOWER FALLS. 

Everything in the line of ME.ATS and PRO- 
VISIOXS at Boston Prices. Quality guaranteed. 
Orders called for and delivered free of charge in 
Wellesley Hills Monday, Wednesday and Friday. 

R. H. LANDICK, Proprietor. 

IF YOUR HOUSES OR OTHER BUILDINGS 
NEED PAINTING, AND YOU WISH IT DONE 
WITH FIRST-CLASS STOCK, BY COMPETENT 
MEN, AT REASONABLE PRICES, SEND FOR 

O. p. SANDERSON, 

SHOP, RIVER STREET, WELLESLEV LOWER FALLS, 
OR, BOX 122, NEWTON LOWER FALLS. 



1,000 LOADS 

of Fine Loam For 
Sale Cheap. 

JOHN CROSWELL, 

Wellesley Hills. 

ROBINSON & EATON 
Real .. Estate .. ond .. Insurance 

Wellesley Hills. 



The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 
EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D. 
Washington St., Wellesley. Superintendent. 



H. L. ROLLINS 



Attorney and Counsellor at Law 



\V.\shin:;to.\' St., 
welleslev. 



728 Tkemont Bll><; 
boston, mass. 



. . . DENTIST . . . 

ADELBERT FERNALD, D. M, D., 

Will be at Wellesley Monday and Friday of 
each week, 496 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, or Shat- 
tuck Building, Wellesley. 
OFFICE HOURS, Reference, Dr. E. E. Bancroft, 

a A. M, TO 4 p. M. 

HRS. W. L. TAYLOR 

Teacher of Piano, 

Wellesley. 
Refer to 

Mr. G. W. Chadwick. Director New England 
Conservatory of Music. 

VACATION TUTORING 

In MATHEMATICS, GREEK and LATIN,— 
Entrance Requirements or College Conditions. Ad- 
dress : 

GRACE B. TOWNSEND. A. B., 

WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS. Tutor at Wellesley College. 



ADVERTISE IN OUR TOWN 



DANA HALL SCHOOL- WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

Special advantages in the Modern Languages, 
Music and Art. 

For circulars address the Principals, 

JULIA A. EASTMAN, 
SARAH P. EASTMAN. 



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SUMMER CONVENIENCES. 

The "All Right" Oil Cooking Stoves are by far th 
handsomest and most durable in the market. 

Price of Two=Burner Stove, $5.00. 



A Superior Refrigerator is a necessity at this season. 
Our line of Refrigerators have Modern Improvements, and are 
up-to-date. When in need of Hardware, Estimates upon 
Pluml)iag or Heating, Doors, Windows and Frames, Remem- 
ber us. 

FISKE & COMPANY, = Natick, Mass. 



F. A. COOLIDGE. 



O. E. STEVENS. 



F. A. COOLIPGE & CO. 

DEALER IN 

Choice .. Meats .. and .. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 

Goods, etc. 

WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY. 
F. DIEHL & SON 

Dealers in Coal, Wood, 
Hay and Grain, iff ^ 

TELEPHONE NO. 16=4 

WELLESLEY, MASS. 
MRS. E. W. ILSLEY 

A Fine Line of 

SHIRT WAISTS 

WELLESLEY HILLS SQ1LIA.RE 

BOLLES & YOUNG 

Dealers in Fine Groceries, Boots, Shoes and 
Rubbers, Tea, Coffee and Spices, Best flinne- 
sota Flour. 

Boot and Shoe Repairing a Specialty. 

NEAR WELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE. 



W. D. WILSON 

r^AITMTER .. AND DECORATOR 

A Large Stock of Wall Papers -. A Fine 
Line of Cartridge Papers of all Colors. 

WITH borders to MATCH ... ALSO PICTURE 

Mouldings, Hooks. Cords, Etc 



STORY & CUTTER 

Successors to 

C. Vk^. RERRY 

DRUGGISTS 

"Wellesley - - Mass. 



Shop rear of McLeod's Block 



Wellesley Hills 



C. H- DADMUN JOHN BENSON G. FRANK HORTON 

Phillips (^ompany 

SUCCESSORS TO 

FREEMAN PHILLIPS 
CARPENTER . AND . BUILDER 

Jobbing attended to promptly. 
Plans estimated. 

Shop, Forest Street, 

P. O. Box 292. WELLESLEY HILLS. 

J. TAILBY & SON 

ARTISTIC FLORAL DECORATORS 

Choice Roses, Carnations, Violets, 
Artistic Floral Designs. 

Coleus, Geraniums, Cannas and 
all kinds of Bedding Plants. 

Particular Attention given to the Care 
of Lawns, etc. 
Linden St., = = Wellesley , Hass. 

Telephone Connection. 

MISS M. E. FITZPATRICK 

DRESSMAKING 

CORNER CENTRAL AND CROSS STS., WELLESLEY 



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PEOPLE'S STEAM LAUNDRY 

ESTABLISHED 1886 

A first-class Laundry with every facility 
for doine: first-class work. Special attention 
given to Gents' Custom Dress Shirts and 
Ladies' Shirt "Waists and "White Dresses. 

EDWA-RD KIXCH Is our agent 
for \Vellesley Hills, and M. L. 
FLA.GG is agent for "Wellesley. 

D. A. MAHONY & SONS, Props., 

7 «& 9 Common St., Natick, 



MERRITTS- KEITH 

Dealer in Provisions ... Fresh and 
Smoked Fish ... Oysters in their 
Season ... Fresh Fruits and Vege- 
tables. 

WELLESLEY HILLS. 

G. M. ST. CLAIR 

Agent for Bicycles. Sundries on Sale. Eepairing and 

Eenting. Clocks Repaired, Lawn Mowers and Scissors 

Sharpened, and Small Jobbing attended to. 

Violin, Banjo and Guitar Strings and Fixtures for Sale. 

McClellan's Block, - - Wellesley Square. 

Residence at Wellesley Hills. 



J. D. SHAW 



PAINTER 



AND 



DECORATOR 



Box 78, Newton Lower Falls. 
Shop on Washington St., near R. R. Station. 

WILLIAM J. DANA, 

Grower of Roses, Chrysanthemums, Carna- 
tions, Violets, all Kinds of Bulbs, and Bed- 
ding Plants. 

Oakland Street Conservatories, 

Wellesley Hills. 

C. A. FREEMAN & CO. 

Manufacturers of 

Patent Door and Window Screens 

SCREENING OF GOOD CLASS 
DWELLINGS A SPECIALTY ... 

Difficult work solicited. Repairing done. 

Estimates on application. 

Orders Promptly Attended to. 
Factory and P. O. Address ~ 

WESTON, MASS. 



STATIONERY, 

PERIODICALS, 

COTTON UNDERWEAR 

at 

MRS. H. E. CURRIER'S 

Grove Street, - - Wellesley. 

Agent for 

LEWANDO'S DYE HOUSE. 

F. Diehl, Jr. & Co., 
LIVERY & BOARDING STABLE 

Central Street, Wellesley. 
HEET ALL TRAINS. TELEPHONE No. 1 6-.2 

THE NEWTON ICE CO. 

is prepared to furnish a first=class quality of 
Pond Ice in Wellesley Hills, Newton Lower 
Falls and South Weston. 

niLLER & HATCH, Proprietors. 

P. O. Address, - Newton Lower Falls. 

Wellesley Hills Pharmacy 

PRESCRIPTIONS 

A 

SPECIALTY. 

McINTOSH ^^ 

Wellesley, Wellesley College, Wellesley 
Hills, Wellesley Farms, Woodland and 
Waban 

.^^ EXPRESS 

Boston Offices: 174 Washington, 15 Devonshire, 105 Arch and 
77 Kingston Streets. 

Leave Boston at II A. M. and 2 P. M. 

ELM PARK- Wellesley HiUs 

First-Class Family Hotel 

JUNCTION WASHINGTON & WORCESTER STS 

STEAH HEAT. EXCELLENT TABLE. 
SPACIOUS GROUNDS. STABLE, ETC. 

Several Desirable Rooms to Let for Winter 
or Year 

ICE CREAM AND FROZEN PUDDING MADE 
TO ORDER 



E. J. FREEMAN. 






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IR 1 OWN 


SEPTEMBER, 1898 


Volume 1 Number 9 - - - {ycT-lfsayS 


CONTENTS 


The Centennial Celebration ... 3 


The Record of a Century ... 3 


Through Rhine-land to the Alps Edith A. Sawyer. 6 


In Salisbury Cathedral • • Wm. E. Hayes. 7 


Beauty in the Home .... 8 . 


Items from the Welleslcy Churches • • 10 


««r 


jT ^ 


CHARLES Nl. EATON. F'ublisher, 




Wellesley HUls, IVlass. 



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THE WELLESLEY SPECIAL 



A HIGH GRADE WHEEL FOR 
$65 



FOR LADY OR GENTLEMAN. BUILT JUST AS YOU WANT IT. 

All kinds of repairing promptly and skillfully done at 
lowest prices, and work guaranteed. Wheels cleaned and 
adjusted Bicycles to rent. 



AGENTS FOR THE ORIENT 

J HUBER & CO.. 
Cottage St. = = Wellesley. 




RIDGE HILL FARHS DAIRY 

Successors to John Law- 
son AT Wellesley Hills 

MORNING and EVENING DELIVERY 
TELEPHONE 23 3 

VISITORS ARE WELCOME AT ALL TIMES 

Wellesley mail address : 

W. G. SMITH, Supt. 



FRANCIS W. UNDERWOOD 

EHBALHER 

and 

FUNERAL DIRECTOR 



Boston, Mass. 



Box 300, Wellesley, flass. 



PEOPLE'S MARKET. 

NEWTON LOWER FALLS. 
Everything in the line of MEATS and PRO- 
VISIONS at Boston Prices. Qiiah'ty guaranteed. 
Orders called for and delivered free of charge in 
Wellesley Hills Monday, Wednesday and Eriday. 
R. H. LANDICK, Proprietor' 

IF YOUR HOUSES OR OTHER BUILDINGS 
NEED PAINTING, AND YOU WISH IT DONE 
WITH FIRST-CLASS STOCK, BY COMPETENT 
MEN, AT REASONABLE PRICES, SEND FOR 

O. p. SANDERSON, 

SHOP, RIVER STREET, WELLESLEY LOWER FALLS, 
OR, BOX 122, NEWTON LOWER FALLS. 



FREDERICK L DIEHL, Jr. 

BLACKSniTH 

Carriage, Wagon, Sleigh Work and Jobbing. 
Special Attention given to Over-reaching, Interfering 
and Tender-footed Horses. 



Washington St., 



Wellesley. 




BroohlinI.'' i.fiRSiaiion 
Nlwionviui.'"' pjuJ»vl ASBtumi 
Ooscnisii" 18'" „,nAvtnue 




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TtUPHONE CwitltaiOnS. / '^'S*^ W MfARTRlDOE:- 

Wellesley Studio closed for July, August 
and September, but sittingfs will be made 
any time by appointment. 

W W McLEOD 

SOLE AGENT FOR WELLESLEY 

FOR THE 

CELEBRATED KING ARTHUR FLOUR. 

MISS M. E FITZPATRICK 

DRESSMAKING 

CORNER CENTRAL AND CROSS STS., WELLB6LEY 

MISS HARGARET FLEHINQ 
DRESSMAKING 

THE IMPROVED TAYLOR SYSTEM USED 



Central Street, 



Wellesley. 



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OUR T2WN 



Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the first 
of each month. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Edward H. Chandler, Wellesley. 

Publislier, Charles M. Eaton, Wellesley Hills^ 

Advertising Agent, L. V. N. Peck, Wellesley Hills. 

Subscriptions may be left at Elagg's News Stand or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Wellesley; Mrs. Ilsley's, Wellesley Hills, or at the 
Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter nt the Wellesley Hills Post 
Ofi^ce. 



THE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION 
OF THE WELLESLEY CONGRE- 
GATIONAL CHURCH 

ON the sixth of September the Wellesley 
Congregational Church will complete a 
hundred years of life. As will be seen 
by the historical record, a meeting-house was 
built in what was soon set a])art as the " West 
Precinct" of Needham as early as 1774, but 
on account of the war and the slow increase 
of population it was not possible for the 
people of this community to settle a minister 
or even to put pews in their meeting-house 
for about twenty-four years. In 1798 the 
situation had changed for the better, and, 
according to Congregational usage, a church 
was formally constituted by a council called 
for the purpose. 

The history has been an eventful one, not 
so much for incidents of wide-spread renown 
as for the quiet and continuous efforts of 
successive generations of faithful men and 
women who gave the Church their best life. 
There have been difficulties financial and 
social. There have been times when debt 
stared every one in the face; and other times 
when discord threatened to wreck the organ- 
ization. Uut debts have been lifted and dis- 
cords have been harmonized, and today the 
old church is young again with tlie new life 
which has entered into it and the new day in 
which it lives. 

So it is with considerable honest pride 
that the Pastor and congregation of this 
Church invite their sister churches and their 
fellow townspeople to unite with them on the 
second and third of October in a fitting- 
recognition of the century which is past. 

The program at present proposed is some- 
what as follows : 

Sunday, 10.80 a. m. Commemorative 
service, with historical sermon by the Pas- 
tor. 

3.30 p. M. Service by and for the young 
peo})le, with special music. 



7.30 P. M. Union service of all the 
Wellesley churches with addresses by their 
pastors and the ex-pastors of this church. 

Monday, 3.30 p. m. Centennial oration by 
Dr. William II. Ward of New York City, 
editor of the New York "Independent." 
Subject: "The Influence of the Church in 
the Making of New England." 

6 p. M. Centennial banquet in Town Hall. 
Speeches are expected from representatives 
of the State, the town, the churches, the 
College, the denomination and other speakers. 

Details will be announced in our next 
issue. In the meanwhile all the inhabitants 
of Wellesley are cordially invited to share in 
the fellowship and good-will of the occasion. 



THE RECORD OF A CENTURY 

1711. November 15. Needham set off from 

Dedham and incorporated as a town. 

About forty-five families. 
1720, March 20. First church in Needham 

organized. Twenty male members. 

Rev. Jonathan Townsend, pastor. 

1773. October 17. Needham meeting- 
house burned. 

1774. August 3. New meeting-house raised 
on the old site. 

June 23. Original agreement of tlie 
inhal)itants of the west part of Need- 
ham to build a meeting-house for 
themselves. Signed by S3 persons. 

1778. July 6. "West Precinct" of Need- 
ham organized in accordance with an 
act of the Legislature. 

1797. October 9. Eighteen Natick fami- 
lies annex themselves to the West 
Parish of Needham, by exchange of 
land between Needham and Natick. 

1798. , September 6, Thursday. Organiza- 
tion of the Congregational Church of 
West Needham. Ten members — 
seven men and three women. Sermons 
by Rev. Jonathan Homer of Newton 
and Rev. Benjamin Caryl of Dover. 
First covenant adopted. 

December 25. A call extended to 
Mr. Jonathan Whitaker. *600 for set- 
tlement; 100£ and 12 cords of wood, 
salary. [Mr. Whitaker declined.] 

1799. July 10. First pastor. Mk. Thomas 
NovES ordained and installed. Ser- 



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mon by Rev. Moses Adams of Acton. 
August 16. Joseph Daniel and 
William Biglow chosen deacons. 

August 24. First form of admission 
of members adopted. 

September 27. "Half-way covenant" 
adopted. 

1801. January 19. First petition to the 
Legislature from West Needham for 
incorporation as a town. 

1804. November 26. Final sale of pews. 
Total proceeds to date, 12,490.40. 

1805. May 17. Asa Kingsbury chosen 
deacon. 

July 13. Pulpit Bible presented to 
the Church by Mrs. Sarah Badger, of 
Natick. 

November 25. A hearse purchased. 

May 20. Meetings for the study of 
the Bible established. 

March 80. A singing school estab- 
lished. 

Tomb built in rear of the Church by 
Mrs. Sarah Badger. Bequeathed after- 
ward to the Rev. Thomas Noyes. 

May 22. Voted to introduce the 
"fourth book of hymns" compiled by 
the Rev. Stephen Palmer of Needham. 

September 25. Hezekiah Fuller 
chosen deacon. 

Unusual religious awakening, espe- 
cially among the young people. 

November 27. Trial of "Badger will 
case," before the Supreme Court. 

November 22. Voted to buy a stove. 

January 30. P^irst temperance meet- 
ing. 

February 21. Second form of admis- 
sion adopted, with creed and covenant. 

March 26. Voted "to take the Sab- 
bath School under the patronage of the 
Church." 

First manual printed. 
1833. July 9. Rev. Thomas Noyes dis- 
missed by council. Accessions during 
his pastorate of thirty-four years, 148: 
of these, 18 came by letter and 130 by 
profession. 

July 31. The "Church Psalmody" 
introduced. 

Received legacy from widow Persis 
Ware of $190.79 for the purchase of 



1806, 
1807, 
1809 

1812, 



1819 

1822, 

1824, 
1828, 



communion plate. 

October 2. Second pastor. Mr. Jos- 
eph Sessions ordained and installed. 
Sermon by Rev. Mr. Badger of Andover. 
1834. March 24. Voted to build a new 
meeting-house. 

Dedication of second 
Sermon by Rev. G. W. 



1835. 



Sale of pews in the 
Proceeds, 11,320.50. 
Voted to procure a 



January 1. 
meeting-house. 
Blagden. 

January 15. 
meeting-house. 
1838. December 26. 
bass viol. 

1842. May 31. Rev. Joseph W. Sessions 
dismissed by council. Accessions dur- 
ing his pastorate of nearly nine years, 
72: of these, 5 came by letter and 67 
by profession. 

October 6. Third pastor. Mr. Har- 
vey Newcomb ordained and installed. 
Sermon by Rev. Sewall Harding, of 
Med way. 

First plan of benevo- 



.1843 



December 7. 
lences adopted. 

January 18, 
bly's Shorter 



Westminster Assem- 
Catechism introduced 
into the Sunday School. 

1845. A|)ril 23. Third service on the Sab- 
l)ath dropped. 

1846. July 1. Rev. Harvey Newcomb dis- 
missed by council. Accessions during 
his pastorate of nearly four years, 16: 
of these, 10 came by letter and 6 by 
profession. 

1847. February 24. Twenty-eight members 
dismissed to form the Congregational 
Church at Crantvillc (now Wellcsley 
Hills). 

July 7. P"'ourth pastor. I^ev. Andrew 
BiiiELOw installed. Sermon by Rev. 
E. N. Kirk of Mt. Vernon C^hurch, 
Boston. 



1848. 



1851 



1853, 



February 24, Thursday. Observed 
as a day of fasting and prayer for col- 
leges. First time. 

Communion service purchased with 
the Ware legacy (See 1833). 

February 2. Rev. A. l^igelow dis- 
missed by council. Accessions during 
his pastorate of over six years, 19: of 

these 5 came by letter and 14 by pro- 



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t'ession. 

Pulpit supplied by Rev. Dorus Clark. 

1856. January 1. Fifth pastor. Rev. 
Abijah R. Bakeu begins service as 
pastor, without installation. 

Betsey Brown legacy received. 
First organ purchased for $650. 

1857. First use of coal, 

1859. Second manual printed, with creed 

and covenant somewhat revised. 
1861. February 27. By-laws drafted and 

adopted by the West Precinct for the 

first time. 

April 10. Voted to hire a "seraph- 

ine" for the choir. 

Chose Daniel Morse deacon. 

July 31. Rev. A. R. Baker termin- 
ates pastorate of seven years. Acces- 
sions, 35: of these, 13 came by letter 
and 22 on profession. 

1 K61 — 1867. During this period the Church 
was without a pastor, the pulpit being 
supplied for the greater part of the 
time by Rev. O. B.' Bidwell, Rev. H. A. 
Dickinson, Rev. Moses Winch, Rev. 
H. D. Woodworth and Rev. Elijah 
Kellogg. 

1864. December 19. Wcllesley Congrega- 
tional Society formed. 

1865. January 23. West Precinct trans- 
ferred all its property, except the 
Brown Fund, to the Society. 

1866. December 24. A call extended to 
Rev. G. E. Freeman of Neponset. [Mr. 
Freeman declined.] 

1868. January 23. Sixth pastor. Mr. G. G. 
Piiipps ordained and installed. Ser- 
mon by Rev. J. W. Wellman. 

September 23. Voted to purchase 
"Songs of the Sanctuary." 

1869. Furnace substituted for stoves. 

Parsonage purchased. 

April 26. Voted to build a new 
church. l)uilding Committee appointe<l. 

1870. April 26. Chose Whitman S. Win- 
sor deacon. 

1871. Land for new cemetery purchased. 

Afternoon preaching service discon- 
tinued. 

1872. May 14. Voted to purchase a new 



organ for 1 1,800. 

July 11, 3 p. M. Dedication of the 
New Congregational Church, the third 
building. Sermon by Rev, G. G. 
Phipps. 

1875. April 6. Responsive reading intro- 
duced. Books of Psalms purchased. 

September 8. Wellesley College 
opened. 

1876. April. A system of weekly offerings 
adopted. 

1877. New land for a cemetery obtained by 
exchange of the land purchased in 1871. 
The new cemetery named " Woodlawn." 

May. Wellesley Y. M. C. A. organ- 
ized. 

1878. April 1. Rev. G. G. Phipps dis- 
missed by council. Accessions during 
his pastorate of over ten years, 91 : of 
these 46 came by letter and 45 on con- 
fession of faith, 

1879. April 9, Seventh pastor. Rev. 
Perez D. Cowan installed. Sermon by 
Rev. George Harris, 

1880. October 13. Voted to purchase 
"Spiritual Songs for Social Worship." 

1881. February 23. Standing rules adopted 
by the Church. [These are the first 
Church by-laws of which there is any 
record,] 

April 6. West Needham incorpor- 
ated as the town of Wellesley. 

October. CHiurch debt of 17,500 
raised by subscription. 

1882. January. Young Christians' Circle 
organized. 

May 22. Society voted to sell Wood- 
lawn Cemetery. 

1883. October 3. Weekly meeting changed 
from Wednesday to Friday. 

1884. May 30. Third form of admission, 
creed and covenant ado])ted. 

.June 11. Ordination of George H- 
Burrill in the Church. 

June 27. Revised by-laws adopted 
by the Church. 

1885. April 20. Society voted to purchase 
one share in the General Theological 
Library. 

Piano purchased. 
Third manual printed. 

1886. July 24. Young Christians' Circle 



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changed to Young People's Society of 
Christian Endeavor. 

1887. Gallery built and furnished. 

April 29. Voted to adopt "Laudes 

Domini" for use in the Church. 
188H. March 23. Six months' vacation 

granted to Mr. Cowan. 

1889. February 15. Bequest of $760 
received from George Smitli for Sunday 
School gifts. 

1890. February 6 — ^10. Religious sei'vices 
held in the Church by Rev. B. Fay 
Mills and Mr. L. B. Greenwood. 

June 30. Rev. P. D. Cowan dis- 
missed by council. Accessions during 
his pastorate of over eleven years, 210: 
of these 82 came by letter and 128 on 
confession of faith. 

October 10. Number of deacons 
increased from two to four. 

December 1. Pastor's salary increased 
from .*1,200 to $2,000, without parson- 
age. 

New organ purchased for |3,000. 

1891. January. Dr. Eldridge Mix began 
service as acting pastor. 

February 6. Church organized into 
a corporation. New by-laws. 

February 27. Society turned over 
its property to the Church and dissolved. 

1892. February 4. Bishop Phillips Brooks 
conducted a confirmation service of St. 
Andrew's Episcopal Church in the Con- 
gregational Church. 

March. Parsonage sold. 

April 29. Act of the Legislature 
permitting the removal of graves from 
a portion of the cemetery, and the use 
of the Brown Fund to pay the expense 
of the same. 

June 1. Close of Dr. Mix's service 
as acting pastor. Added during his 
term of service: by letter, 19; on con- 
fession of faith, 9; total, 28. 

December 13. Eighth pastor. Rev. 
Lewis W. Hicks installed. Sermon by 
Rev. J. W. Cooper, D. D., of New 
Britain, Conn. 

1893. April 14. New by-laws adopted. 

1894. February. Purchased "Laudes Dom- 
ini for the Prayer Meeting." 



Lecture course conducted. 
Offertory Calendars introduced. 

1895. Nov. 15. Voted to build an exten- 
sion to the Church, containing parlor, 
class rooms, etc. Building Committee 
appointed. 

1896. January 24. Term of office for 
deacons fixed at four years, one term to 
expire each year. 

May 26. Rev. Lewis W. Hicks dis- 
missed by council. Accessions during 
his pastorate of over three years, 64: 
of these 40 came by letter, and 24 on 
confession of faith. 

1897. April 8. Ninth pastor. Rev. Ed- 
ward IL Chandler installed. Ser- 
mon by Rev. George A. Gordon, D. D., 
of Boston. 

September. Woman's Union organ- 
ized. 

October. New furnaces put into the 
Church. 

1898. January. "Our Town" started. 



THROUGH RHINE-LAND TO THE 

ALPS 

EVERY one said: "Begin your Rhine 
journey at Bonn;" but we started from 
the earlier point, Cologne, to make the 
most of this wonderful river. 

At the start there was only an outlook on 
low-lying country, with the tall Cologne 
Cathedral growing dimmer in the distance; 
then the Rhine banks gradually rose to defin- 
ite heights, — the Seven Mountains, irregular, 
legend-crowned, forming the first notable 
feature beyond Bonn. Of these, most pic- 
turesque, and romantic, too, is "the castl'd 
crag of Dracheufels," for here lingers the 
story of Siegfried and the dragon, while just 
opposite is still standing one arch of the 
castle built by the gallant Roland. No won- 
der Germans love the legendary warmly: it 
lends itself so easily to their Rhine's castles 
and hills. 

Opposite Coblenz, on the left, four hours' 
journey beyond Bonn, towers Ehrcnbreit- 
stein, "broad stone of honor," that splendid 
fortress, the Gibraltar of Germany, boasted 
impregnable, but taken by Napoleon's sol- 
diers. On the right, at the meeting of the 
Moselle river Avith the Rhine, stands the 



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magnificent statue of Kaiser Wilhelm the 
Great — the ohl Emperor on horseback, look- 
ing down upon his Rheinish provinces, the 
figure of Germania by his side. 

From Coblenz to Bingen, the Rhine jour- 
ney is one series of glorious pictures, — 
high, imposing hills, rich-looking vineyards, 
ruined castles, with snug-keeping villages at 
their feet, and the river winding always. 

There were no nymphs singing as we 
passed the Lorelei. Material progress does 
not turn aside for romance, and this wide- 
sung rock is tunneled now for a railway; nor 
was the buried Niebelungen treasure found. 

Just before we reached Bingen, — "fair 
Bingen on the Rhine,''' — nearly a hundred 
peasant girls and women, evidently return- 
ing from some fete, came on the boat, and 
soon began to sing with clear, strong, gener- 
ally sweet voices, the Rhine songs and 
"Volkslieder." It was charming — the soft- 
flowing river, the wonderful Rhine hills, the 
dimming daylight, the simple folk-singing — 
all, combining, brought a warm feeling to 
one's heart. 

Heidelburg is virtually of the Rhine coun- 
try, for its river, the Neckar, joins the Rhine 
just below the city. The university and the 
castle need no description. There is a mar- 
velous view from the top of Molkenkur, of 
the broad Rhine valley, and the Black For- 
est, whei"e one can easily imagine the fairies 
dance even to this day. Half-v.'ay down the 
hill is the castle, from whicli we could see 

" — far off, the red-tiled hamlets shine 
And catch tlirough slits of windows, heie and there, 
l^lue glimpses of the Rhine." 

Between the Rhine and the Alps, a happy 
situation, lies Schaffhausen ; and here are the 
Rhine Falls, green and white and glorious, 
all fresh from the snow-fields of the not far- 
away Alps, which lie in great solemn masses 
against the horizon. 

If Schaffhausen is the door- way to the 
Alps, Lucerne is the key. Ttigi and the long- 
range lie close around us here, immovable, 
calm, restful. One thinks, reverently, "Oh 
all ye works of the Lord, bless ye the Lord : 
praise him and magnify him forever!" 

EDITH A. SAWYER. 



IN SALISBURY CATHEDRAL 

AS I walked from the station into the 
main street of Salisbury I noticed that 
the .shops were gaily decorated with 
flags, and that bells of a neighboring church 
were ringing a clamorous peal. I inquired 
the reason and was told that the Cathedral 
was that afternoon to hold a thanksgiving 
service to commemorate the completion of 
the repairs to the tower. The fact that the 
town should put on gala dress for an ecclesi- 
astical festival shows how closely the inter- 
ests of church and state are interwoven in 
England. 

I had still a few hours to spare before the 
service, so I wandered about the Cathedral 
grounds admiring the graceful proportions 
and the exquisitely beautiful architecture of 
this famous building. Surrounded as it is by 
lovely smooth, green turf, dotted here and 
there by luxurious shade trees beyond which 
lie the homes of the Bishop, Dean and Canon, 
each with their gardens of roses and lilies, 
it makes a charming picture. Other cathe- 
drals are grander and more venerable, but 
none have the daintiness and the delicacy of 
Salisbury. To approach it you feel as if you 
ought to be well dressed. 

Long before the hour of service, crowds of 
I)eople gathered at the doors. Those with- 
out tickets stood in line patiently waiting 
for admission. When the doors were finally 
thrown open, there was a great scramble for 
seats and in a few moments the huge nave 
was filled, all except the seats reserved in 
front for distinguished guests. About three 
the procession of celebrities began; first, a 
brass band which accompanied the organ all 
through the service, then the mayors and 
magistrates of Salisbury and adjacent towns 
attended by cliaplains and mace-bearers; 
next came 250 freemasons under the Earl 
of Radnor. All these were attired in 
their appropriate regalia, which in some 
cases were very ornate and curious. After 
an interval the vested choirs of the city and 
the diocesan clergy entered and took seats 
in the choir. All the clergy wore hoods of 
different colors representing their academic 
degrees. Another interval elapsed, after 
which the Bishop of tlie diocese, with the 
Cathedral body and choir, went to the west 
door to receive the Arc;hbishop. The latter 
was attended by several bishops clad in flam- 
ing red robes, and eacli one preceded by 



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vergers, chaplains and staft'-bearers. The 
Archbisliop came last, his long robe having 
a train which was carried by two acolytes in 
red cassocks. During this interesting pro- 
cession, the hymn "All people that on earth 
do dwell" was sung by the entire congrega- 
tion with band and organ. The effect was 
quite uplifting as the music swelled and filled 
the vast interior and reverberated among 
the arches. 

When the clergy were all placed the ser- 
vice was begun, regular even-song with most 
beautiful anthems. The sweet voices of the 
boys and the harmonies of the instruments 
soared aloft to the vaulted roof as if borne 
heavenward. The effect of cathedral music 
is always much better from the nave than 
from the choir. The distance softens and 
blends the tones in one rich concourse of 
sweet sounds. 

The sermon by the Archbishop was almost 
impossible to catch distinctly, although he 
spoke very deliberately. I caught enough 
to realize that it was learned and dignified 
as l)efitted an archbishop. It was certainly 
not thrilling. It set forth, in an admirable 
way, however, the beauty of worship and the 
place of the church in the religious' life. 

Following the sermon a collection was 
taken, during which the congregation rose 
and sang a hymn, as they commonly do at 
offertories in England. The hymn was "O 
God our help in ages i)ast," set to the tune 
of " St. Anne," which every one knew and 
sang with a will. After the offering a "Te 
Deum" was rendered by the choir, in which 
the organ played a fine accompaniment. 
Then with a special prayer of thanksgiving 
by the Bishop and the blessing by the Arch- 
bishop the service was concluded, and the 
procession tiled out of the church in the 
same order as it came. 

After the service I walked about the Cathe- 
dral, every part of which on this occasion 
was thrown open — an unusual privilege in 
cathedrals. The beautiful choir was gar- 
landed with roses along the front of the choir 
stalls and over the top of the screen. At 
the back of the stalls were vases of lilies, 
whose sweet perfume mingled with that of 
the roses scenting the whole atmosphere. 
The choicest portion of the Cathedral is the 
Lady Chapel, with its elaborate reredos and 
embroidered altar cloth. The cloisters and 
chapter house are also beautiful. The gen- 
eral impression that one carries away from 



Salisbury is expressed in the word "dainty." 
Built all at one time and of the same style 
of architecture there is a finish and harmony 
and grace about it that leaves nothing to be 
desired. 

I was loth to leave Salisbury. It is a 
bright, tidy little town, a fit background for 
its gem of a cathedral. But as I had Win- 
chester to visit and must be in Reading the 
day after, seven o'clock found me on my 
travels. I spent the night in Romney and 
left for Winchester the next morning. 

W. E. HAYES. 



BEAUTY IN THE HOME 

HOUSEHOLD ART. 

"As construction necessarily implies a purpose, 
utility must have the precedence of decoration"; 
e. g., an embroidered, white satin foot-stool that is too 
fine to use is bad; so, also, is a lamp or vase that is 
covered with porcelain flowers, which catch dust, are 
easily broken, and prick the hand in lifting it. A 
dozen plates at the World's Fair, which were adorned 
with exquisitely painted pictures, and were valued at 
$2,000, were greatly admired by the public. But the 
trained decorator deplored the waste of time and skill 
that made them equally unsuitable as plates and as 
pictures. It is disgusting to put such plates to their 
proper use and smear landscapes or portraits with 
meat or pudding-sauce. It is almost equally unsatis- 
factory to use such tiny, fragile things for wall deco- 
ration. They are obviously useful things, so unsuit- 
ably treated as to be diverted from their primary pur- 
pose. It is painful to think of so much skill being 
expended on such perishable material. One long 
corridor in the palace of Fontainbleau is decorated 
with long rows of such plates; but only one who 
admires a display of skill and of expense more than 
of taste finds pleasure in them. A picture five inches 
in diameter on a wall over a hundred feet long is 
obviously misplaced. If pictures on porcelain are 
desired, let them be painted on a perfectly flat sur- 
face, and framed like other pictures, and of such size 
as to be visible across the room. 

Put beauty where all can enjoy it. It is better to 
have blooming plants in the window, which a thous- 
and passers-by may see, than to have bits of lace and 
finery laid away, to be seen by only a few on rare 
occasions. 

Value nothing merely because of the time and 
labor spent upon it. A delicate handkerchief at the 
Centennial Exhibit was greatly admired because it 
had cost years of labor. On one side, a picture of 
the Kremlin of Moscow was embroidered in black, 
the stitches being so fine that they could not be seen 
on the reverse side of the thin fabric. As a handker- 
chief it was worthless ; as a picture it was less valu- 
able than a photograph. It was simply an example 
of a frightful waste of time and eyesight. A picture 
of the Coliseum made in human hair, which cost 
years of toil and left its maker blind, is another 
instance of folly that an admiring public encourages. 
Remember the life of the workman. Cut glass and 
certain kinds of lace can be made only at the cost of 



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9 



the health or life of the worker. Encourage the 
production of what gives joy to the producer as wel- 
as to the consumer. 

Intrinsic worth frequently bears no relation to mar- 
ket price. From ten to fifteen thousands of dollars 
are paid for grotesque, curious carvings in jade, which 
have little, if any, artistic merit, but have cost years 
of labor owing to the great hardness of the material- 
s' 

"Distinction between pictorial and ornamental art : 
The latter should ;/('/ imitate nature, but should be 
based on a study of nature's laws. If the ornament- 
ist seeks out the modes of development of vegetable 
growth, he will find that regularity and symmetry are 
the normal laws, while all that is iriegular is acci- 
dental and extraneous." 

The painter of pictures is generally a very poor 
decorator, unless he has made a special study of the 
above principle. Anything approaching pictorial art 
in textiles or wall papers, where a given unit is 
repeated at definite intervals, is always to be con- 
demned, and generally in the decoration of pottery 
and furniture. 

"As each material has its own mode of manipula- 
tion, and is wrought by separate and varied ])roc- 
esses, design must be bad which applies indiscrimin- 
ately the same constructive forms or ornamental 
treatments to materials differing in their nature and 
application." E. g., an arch made of stones may 
indicate strength; cut from wood, it will indicate 
weakness, as it cuts across the grain. Figures suit- 
able for a flat surface may be bad when used in 
draperies. Ornamentation for metals that are 
wrought, or run in moulds, should differ from that 
suited to materials that can be carved. 



Realistic imitation is the last tiling to be desired in 
decoration; c. g.: glass slip])ers as receptacles for 
flowers; match-boxes representing animals' heads, 
the top of which is to be removed when the box is 
opened; papier-mache shoes for holding bonbons; 
yellow silk carrots for pin-cushions, etc. Much of 
the famous Palissy pottery is bad in design, despite 
its wonderful workmanship. Its realistic crabs, 
snakes and fishes, in colored relief, are odious when 
placed on plates and platters 

*r 

One element of beauty in household art is appro- 
priateness. A vase of Greek shape is unsuitable for 
holding flowers. Plain white glass or delicate green 
vases do not clash with nature's coloring in flowers. 
These require a long neck for supporting stems and a 
bulbous base, not only for plenty of water but to pre- 
vent a top-heavy effect. A straight cylinder of the 
right shade of green is admirable for large flowers. 

In choosing a vase for its decorative effect, take 
care, above all, to have the shape good. Look criti- 
cally at its curves and proportions Condemn han- 
dles which look as if they were applied, and were not 
an integral part of the vase. A study of the ceramics 
in the Art Museum will cultivate a perception of form 
and train the eye. 

Consider well the color of a vase. Shape and color 
are the main points to be secured in inexpensive 



wares. Decoration is seldom good in cheap pottery. 

<^ 

The arrangement of beautiful things is, of itself, a 
fine art. An exquisite bit of Venetian glass looks 
pale and attenuated beside a brilliant faience, and 
Delft ware seems dull and heavy in proximity to a 
vase of Sevres blue. Allow sufficient background. 

When there are too many vases and ornaments, no 
article has space enough to give its full decorative 
value. The Japanese are our best teachers in this 
regard. Rejection is the final grace of culture. Put 
mere curiosities either in a museum or a closed cab- 
inet. In general, keep mementoes and trophies out 
of sight. Wasp nests, flags, spinning-wheels, diplo- 
mas, alpine stocks, etc., should not appear in the 
general living rooms. 



Most Americans, rich and poor, overcrowd their 
homes with ornaments. Many a housekeeper spends 
as much time in a year in dusting tasteless bric-a-brac 
as would enable her to master Liibke's " History of 
Art." This autumn thousands of hours and millions 
of dollars will be spent in making, for charity fairs 
and Christmas gifts, endless dust-catchers and perish- 
able things which will give little pleasure to the recip- 
ients. To spend the same amount of money and 
time in producing one-tenth as many things, provided 
that they were good and were of a durable character, 
would be far saner. A fifty-cent photograph of a 
good thing is a better Christmas present than an 
embroidered velvet cushion which is too fine to use. 

Americans need to take to heart the old motto, 
'•'non ?nnlta, sed multum" (not many, but much). 

Whatever we buy, we practically produce; for we 
create a market for it, and cause that kind of thing to 
be made. (.'onsumers are chiefly responsible for 
whatever is tasteless, or vulgar, or useless in the mar- 
ket. Given a certain amount of money to spend on 
beauty, we have it in our power so to use it as to 
affect the ethical and economic as well as the aesthetic 
status of the community. We should not encourage 
foolish, wasteful labor on the plea that we are giving 
employment. The same number of people who are 
employed in making absurd concoctions of celluloid, 
chenille and plush, in painting flowers on candles, in 
making fussy lam]5-shades, etc., could and would spend 
that same time and energy in producing what would 
adorn instead of disfigure a room, if the public 
demanded it. A member of a well-known Boston 
firm once said: "We make our money out of the 
people who come here and buy what they do not want." 

Prefer the durable to the perishable. Good art in 
stained glass, brass or iron is more desirable in a home 
than equally good art in materials which sun or moths 
or careless handling will surely injure. 



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ITEMS FROM THE WELLESLEY 
CHURCHES 

Welleslcy Cong:reg:ational Church 

The benevolence of the Church for September, to 
be received on the 25th, will be for the National Fund 
for Ministerial Aid. 

The Pastor would like to learn the addresses of Mrs. 
Matilda Rockwood (formerly Mrs. W. A. Kimball), 
Mrs. Emma G. Smith (formerly Mrs. J. U. Parsons), 
and Mr. James Allen. 

A special commemorative service, to mark the 
closing Sunday of the Church's first century, will be 
held on the 4th of September, at 3.30 o'clock. At the 
morning service of the same day the Pastor will preach 
a biographical sermon on the pastors of the Church. 

On the second and fourth Thursday evenings of 
each month services will be held in the Chapel, in the 
Swedish language, conducted by Rev. Axel Iledlund 
of Ashland. All the Swedes in the town are cordially 
invited to attend. 

Mrs. Ezekiel Peabody, who died on August 24th, 
had been a member of the Church for fifty years, 
lacking five months. It speaks well for the longevity 
of the church members and the healthfulness of the 
place that there should be as many as twelve membeis 
still living whose connection with the church has con- 
tinued for more than fifty years. 

Wellesley Hills Cong-regalional Church 

Communion service will be held on the morning of 
Sept. II. Preparatory service on Friday the 9th. 

The Junior Endeavor Society will meet on the third 
Sunday of September to begin their year's work. 
Miss Isabelle Fiske is to be the superintendent. 

Sunday evening services at 7 !•. m. Topics Sept. 4: 
"Repentance and Conversion. What are They?" 
Sept. II : "Self Indulgence or Self Denial?" Sept. 18: 
" The Triumphs of Christianity." Sept. 25 : "What 
is True Success ? " 

The Middlesex Union Y. P. S. C. E. will hold its 
quarterly conference with this church on the after- 
noon and evening of Sept. 21st. The address of the 
evening will be given by Dr. Wm. II. Allbright of 
Dorchester. An interesting program is in preparation 
for the afternoon. Every one is invited to the services. 

Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society 

The church will reopen Sunday, Sept. 4. Sunday 
School will begin Sept. 11. 

The Woman's Alliance will hold a special meeting 
sometime during the first week of September. 

St. Andrew's Church 

The Rector, Rev. W. E. Hayes, has returned from 
his trip in England, and will be at home on Saturday, 
the 3rd of September. 

Regular services will be resumed at 10.30 A. M. and 
7.15 P. M. on Sunday, the fifth of September. The 
Sunday School will open on the nth. 



H. L. ROLLINS 



Attorney and Counsellor at Law 



Washington St., 
wellesley. 



728 Tremont Bldg. 
boston, mass. 



. . . DENTIST . . . 

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Will be at Wellesley Monday and Friday of 
each week, 496 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, or Shat- 
tuck Building, Wellesley. 
OFFICE HOURS, Reference, Dr. E. E. Bancroft. 

8 A. IW, TO 4 p. M. 

HRS. W. L. TAYLOR 

Teacher of Piano, 

Wellesley. 
Refer to 

Mr. G. W. Chadwick, Director New England 

Conservatory of Music. 

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In MATHEMATICS, GREEK and LATIN,— 
Entrance Requirements or College Conditions. Ad- 
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TUTORING IN COLLEGE 

And Preparatory Work, and Grammar Grade 
Studies. 
For References and Terms, Address 

CAROLYN J. F'ECK, B. A.., 
"Wellesley Mills. 



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Courses preparatory to college. 

Special advantages in the Modern Languages, 
Music and Art. 

For circulars address the Principals, 

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SUMMER CONVENIENCES. 

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handsomest and most durable in the market. 

Price of Two=Burner Stove, $5,00. 



A Superior Refrigerator is a necessity at this season. 
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Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 

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Jobbing attended to promptly. 
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ARTISTIC FLORAL DECORATORS 

Choice Roses, Carnations, Violets, 
Artistic Floral Designs. 

Coleus, Geraniums, Cannas and 
all kinds of Bedding Plants. 

Particular Attention given to the Care 
of Lawns, etc. 
Linden St., = = Wellesley, riass. 

Telephone Connection. 

The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 
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PEOPLE'S STEAM LAUNDRY 

ESTABLISHED 1886 

A first-class Laundry with every facility 
for doinc first-class work. Special attention 
given to Gents' Custom Dress Shirts and 
Ladies' Shirt Waists and White Dresses. 

EDXVARD FITCM Is our agent 
for "Wellesley Mills, and M. L. 
F'LAGG is agent for Wfc>llesley. 

D. A MAHONY & SONS, Props,, 

7 & 9 Common St., Natick, 



MERRITTS- KEITH 

Dealer in Provisions ... Fresh and 
Smoked Fish ... Oysters in their 
Season ... Fresh Fruits and Vege- 
tables. 

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G. M. ST. CLAIR 

Agent for Bicycles. Sundries on Sale. Repairing and 

JientlDg. Clocks Repaired, Lawn Mowers and Scissors 

Sharpened, and Small Jobbing attended to. 
Violin, Banjo and Guitar Strings and Fixtures for Sale. 
McClellan's Block, - - Wellesley Square. 

Residence at Wellesley Hills. 



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PAINTER 



AND 



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Box 78, Newton Lower Falls. 
Shop on Washington St., near R, R. Station. 



WILLIAM J. DANA, 

Grower of Roses, Chrysanthemums, Carna- 
tions, Violets, all Kinds of Bulbs, and Bed- 
ding Plants. 

Oakland Street Conservatories, 

Wellesley Hills. 



1,000 LOADS 

of Fine Loam For 
Sale Cheap. 

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Wellesley Hills. 



DRY AND FANCY GOODS 



STATIONERY, 
"SOROSIS" BOOTS, 



PERIODICALS, 
LADIES' RUBBERS. 



MRS. H. E. CURRIER, 



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Wellesley. 



F. Diehl, Jr. & Co., 
LIVERY & BOARDING STABLE 

Central Street, Wellesley. 
nEET ALL TRAINS. TELEPHONE No. 16=2 

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is prepared to furnish a first=class quality of 
Pond Ice in Wellesley Hilfs, Newton Lower 
Falls and South Weston. 

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P. O. Address, - Newton Lower Falls. 

Wellesley Hills Pharmacy 

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OCTOBER, 1898 



Volume I Number io 



( 5 cents a copy 
I 25 cents a year 



CONTENTS 



Erwin H. Walcott 
William E. Hayes 
Parris T. Farwell 



Centennial Program 

As to Modern Club Life 

Reverence 

The Church in the World 

Church News 

"Wellesley Congregational Church 
Wellesley Hills Congregational Church 
Wellesley Hills Unitorian Society 
St, Andrew's Church . 
St. Mar/s Church 

Wellesley College Notes 

Editorial . . . • 



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CHA.RLES M. EATON, Publisher, 
Wellesley Hills, Mass. 



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THE WELLESLEY SPECIAL ^"'°"'">^^i^"^^'-'o'^ 

FOR LADY OR GENTLEMAN. BUILT JUST AS YOU WANT IT. 

All kinds of repairing promptly and skillfully done at 
lowest prices, and work guaranteed. Wheels cleaned and 
adjusted. Bicycles to rent. 



AQENT5 FOR THE ORIENT 

J. HUBER & CO., 
Cottage St. = - Wellesley. 




RIDGE HILL FARHS DAIRY 

Successors to John Law- 
son AT Wellesley Hills 

MORNING and EVENING DELIVERY 
TELEPHONE 23 3 

VISITORS ARE WELCOME AT ALL TIMES 

Wellesley mail address: 

W. G. SMITH, Supt. 



FRANCIS W. UNDERWOOD 

EHBALHER 

and 

FUNERAL DIRECTOR 



Boston, Mass. 



Box 300, Wellesley, riass. 



ROBINSON & EATON 
Real .. Estate .. and .. Insurance 



Wellesley Hills. 



IF YOUR HOUSES OR OTHER BUILDINGS 
NEED PAINTING, AND YOU WISH IT DONE 
WITH FIRST-CLASS STOCK, BY COMPETENT 
MEN, AT REASONABLE PRICES, SEND FOR 

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SHOP, RIVER STREET, WELLESLEY LOWER FALLS, 
OR, COX 122. NEWTON LOWER FALLS. 



FREDERICK L. DIEHL, Jr. 

BLACKSniTH 

Carriage, Wagon, Sleigh Work and Jobbing. 
Special Attention given to Over-reaching, Interfering 
and Tender-footed Horses. 



Washington St. 



Wellesley. 







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Mr. Partridg:e is ot his Wellesley Studio 
every Monday and Tuesday. Residence, 
Brook; St., Cor. Benvenue, Telephone, 66-2, 
Wellesley. 

W. W. McLEOD 

SOLE AGENT FOR WELLESLEY 

FOR THE 

CELEBRATED KING ARTHUR FLOUR. 

MISS M. E. FITZPATRICK 

DRESSMAKING 

CORNER CENTRAL AND CROSS STS., WELLESLEY 

WATCHMAKER AND OPTICIAN 

Special attention given to fitting eyes and filling 
Oculists' prescriptions. 

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Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the first 
of each montli. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Edward H. Chandler, Wellesley. 

Publisher, Charles M. Eaton. Wellesley Hills. 

Advertising Agent, L. V. N. Peck, Wellesley Hills. 

Subscriptions may be left at Flagg's News Stand or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Wellesley; Mrs. llsley's, Wellesley Hills, or at the 
Publisher's Ofifice. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Wellesley Hills Post 
Office. 



CENTENNIAL PROGRAM 

Wellesle-y Congregational Church 

October 2 and 3, 1898 

Sunday, Octobek 2. 

10.30 A. M. Morning Worship. 

Organ Prehide. Andante from 2d Sym- 
phony, Widor 

Call to Worship, The Minister 

"Sanctus," The Chorus 

From the"Messe Solennelle," Gounod 

Invocation and Lord's Prayer. 

Hymn, The Congregation 

Olfertory. 

"Gloria in Excelsis," The Chorus 

Fronithe"Messe Solennelle," Gounod 

liesponsive Reading and "Gloria Patri." 

Scripture Reading. 

Prayer. 

Centennial Hymn, The Congregation 
Written by Rev. E. N. Pomeroy. 

Historical Sermon, The Pastor 

Prayer. 

Benediction. 

Organ Postlude. 

"Cortege March," Gounod 

3.30 p. M. Young People's Anniversary. 

Organ Prelude. 

Processional Hymn, The School 

Prayer. 

Hymn, The Congregation 

"The Procession of the Centuries." 
An exercise by nineteen children. 

Sunday School Songs of Long Ago. 

Address, Rev. G. G. Phipps 

Hymn, The Congregation 

Benediction. 
4.15 P. M. Special meeting of the Christian 
Endeavor Society, to be conducted by 
Mr. Erwin II. Walcott. All past or 
present members of the Society and 
all young people are urged to be pres- 
ent. 



7.15 p. M. Evening Worship. 
Organ Prelude. 

"Hallelujah Chorus," Handel 

Doxology, The Congregation 

The Lord's Prayer. 

"Benedictus," The Chorus 

From the "Messe Solennelle," Gounod 
Hymn, The Congregation 

Offertory. 
Scripture Reading. 
Prayer. 

Address, Rev. Edmund Dowse, D. D. 
"Come let us sing," The Chorus 

From the 95th Psalm, Mendelssohn 
Addresses: 

"The Outlook of the Church in Phil- 
anthropy and Social Reform," 
\\q\. p. S. Thatcher, of the First 
Parish, Needham. 
"The Outlook for Church Unity," 
Rev. W. E. Hayes, Rector of St. 
Andrew's Church, Wellesley. 
Hymn, The Congregation 

Addresses : 

"The Outlook for Congregationalism," 
Rev. P. T. Farwell," Pastor of the 
Wellesley Hills Congregational 
Church. 
"The Outlook for the Wellesley Con- 
gregational C'hurch," Rev. L. W. 
Hicks, Pastor from 1892 to 1S96. 
Hymn, The Congregation 

l*rayer. 
Benediction. 
Organ Postlude, 

"Marche de Fete," Clausmann 

Monday, October 3. 

3.30 p. M. Centennial Oration in the Church, 
by Rev. William Hayes Ward, D. 1)., 
Editor of the "Independent." Sub- 
ject: "The Influence of the Church 
in the IMaking of New England." 

7.30 to 10.00 p. M. Public Reception in the 
Chapel and Parlors. 

A cordial invitation to attend any or all 
of these exercises is extended to all residents 
of Wellesley. A full account of the Centen- 
nial Celebration, with the Oration by Dr. 
Ward, will appear in the History of the 
Church, to be published during this month. 
A full notice of this book will be found else- 
where in this paper. 



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AS TO MODERN CLUB LIFE 

" What course of lectures are you attending now, 
ma'am? "said Martin's friend, turning again to Mrs. 
Brick. 

"The Philosophy of the Soul on Wednesdays." 

"On Mondays?" 

"The Philosophy of Crime." 

"On Fridays?" 

"The Philosophy of Vegetables." 

" You have forgotten Thursdays — the Philosophy 
of Government, my dear," observed the third lady. 

" No," said Mrs. Brick, " that's Tuesdays." 

"So it is," cried the lady. "The Philosophy of 
Matter on Thursdays, of course.'.' 

" You see, Mr. Chuzzlewit, our people are fully 
employed," said Bevan. 

" Indeed you have reason to say so," answered 
Martin. " Between these very grave pursuits abroad, 
and family duties at home, their time must be pretty 
well engrossed." [Martin Chuzzlewit-] 

AMERICANS have never quite forgiven 
Dickens his keen satires on American 
life as he saw it fifty years ago, but sen- 
sible folks admit that it was often, if not 
alwavs, the truth in his satires that hurt. 

In the May number of Our Town were 
published brief articles on four of Welles- 
ley's clubs. These were by no means all the 
organizations in this small town having in 
view the same general jnirposes of edifica- 
tion, socialization and, as Dickens would per- 
haps say, glorification. The articles referred 
to were necessarily confined to brief state- 
ments of the origin and purposes of these 
organizations and their value to the com- 
munity. Inasmuch as the writer agrees with 
all that was said in favor of the club life of 
today, he may be permitted to offer a few 
remarks by way of "feeble suggestion" from 
another point of view. 

Are there not some unrecognized, or at 
least unrealized dangers and perils in the 
club life of today? 

Is it not in a general way stimulating a 
taste that does not need stimulation for pub- 
lic or semi-public life in direct antagonism 
to the quiet home life that is supposed to be 
one of the strongest strongholds of the Amer- 
ican people? 

Is there not danger that the young people 
of the future may regard the club and the 
lecture room as sources of sociability and 
information to the exclusion of the home? 

Is there not danger that pretty much all 
creation of the future may substitute for 
studiousness and careful reading and per- 
sonal investigation, the "papers," "talks," 
"symposiums" and "lectures" of modern 
club life, where entertainment is the first 



requisite and needed information sometimes 
the last? 

In a word, is there not in the increasing 
desire for clubs and club life the ever pres- 
ent danger of having too much of a good 
thing? 

Martin Chuzzlewit found Saturday and 
Sunday evenings unoccupied. We of half a 
century later have filled both these vacan- 
cies and are encroaching on forenoons and 
afternoons as well. 

Continuing the quotation at the head of 

this article: 

" Martin stopped here, for he saw that the people 
regarded him with no very great favor, though what 
he had done to deserve the disdainful expression 
which appeared in their faces he was at a loss to 
divine." 

Following Martin's example, the writer 

stops here. 

ERWIN H. WALCOTT. 



REVERENCE 

THE traveler in England is impressed 
more than anything else with the formal- 
ities which pervade social and ecclesias- 
tical life. At first sight these forms seem 
like a mere perfunctory observance of ancient 
customs; some are ixndoubtedly this and 
nothing more. But most of them require a 
deeper explanation. They witness to the fact 
that the English are essentially a reverential 
people. Their history has made them so. 
Generation after generation they have been 
trained from childhood to recognize one par- 
amount duty, reverence for authority. The 
authority may be divine or human, expressed 
in church or state or family, bound up with 
traditions of the past or mandates of the 
present; but wherever it is to be found it is 
to be reverenced. The English child is 
taught to say in his catechism that one of 
the things he owes to his neighbor is "to 
order myself lowly and reverently to all my 
betters." 

We of America pride ourselves on many 
things, but we can not honestly claim that 
we exhibit too much of the spirit of rever- 
ence. Observe, I say "exhibit;" however 
much there may be of reverence in our hearts, 
we certainly show but little in our conduct. 
Two questions are suggested by this fact: 
What is the reason for this apparent lack of 
reverence among us? Can we have the feel- 
ing of reverence without showing it? 



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One answer to the first question is this: 
The natural reaction from the excessive for- 
malism of our mother country, considering 
it burdensome and meaningless, often insin- 
cere, has driven us into a bold simplicity in 
which form has reached the minimum 
necessary for prosperity and good order. 
Sometimes we are even rude and boorish 
and disrespectful in our detest of form. A 
better reason is found in the sentiment of 
equality natural to a republic where the peo- 
ple have the government all in their own 
hands. In America every man is as good as 
liis neighbor. Sometimes he thinks he is a 
little better. How can he order himself 
lowly and reverently before an equal or an 
inferior? Even the children share the gen- 
eral feeling. The nineteenth century Amer- 
ican boy too often thinks he knows as much 
as his father or mother or teaclier. He does 
not always look up to them with tlie respect 
wliich is their due. 

The hick of reverence, liowever, is most 
conspicuous in connection with the Church. 
Although, as a ruk% the Church and its means 
of grace are invested with that sacredness 
which naturally belongs to whatever is asso- 
ciated with the Divine, yet in some cases there 
is a looseness of behavior in our houses of 
worsliip, a llii)pant handling of religious 
themes which can not be too greatly deplored. 

It would seem as if a little more reverence 
in church could not help but be productive 
of good, and yet one hesitates to urge it 
purely for its own sake. While it may induce 
other people to be reverent to observe our 
own devoutness, still that devotion must be 
real, the expression of a deep reverence in 
the heart. The man whose conduct during 
the week utterly belies the existence of any 
serious purpose in his life gives his outward 
reverence on Sunday the appearance of a 
sham. It drives many honest people away 
from religious forms altogether. 

The only way to increase reverence is to 
make men feel the reality of God and the 
supremacy of Chi'istian character. When 
this is accomplished, the second question, 
"Can there be any real reverence of heart 
that does not express itself?" willbe answered. 
What we are moved by we cannot help show- 
ing. We may try to repress all outward 
manifestation of our conviction, but no man 
who holds God and Christ in honor, can ever 
treat the Church or anything connected with 
it in a trifling manner any more than he 



could allow his own mother, if he loves her, 
to be treated with contempt. If the instinct 
of reverence were i)lanted so deeply within 
us that it could not be eradicated, the expres- 
sion I believe would take care of itself, and 
whatever might be the form it assumed, 
whether the silence and bareness of a Quaker 
meetino; or the elaborate ceremonial of a 
Masonic ritual, it would at least be smcere. 
By some outward token, men would pay def- 
erence to superiority wherever they found 
it; they would be as reverent as the Scotch- 
man who used to stand every morning at 
sunrise on the summit of a hill and take off 
his bonnet to the beauty of the world. 

WILLIAM E. HAYES. 



THE CHURCH IN THE WORLD 

WHAT has the Church to do with the 
life of the world, with its work and 
its play, its aims, methods, and accom- 
plishments? It has as much to do with the 
world as the men who compose it have. And 
the men who compose it are a great part of 
the world, inextricably interwoven into its 
life, unavoidably a part of that life, and 
largely deciding its aims, methods, and pur- 
suits. Indeed, so far as our country is con- 
cerned, the men who compose the church are 
one-third of the pcquilation, and the men who 
"go to church" are two-thirds of the popu- 
lation. The Church, therefore, is a very con- 
siderable part of the world, large enough to 
be held' responsible for its life. What our 
world is, these men, more than any others, 
are making it. Nor is it possible for us to 
draw some imaginary line through human 
society and say " here is the Church " and 
"here is the world." Men who are "the 
Church" are also "of the world." Nor can 
men live a double life and be as churchmen 
se])arate from the world, but as business men 
and citizens a part of the world. Nor can 
men withdraw from the world if they would, 
not even though they take a vow to do so, 
and don a robe to show that they have. No 
man can live apart from the society of which 
he is a member. Every man receives daily 
from the world something which contributes 
to his life; and every man contributes daily, 
whether he will or not, something that helps 
to mould the life of the world. If with the 
right hand he refuses to do this particular 
thing, which he has been led to call "worldly," 
still with the left hand he is doing something 



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else, which is just as truly of the world. 

It is quite as possible for a man to be 
"worldly" in his business, yes or his church- 
going, as in his pleasure. Neither work 
nor pleasure nor anything else is "worldly" 
simply because it is a part of the life of the 
world. It is the spirit, only, within the act, 
that makes it "worldly" in an evil sense. 

And this declares the place of the Church 
in the world. The Church is God saving 
the world. It is God's leaven working in the 
meal of human life to the end that all society 
may be leavened. The Church cannot help 
a man while it leaves untouched matters so 
vitally a part of himself as his business or 
his pleasures. These are a part of himself, 
an expression of his life. So that if he 
receives a new spirit these also will receive 
a new spirit. Tell me how a certain business 
is conducted and I will tell you what kind of 
a man he is who directs it. Not that it will 
reveal his whole nature. It may indeed, 
through policy, be better than he is. But a 
man's business cannot be, in its nature, worse 
than the man himself. 

Now the program of Christ is the lifting 
up of all human life, the redemption of soci- 
ety, the attainment of the ideal with which 
man was created. IJut what lifts man must 
be concerned with all the expression of his 
life. No man is converted till his work is 
converted. If the Church would christianize 
men it must christianize their labor, their 
business, their recreations, their politics. It 
must imbue these with its spirit. There is 
no more important task than this set before it. 

Or, there is another way of presenting the 
matter. God made man to be a social being. 
The wonderful developments of modern civil- 
ization are all natural results of the right 
progress of humanity. They were germinant 
in man when God created him. Business, 
art, commerce, literature, the work of hand 
and brain, the building of cities, states, 
nations, and the communion of these in vari- 
ous ways, are all in God's plan. He intends 
these things. In His tliought of humanity 
all of these have a place. Commerce, for 
example, has a divine nature, if we can only 
realize it. It can be promoted in God's way, 
to the glory of His kingdom, and that way 
will be for man's highest good. So with 
business, any legitimate business. Tliere is 
a right, — that is a divine, — way of doing it. 
So with pleasures and amusements. God has 
made man with tlie healthful craving for 



them. True recreation is re-creation. This 
also is divine. All of these things are in the 
Divine thought. And man has no higher 
privilege than to think of these things with 
God. Is not the duty of the Church mani- 
fest then? If it fails to impress upon men 
the divine side of life it has failed of its 
higliest mission. There may be here many 
debatable questions upon which right- 
minded men will differ. Such questions 
must be worked out. The Church simply 
must demand that men try to solve them by 
the laws of God. It must require honesty 
and fairness in business, for example, though 
it may not be able to lay down any specific 
rules as to the conduct of business. Wall 
Street is a problem. But it is not a prob- 
lem whether a man, or a corporation, has a 
right to "corner" wheat or wreck railroads, 
in order to fill his own pockets at the cost of 
others, to whom he gives no remuneration 
for what he obtains. 

The Old Testament is full of the warning 
of what happens to nations when the rich 
are growing richer and the poor yet poorer, 
when oppression, injustice, bribery, and lux- 
ury prevail. And tJfie New Testament, with 
its doctrine of the Kingdom of God, with its 
parable of Dives and Lazarus, and its rebuke 
of those who tithe mint, anise, and cummin, 
while forgetting justice, mercy, and faith, 
does but carry the doctrine of the prophets 
to the highest degree. So the Church is in 
the world to give a divine direction to all 
human affairs, to open the eyes of men to all 
inhumanity and show it to be odious, to 
inspire the councils that guide in business, 
politics, and pleasure. Men who do not 
intend to be guided by honesty and justice 
in these things will indeed demand that the 
Church be silent and confine itself to what 
they call "the Gospel," not knowing that 
"the Gospel" is the very thing they hate. 
But as it was in the days of Isaiah so will it 
ever be. The true preacher, who speaks in 
the name of God, must declare : " Your Sab- 
baths and solemn meetings, your merely 
church-going religion, my soul hateth. Put 
away the evil of your doing from before mine 
eyes. Seek justice, relieve the oppressed, do 
justice to the orphan, plead for the widow." 
The Church is in the world not to get men 
into heaven, but to get heaven into men. 
Worship is not for the purpose of persuading 
God but of receiving Him. And it does its 

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"CClellesle^ Conoreaational Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Kclig^ioiis Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Worship. 

11.55 Sunday School and Adult Bible Class. 

3.30 Junior C. E. Society. 

6.15 Senior C. E. .Society. 

7.15 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Woman's Union. 

FRIDAY 
7.30 Mid-week Service. 

DR. EMRICH of South Framingham will preach 
in this church on Sunday morning, October 9. 

FOREIGN MISSIONS. The annual contribution 
to the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign 
Missions will be made on Sunday, October 30. 

A NEW BIBLE CLASS. All young ladies of the 
congregation are invited to join the new Bible class 
just started and to be conducted by the Pastor. The 
course of study will be upon the life of Christ, with 
special reference to his teachings. 

AN INVITATION. The Church and Pastor 
extend a cordial welcome to all the students and the 
newcomers to participate in the Church life. A spe- 
cial invitation is given to all to unite with the Church 
either by letter or on confession of faith. The regu- 
lar time of the Church Committee meeting is after the 
prayer meeting, October 21. 

FALL CONFERENCE. The regular fall session 
of the South Middlesex Conference of Churches will 
be held in South Sudbury on Tuesday, October iSth. 
Special arrangements will be made to transfer by 
barge between Saxonville and South Sudbury all who 
desire to attend. A sermon will be preached in the 
afternoon by Dr. A. Z. Conrad of Worcester. 

CENTENNIAL. A full program of the Centen- 
nial is printed elsewhere in this paper. The Commit- 
tee have sent invitations to all former and absent 
members to attend. The pastors of nearly thirty 
churches in the neighl)oring region have given a simi- 
lar invitation to their congregations. It would seem 
as if a large company might be expected. The special 
Centennial Chorus numbers about thirty and will sing 
morning and evening. The music for the afternoon 
service will be provided by a selected group of chil- 
dren. All members of the parish are urged to extend 
the invitation to the exercises as widely as possible. 

HISTORY OF THE CHURCH. Before the first 
of November a memorial history of the church will be 
published in a book of about two hundred pages. In 
addition to the story of the church life and activities 
there will be special chapters on the Sunday School, 
the young people's work, and the work of the women, 
also a chapter describing the Centennial Celebration 
and giving Dr. Ward's oration. Portraits of all the 
nine pastors are to be published and views of each of 
the meeting-houses. In the Appendix will be gath- 
ered much interesting material, including a chronolog- 
ical list of all the members for a hundred years. The 
price of the book will be one dollar. Subscriptions 
may be sent at any time to Mr. Wm. H. Blood, Jr., or 
to Miss F. H. Currier. 



jftrst Conoregational Cburcb in 
Mellesle^ Dills 

Organized, February 24, 1847 
REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

3.15 Junior Christian Endeavor. 

4.00 Adult Bible Classes. 

7.00 Union Service in charge of Y. P. S. C. E. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

WOMEN'S MEETINGS will be held with Miss 
Caroline W. Batchelder. Oct. 4th, Home Missions, 
Address, by Mrs. Geo. G. Phipps of Newton High- 
lands, "A missionary whom I have known." Oct. ir, 
Topic Meeting, " Methods of Bible Study." An 
experience meeting. Oct. 18, sewing meeting at 2.30 
o'clock. Oct. 25, Topic Meeting. Subject to be 
announced later. All meetings at 3 o'clock, except 
Oct. 18. 

THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY will meet 
at the Parsonage at some date early in October for 
its annual election of officers. The business will be 
brief and followed by a social gathering. It is hoped 
that there will be a large attendance. All the young 
people of the congregation are urgently invited to 
be present, as this meeting concerns them vitally. 
The effort has been made during the past year to 
devote this evening service not to a select "society," 
but to all of the young people. Shall this effort be 
continued.' If all the young people are interested, 
let them all come and say so. 

SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES. Until the 
new program for the winter is prepared the topics for 
the Sunday evening services will be those prepared 
by the Y. P. S. C. E. The services on Oct. 2nd will 
be omitted in order that all may attend the Union 
Service with the Wellesley Church. 

THE JUNIOR ENDEAVOR SOCIETY will meet 
at three o'clock on Saturday afternoons. Miss Isa- 
belle Fiske is the superintendent, and it is hoped that 
all the children under fifteen years of age will be 
enrolled in the Society. No branch in our church 
work is more important or more promising than this. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. In the primary 
department Miss Nellie Robson will assist Mrs. 
Thomas during the coming season. The treasury of 
the Sunday School is in need of funds to meet the 
regular expenses. Do not forget to provide for the 
class collections. Let us give our Superintendent a 
hearty welcome when he returns and our loyal sup- 
port continually. 

THE PRAYER MEETING. Remember that this 
department of our church work can lie made most 
profitable only by faithful attendance. Every one 
who comes to help and receive help adds to the value 
of the meeting. This is the people's service, and upon 
the people rests the responsibility for its usefulness. 
Every one present counts. Empty seats have an 
unpleasant eloquence. 



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mucUcslcn Ibills XHnitarian Society 

Organized, 1871 
RKV. ALBERT B. VORSE. Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

SATURDAY 

9.00 Junior Branch Alliance. 

TUESDAY 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues- 
day. 

Communion Service on the first Sundays of Jan., 
Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service. 



WOMAN'S ALLIANCE. The Alliance will com- 
mence its regular meetings for the winter of 1898-99 
on Tuesday, Octo!)er eleventh. Business meetings 
of the E.xecutive Board and Committees have already 
bean held with a view towards an attractive and help- 
ful program. The Alliance will also take an active 
interest in the fair to be held this fall. 

JUNIOR A.LLIANCE The Junior .\lliance will 
hold their first meeting for the year of '98 and '99 
on Saturday morning, October 8th, at 9 o'clock, 
in the Church parlor. Reports of its various com- 
mittees will be read, new otificers appointed, and wel- 
come extended to members by the Society, which has 
proved a pleasant, entertaining, and profitable organ- 
ization, having accomplished commendable work in 
its benevolent interest during the two years of its 
e.vistence. 

WE READ IN THE "CHRISTIAN REGIS- 
ter"of Sept. 2nd that Mrs. Julia Ward Howe con- 
ducted the service in the Church of the Disciples on 
the previous Sunday. The sermon which she preached 
is spoken of as "a message to the American people." 
Returning from Rome to the land she loves so well, 
and which she has done so much to ennoble, her 
spirit has been stirred by the great things that have 
happened, and by the victories and losses of her peo- 
ple. She has put her heart into this message in the 
spirit in which she wrote the "Battle Hymn of the 
Republic." It was said to be a thrilling and inspir- 
ing message. 

SUNDAY SCHOOL. During the summer vaca- 
tion new service and hymn books were purchased, 
and were ready for use on the second Sunday of 
September, when the Sunday School was called 
together to organize and give out the lesson papers, 
the regular lessons commencing the following week. 
The topics to be brought before the children are 
gathered under the head of the "Foundation Truths 
in Religion," and each subject includes two lessons: 
The World We Live in (Nature), The Source of Life 
(God), About Ourselves (Human Nature), The Great 
Book (Bible), Eternal Laws (Conscience and Punish- 
ment), Light of the World (Jesus), The Endless Life 
(Immortality), The Thinking Christian (Reason and 
Freedom), One Fold (Universal Church), Religion 
and Religious (Substance and Form). We commence 
with a full attendance and, seemingly, with increasing 
interest among the children. 



St. Hn^rew's Cburcb 

Organized, 1891 

REV., WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Prayer. 

12.00 Sunday School. 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the Month, 10.30 A. M. 
Third Sunday, 9.30 A. M. 
Other Sundays, 7.30 a. m. 

SATURDAY 

2.00 Ministering Children's League. 
7.30 Girls' Friendly Society. 

A WORD OF WELCOME. A this season of the 
year, the congregation is increased by the presence of 
a hundred teachers and students from Dana Hall and 
the College. Some are already familiar with our 
pleasant little house of worship. The Rector is glad 
to welcome them back again after the vacation. 
Some are taking up their residence among us for the 
first time. It is hoped that they will make themselves 
at home at St. Andrew's, and find its services enjoyable 
and helpful. 

REMOVALS. We regret the removal of several 
families during the summer. We shall especially feel 
the loss of two of our most valued workers. Miss Tufts 
and Miss Cook, who have been associated with the 
I'arish for many years. We wish them godspeed in 
their new fields of labor. 

ADDITIONS. Several families will be added to 
our Parish list this fall. The town certainly needs 
new families to quicken its social life. It is hoped 
that they have come among us to stay. 

GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY. The first meet- 
ing after the vacation will be held Saturday, Oct. ist, 
at eight o'clock, in the Guild Room. The Branch 
Secretary, who has been spending her summer abroad, 
will be heartily welcomed back. During the summer, 
two members enjoyed an outing at the Holiday House, 
Amherst, New Hampshire. With the prospect of sev- 
eral new members, the outlook for the year is very 
bright. 

UNION SERVICE. The members of St. Andrew's 
Parish are invited to attend the union service at the 
Congregational Church, Sunday evening, October 2, 
at half past seven, in honor of the one hundredth 
anniversary of tlie founding of the church. It is hoped 
that our people will show their friendly interest in the 
work of a sister church by a large attendance. 

SUNDAY SCHOOL. The course of instruction 
this fall will be " The Great Men of Israel," one of the 
most interesting of the courses in the Bible study union 
series. The Rector will have charge of the Bible 
Class. All who wish to join will please give their 
names to him after any of the services. 

ST. ANDREW'S GUILD. The annual meeting 
for the election of officers and planning the work of 
the year will be held in the Guild Room, Monday even- 
ing, October 10, at eight o'clock. All the women of 
the church are invited to be presenf, even though 
hitherto they have been unable to identify themselves 
with this work. Come and hear what the Guild is try- 
ing to do. 



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St. /IDarp's Cburcb 

Organized, 1S12 

REV. H. USHER MONRO, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

9.30 Sunday School. 
10.45 Morning Prayer and .Sermon. 
4.30 Evening Prayer and Address. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the month, 10-45 ^- ^'^• 

All other .Sundays, 8.45 A. M. 

Special Festivals, 9.00 A. M. 

Choir rehearsals, Tuesdays and Fridays. 

THE RECTOR hopes to have teachers' meetings, 
for the study of the Sunday School lessons, on alter- 
nate Friday evenings during the fall. — " 

ST. MARY'S CHOni began its full work on Sun- 
day, Sept. 25. The vacation season has caused no 
diminution of interest among the young men and 
boys. 

THE CHOIR GUILD will hold its annual meeting 
early in October. We hope all the meml>ers on the 
active list will respond when the call for the meeting 
is made. 

FOUNDER'S DAY in St. Mary's Church occurred 
Sept. 29, it being also St. Michael's and All Angel's 
Day. It was the c)5th anniversary of the laying of the 
corner stone. 

SUNDAY SCHOOL. The Sunday School began 
its session on the second .Sunday in September with a 
large attendance and full complement of teachers. 
Mr. S. W. Clifford began his third year as the 
esteemed superintendent. 

THE LITTLE HELPER'S CIRCLE of the King's 
Daughters began their fall meetings in the Parish 
House on Friday, .Sept. 23. It is with pleasure we 
record the fact that Mrs. 11. J. Jaquith still continues 
to be the efficient President of the different circles in 
the Parish. Their church work is always well done 
under Mrs. Jaquith 's wise and loving oversight. 

Sr. MARY'S CHURCH GUILD will hold its 
annual meeting for the election of officers and trans- 
action of other business, on the second Thursday 
evening in October. The Committee on Social Enter- 
tainments will then be formed. The Guild will meet 
in the Parish House, Thursday, October 13, at 7.45. 
All members of the Parish are cordially urged to 
attend. 



. The Managing Editor of this paper takes the lib- 
erty of intruding in this column with a word of invita- 
tion to the parish of St. Mary's to join in the Centen- 
nial Celebration of the Wellesley Congregational 
Church, and especially to attend the union service of 
Sunday evening. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

REV. HENRY A. STIMSON, D. D., of New 
York City, preached at the morning service on 
"Flower Sunday," .September 25, from the text always 
used, — " God is Love." 

SONG SERVICE. On Sunday afternoon, Octo- 
ber 2, an out-door song service, with an address by 
Professor Mary Whiton Calkins, will be held near 
Tupelo Point. 

OPENING OF COLLEGE. Thursday, Septem- 
ber 22, Wellesley entered upon the work of its twenty- 
first year. President Irvine returned early in the 
week, having spent the summer in France. Concern- 
ing student numbers, the registration is notably in 
excess of the last few years, although owing to late 
arrivals and the unknown result of examinations, it is 
impossible to estimate the numbers exactly at pres- 
ent. The Freshman class registers about 190. 

AID FROM CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION. 
Much effective service is rendered during the opening 
days by the College Christian Association. This 
year the arrangements were under the charge of Miss 
Edna L'Estrange Seward, chairman. Committees 
from the Association met each incoming train, thereby 
saving much inconvenience and confusion for new- 
comers, and a "Bureau of Information" was main- 
tained in College Hall to give further assistance. On 
Saturday evening, the 24th, the Association held a 
large reception in the " Barn," the new students being 
greeted with an address of welcome and the singing 
of College songs. 

FACULTY NOTES. Professor Carla Wencke- 
bach, of the German department, has returned after a 
year's sabbatical absence. Miss Mary A. Willcox, 
professor of zoology, has received the degree of 
Ph. D. from Zurich, where she has spent the last two 
years in study. Miss Katharine Lee Bates, professor 
of literature, is abroad for her sabbatical year, during 
which she will study the French and Spanish drama. 
Miss Elizabeth K. Kendall, associate professor of 
history, is absent on leave. Miss Sophie Chantal 
Hart, who has been studying the past year at Michi- 
gan University, is again in charge of the English 
department. Another welcome return is that of Miss 
Margaret P. Sherwood, after two year's study at Yale. 
Miss Mary Whiton Calkins has assumed the direction 
of the philosophy department, having been made full 
professor. Miss Eleanor A. McCulloch Gamble, 
Ph. D., has been made instructor in psychology. 
Miss Caroline R. Fletcher, Wellesley^ '89, has 
returned as instructor in Latin, after a year's study at 
Radcliffe and Harvard. The College has been fortu- 
nate in securing for a course in Greek Art of the fifth 
century, B. C, the services of Dr. Joseph Clark 
Hoppin, as lecturer and instructor. Dr. Hoppin has 
recently spent five years abroad, studying art, and was 
lecturer last year at the American School for Classical 
Study in Athens. During the winter he will lecture 
at the Boston Art Museum. Other appointments are 
those of Miss Marie Volkaerts, instructor in French ; 
Miss Lydia Elizabeth Sanderson, assistant in^ Bible 
history, literature and interpretation; and Francis 
Harding White, M. A., instructor in history. Miss 
Margaret Hastings Jackson will give a course of lec- 
tures in Italian ''painting, and Miss Alice Walton, 
Ph. D., one on the history of Greek sculpture. 



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( Continued from, Page 6.) 

work most perfectly when it enables men to 
think with God on human affairs. This, then, 
is the place of the Church in the world. 
Everything that concerns man concerns it. 
Into every true function of life it must send 
the divine spirit. It must condemn what is 
harmful and champion what is helpful, 
redeeming, so far as is possible, the whole 
life. And it can do nothins; more Christlike 
than to show to men how all normal life, 
with its healthful activities, is divine, a true 
part of the life of a child of God. 

PAKRIS T. FARAVELL. 



IN the next number of Our Towx we would 
like as full a report as possible of what 
Wellesley has done toward solving the 
Cuban problem. That is, we Avould begin 
with the aid that was sent to the reconcen- 
trados and add a general statement of work 
done, money raised or contributed privately, 
and men enlisted. Much has been done pri- 
vately. We do not desire to infringe upon 
that privacy where objection is made. But 
we would be glad of such information as will 
enable us to make a summary of what has 
been contributed from our town through 
any channel. Information toward this end 
is solicited. Please send it to Kev. Parris 
T. Farwell, Wellesley Hills, before Oct 25. 



IS Our Town to be continued another year? 
It has been suggested that the subscrip- 
tion price of the ])aper be increased and 
less space be devoted to advertising matter. 
This is the desire of the editors of the paper. 
Is it the desire of our subscribers? If adver- 
tising could be entirely omitted, about double 
the space now allowed could be set apart for 
each church, thus greatly increasing the 
value of the paper as an agency for the 
churches. We would be glad to have our 
subscribers tell us whether this shall be under- 
taken or not. Please speak to your own 
pastor about the matter. 

C. H. SPRING, 

DEALER IN 

Flour, Grain, Hay, Straw and Wood, 
Brick and Cement, Bradley's Fertilizers 

WASHINGTON ST., NEWTON L. FALLS. 



H. L. ROLLINS 



Attorney and Counsellor at Law 



Washington St., 
wellesley. 



728 Tremont Bldg. 
.-boston, ma.ss. 



. . . DENTIST . . . 

ADELBERT FERNALD, D. M. D., 

Will be at Wellesley Monday and Friday of 
each week, 496 Massachusetts Ave., Boston, or Shat- 
tuck Building, Wellesley. 
OFFICE HOURS, Reference, Dr. E. E. Bancroft. 

8 A. M, TO 4 P. M. 

HRS. W. L. TAYLOR 

Teacher of Piano, 

Wellesley. 
Refer to 

Mr. G. W. Chadwick, Director New England 
Conservatory of Music. 



TUTORING 



In MATHEMATICS, GREEK and LATIN,— 
Entrance Requirements or College Conditions. Ad- 
dress • 

GRACE B. TOWNSEND, A. B., 

WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS. Tutor at Wellesley College. 

TUTORING IN COLLEGE 

And Preparatory Work, and Grammar Grade 
Studies. 
For References and Terms, Address 

CAROLYN J. F'ECK, B. A.. 

Wellesley Hills. 



DANA HALL SCHOOL== WELLE5LEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

Special advantages in the Modern Languages, 
Music and Art. 

For circulars address the Principals, 

JULIA A. EASTMAN, 
SARAH P. EASTMAN. 



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11 




SUMMER CONVENIENCES. 

The "All Right" Oil Cooking Stoves are by far the 

liaiul.somt'st and most duraljle in the market. 

Price of Two=Burner Stove, $5.00. 



A Superior Refrigerator is a necessity at this season. 

Our line of Refiigerators have Modern Improvements, and are 

^ up-to-date. When in need of Hardware, Estimates upon 

l'luml)iiig or Heating, Doors, Windows and Frames, Remem- 

l)L'r us. 

FJSKE & COMPANY, = Natick, Mass. 



F. A. COOLIDGE. 



O. E. STEVENS. 



F. A. COOLIDGE & CO. 

DEALER IN 

Choice .. Meats .. and .. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 

Goods, etc. 

WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY. 

F. DIEHL & SON 

Dealers in Coal, Wood, 
Hay and Grain. 9f sST 

TELEPHONE NO. 16=4 

WELLESLEY, MASS. 

BUTTERICK PATTERNS 

Any pattern or B utter ick pub- 
lication may be obtained at 

MRS. E. W. ILSLEY'S 

WELLESLEY MILLS SQUA.RE 

BOLLES & YOUNG 

Dealers in Fine Groceries, Boots, Shoes and 
Rubbers, Tea, Coffee and Spices, Best ninne= 
sola F!our, 

Boot and Shoe Repairing a Specialty. 

NEAR WELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE. 



F»A.INTER 



W. D. WILSON 

. AND .. DECORATOR 



A Large Stock of Wall Papers .A Fine 
Line of Cartridge Papers of all Colors, 
with borders to match ... also picture 
Mouldings, Hooks, Cords, Etc 



STORY & CUTTER 

Successors to 

C W. RERRY 

DRUGGISTS 

Wellesley - - Mass. 



Shop rear of McLeod's Block 



Wellesley Hills 



C. H DADMUN JOHN BENSON G. FRANK NORTON 

Phillips (]ompany 

Successors to 

FREEMArsr PHILLIPS 
CARPENTER . AND . BUILDER 

Jobbing; attended to promptly. 
Plans estimated. 

Shop, Forest Street, 

P. O. Box 292. WELLESLEY HILL5. 



1,000 LOADS 

of Fine Loam For 
Sale Cheap. 

JOHN CROSWELL, 

Wellesley Hills 



The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 
EDWARD H. WLSWALL, M. D., 
Washington St., Wellesley. Superintendent 



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PEOPLE'S STEAM LAUNDRY 

ESTABLISHED 1886 

A first-class Laundry with every facility 
for doinfr first-class work. Special attention 
gfiven to Gents* Custom Dress Shirts and 
Ladies* Shirt "Waists and "White Dresses. 

EDWJVRD FITCH Is our agent 
for Wellesley Hills, and H. L. 
FLA.GG Is agent for Wellesley. 

D. A. MAHONY & SONS, Props,, 

7 & 9 Common St., Natick, 

MERRITTS- KEITH 

Dealer in Provisions ... Fresh and 
Smoked Fish ... Oysters in their 
Season ... Fresh Fruits and Vege- 
tables. 

WELLESLEY HILLS. 

G. M. ST. CLAIR 



Eenting. 



Agent for Bicycles. Sundries on Sale. Eepairing and 

Clocks Repaired, Lawn Mowers and Scissors 
Sharpened, nnd Small Jobbing attended to. 
Violin, Banjo and Guitar Strings and Fixtures for Sale. 
McClellan's Block, - - Wellesley Square. 

Residence at Wellesley Hills. 



PAINTER 



J. D. SHAW 



AND 



. DECORATOR 

Box 73, Newton Lower Falls. 
Shop on Washington St., near R. R. Station. 

WILLIAM J. DANA, 

Grower of Roses, Chrysanthemums, Carna- 
tions, Violets, all Kinds of Bulbs, and _Bed- 
ding Plants. 
Oakland Street Conservatories, 

Wellesley Hills. 

The Wellesley Tea Room 



Chocolate ice cream a specialty. Southern preserves. 
Pickles and Maryland Biscuit. 



DRESSMAKING 



MISS R. M. KINDER 
Partridge Block, - = Wellesley 



NEXT TO TEA ROOM 



DRY AND FANCY GOODS 



STATIONEEY, 
"SOKOSIS" BOOTS, 



PEKIODICALS, 
LADIES' KUBBEES. 



MRS. H. E. CURRIER, 



Grove Street, 



Wellesley. 



F. Diehl, Jr. & Co., 
LIVERY «& BOARDING STABLE 

Central Street, Wellesley. 
riEET ALL TRAINS. TELEPHONE No. 16=2 

THE NEWTON ICE CO. 

is prepared to furnish a first=class quality of 
Pond Ice in Wellesley Hills, Newton Lower 
Falls and South Weston. 

niLLER & HATCH, Proprietors. 

P. O. Address, - Newton Lower Falls. 

Wellesley Hills Pharmacy 

PRESCRIPTIONS 

A 

SPECIALTY. 



McINTOSH 



Wellesley, Wellesley College, Wellesley 
Hills, Wellesley Farms, Woodland and 
Waban 



EXPRESS 



Boston Offices: 174 Washington, 15 Devonshire, 105 Arch and 
77 Kingston Streets. 

Leave Boston at II A. M. and 2 P. M. 



ELM PARK-WeUesley Hills 

First-Class Family Hotel 

JUNCTION WASHINGTON & WORCESTER STS 



STEAH HEAT. EXCELLENT TABLE. 
SPACIOUS GROUNDS. STABLE, ETC. 

Several Desirable Rooms to Let for Winter 
or Year 

ICE CREAM AND FROZEN PUDDING MADE 
TO ORDER 



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OurTqwai 

NOVEMBER, 1898 



Volume I Number i i 



( 5 cents a copy 
( 25 cents a year 



CONTENTS 



Editorial ... * 

The Custom of Worship . ♦ 

A Prairie Schooner in New England 

Sunday in Old West Needham 

Church News 

Wellesley Cong:reg:ationaI Church 
Wellesley Hills Congregfational Church 
Wellesley Hills Unitorian Society 
St. Andrew's Church . , 

St. Mary's Church ♦ ♦ 

Wellesley College Notes 

Report of the Volunteer Aid Society 



Albert B. Vorse 
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Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the first 
of each month. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Edward H. C'lundler, Wellesley. 

Publisher, Ch.irles M. E.iton, Wellesley Hills. 

Advertising Agent, Perrv A. Hallou, Wellesley Hills. 

Subscriptions mav be left at Klagg's News Stand or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Wellesley; Mrs. ILsley's, Wellesley Hills, orattlie 
Publisher's (.)flfice. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Wellesley Hills Post 
Office. 



IT IS always refresliing to see a man entlnis- 
iastic over liis own town. Even if he is 
somewhat inaccurate in liis favorable judg- 
ments, he can be ]»ardoned, for such a man 
will be likely to accomplish a good deal tow- 
ard niakin<>- thintis as o-ood as he savs they 
already are. It is the citizen who does not 
know the facts about his town, who holds 
himself off from those who have the town's 
best interests at lieart, who refuses to join 
with his fellow-men in the church or in move- 
ments for social im])rovement, — it is this 
citizen who is a depressing and demoralizing 
force in a community. 



the filling of physicians' prescriptions. IJut 
public sentiment is lax enough to allow drug 
stores to open for a general business. And, 
under the head of drugs, one may now buy 
in this town on any Sunday all manner of 
effervescent drinks, cigars, confectionery, 
whisk brooms, perfumes, stationery, ink, 
tickets to Boston, the New York Journal, 
and a hundred other equally necessary med- 
icines. The other store-keepers ought to be 
bright enough to call their stores drug stores 
also. Then we could have a "wide-open 
Sunday." And what an improvement that 
would be! 



ANOTHEIv quality as refreshing as en- 
thusiasm is a high sense of honor. It 
seems as if the standard of honor were 
more manifest in private than in ])ublic life. 
]SfoI)lesse ohU(je^ s.iy the French, and many a 
man believes it in his private relations, but 
repudiates it in his attitude toward the pub- 
lic. Every man wants to be thouu:ht a man 
of honoi- and, in private life, most men will 
do much to be woi'thy of that reputation. 
I>ut when it comes to business or other deal- 
ings with the public, why, who cares for the 
public! If every citizen of this town in 
all public transactions or business dealings 
could say: "I a;n a citizen of Wellesley 
and, as suoli, honor compels me to keej) the 
laws to the letter and respect tlie best senti- 
ment of my town," then there would be no 
occasion for regret concerning the morals of 
public ofti'ials, oi- protests against the meth- 
ods of conductinix business. 



FIIOM a church paper in Fall lliver 
comes the following: "A word or two 
in regard to funerals. The burial ser- 
vice set forth by our C-hurch is a religious 
service, and is not intended to offer a chance 
to gratify any curiosity m regard to the mor- 
tal remains of one whose soul has gone to 
join the great majority. The custom which 
has been common here of allowing all pres- 
ent to view the remains in the church is an 
interruption to and an intrusion upon the 
religious service. It turns it into a show. 
It does violence to the natural feelings of 
grief and tlie natural desire for quiet on the 
part of those who have lost a dear one." 

The suggestion is worthy of general con- 
sideration. 



WHY IS it that special {)rivileges should 
be given to drug stores and not to 
other stores to do a miscellaneous bus- 
iness on Sunda}'? The law makes no dis- 
tinction and commands the closing of all 
stores, making but one e.xcejttion, namely. 



THE CUSTOM OF WORSHIP 

WE have seen the day when the Sunday 
morning church-going wa^ an impres- 
sive experience. The very streets, as 
tlie hour for service approached, breathed 
with the air and manners of the devout mind. 
All about you were people on their way to 
the various churches, and, seemingly, with 
no thought of anything different to be done 
on any Sunday morning of any year. There 
before you was the evidence of a fixed custom 
of worship. You saw in the custom a 
means of s|)iritual culture in young and old. 
Amongst the throng there were some who 
held Bibles in their liands, — the books of the 
Old an<l New Covenants, — with here and 
there a copy written all over with sacred 
associations, possibly with precious memo- 
ries that reached back in a line of worshij)- 
pers wlio hail read from its jyages years gone 



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by, sacred in many things beside the truth 
and light recorded there. It was the realiza- 
tion of a good which Sunday and Christian 
worship alone could make possible. What the 
custom may grow into, and the good of 
which it is suggestive would be capable of 
manifold illustration from actual experience. 
On a certain Sunday morning, the rain 
beating down in the fashion of a driving 
storm, I stood in a doorway which looked 
out upon a public square in a certain village. 
The Sunday quiet was upon the scene and 
the streets were deserted. As I looked, there 
was only one person crossing the square, an 
old lady who, I was informed, had passed 
her eighty-iifth year. She was very slowly 
making her way against the storm to her 
church, — an ancient edifice of Queen Anne's 
time, — which occupied a place on this same 
square. It was an impressive sight; her 
form was bent with age and her ste]» was 
feeble. It was clear that somethino- which 
the storm did not change nor influence, was 
taking her to her church where, as I was told, 
she seldom failed to appear on any Sunday 
morning of the round yeai'. And, as I 
reflected, it seemed quite probable that this 
persuasive something that could prevail upon 
her to face the discomforts of that walk* to 
her church on such a morning might have 
had its root in a custom which reached far 
back in the history of her prolonged life. 
Possibly at some time in the early years of 
her life this had a beginning, — a germ of 
child life and nurture that had at length 
rooted itself in her very being. Eut in my 
momentary analysis of the scene I could trace 
much more than this at the root of it. My 
thoughts said: What wealth of association 
had the custom brought with it and woven 
into her heart! Very true it had had its 
shadow along the way to mingle with the 
light, just as all kinds of experience will 
have. Part of that experience was now but 
the treasured picture of her memory, her 
heart in that moment, it may be, singing of a 
"loss in all familiar things — in flower" that 
blooms and bird that sings." Put oh, so much 
remaining and that would remain to be a joy 
forever! We can picture it to ourselves. 
With that company of worshippers with 
whom she had met, from Sunday to Sunday, 
there would be seasons to recall when the 
sad heart had strength and good cheer poured 
into it from friends well-tried, — friends of a 
common faith, friends united in the spirit of 
the Master, a source of helpful sympathy that 



in instances had stood the test and proved 
unfailing. There must have been seasons 
when in that house of worship her better 
ini})ulses were quickened, when her faith 
took firmer hold on the great themes of the 
spiritual life, times when the presence of her 
Fatliei' in heaven unfolded into more of a 
reality, times when clearer apprehension 
came of His being and love and the direct- 
ing Providence, when affairs were going so 
strangely against well-laid plans and fond 
hopes. And so there were influences like 
these and others of a similai" nature to explain 
the hold which that custom of attending wor- 
ship had brought with it in her case, and 
which would apply equally well in any case 
Avhere a similar custom had been planted and 
developed. 

The best voices counsel this observance 
and custom. Says Mr. Emerson : "And what 
greater calamity can fall upon a nation than 
the loss of worship? Then all things go to 
decay. Genius leaves the temple to haiint 
the senate or the market; literature becomes 
frivolous; science is cold; the eye of youth 
is not lighted by hope of other worlds and 
age is without honor. Society lives to trifles, 
and when men die we do not mention them." 
These are words that rise in worth aiul sig- 
nificance in the face of eveiy existing ten- 
dency toward a decline in the custom of 

worship. ALBERT n. VOKSK. 



A PRAIRIE SCHOONER IN NEW 
ENGLAND 

" It is an ancient mariner." 

A "PRAIRIE SCHOONER" in New 
England is indeed a strange sight, but 
one appeared not long ago on a quiet 
country road in Vermont. 

It was a very hot summer morning, even 
among the Gi-een Mountains. The sun had 
sunk the night before a great ball of fire and 
warned us of the approaching heat, but it 
was no more welcome for being expected. 
P]very one was in a grumbling mood, for we 
had all traveled many miles to escape just 
this kind of weather. And yet we knew that 
when the sun should set the cool night air 
would come down from the ])rimeval forests 
on the mountains, where it had been stored 
since the snow storms of last winter, and 
that one, perhaps two, blankets would be 
needed. Even with this in view, we were 
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On the tennis-court was a funny sight. 
Four hoys were playing, each with an 
unibreHa or fancy-colored parasol in one 
hand and racket in the other, frantically try- 
ing to manage Loth, but failing to use either 
successfully. 

In the same restless and reckless mood, 
and in spite of the remonstrances of our wiser 
friends, three of us started on a walk to Pul- 
pit liock, two miles away. We soon heart- 
ily wished ourselves hack, hut pride urged 
us on. We reached our destination in better 
spirits, however, and after a few minutes 
spent enjoying the fine view of the peaceful 
valley below us, set out for home, ashamed 
of our wilfulness, though reluctant to acknow- 
ledge it. 

We had not gone far when we noticed a 
strange object moving slowl}' toward us, 
along the dusty road. As it drew nearer, it 
proved to be a queer old wagon, drawn by 
two Indian ponies. It was long and narrow, 
and the barrel-hooped top was covered with 
yellow oil-cloth. It was indeed an ancient 
"j»rairie schooner," whose former passengers 
had undoubtedly been thrilled by the ringing 
words "Westward IIo!" when the human 
tide flowed across the continent in its search 
for gold. 

At first there seemed to be no driver, but 
we soon discovered, sitting almost out of 
sight, a quaint, little, old man, with "long 
gray beard and glittering eye," who, as one 
suggested, seemed like the ancient mariner 
of seas that now are sand. 

It is a courteous country custom to greet 
every one whom one meets on the road, and, 
as we said " gootl morning" to this lonely 
tiaveler, a pleased smile came over his wiz- 
ened face, and he stopped his ill-matched 
ponies, apparently desiring to say something. 
W^e were eager to know his history, and he 
was evei\ more eager to tell it; so without 
any questioning he confidingly poured forth 
to sympathetic listeners the story of a sad 
life. 

He w'as born in Vermont almost eighty 
years before, but had traveled westward when 
a young man, until he reached that far-off 
land "where rolls the Oregon, and hears no 
s )und, save his own dashings." There he 
married, there his children were born, and 
there too they had all died, and he was left 
alone. His one desire now was to see his 
former home and friends, and then die and 
be buried in the little town he had not seen 
f >r s ) long. 



One day more and the wish it had taken 
six months to carry out would be gratified. 
I'he ponies had stood the long journey much 
better than the wagon and harness, both of 
which had been mended with rope times 
innumerable. The "schooner" had been 
wrecked three times while crossing the 
Kockies, but the passengers had escaped 
unharmed from each disaster. And as he 
told us of his dreary journey across the coun- 
try, he brought out very gently from under 
the seat, his only companion, a white mouse 
in a little box. When he spoke of the loved 
ones he had left behind and of this mute but 
faithful friend, the tears filled the old man's 
eyes. 

We lingered long to hear his simple story, 
and when we said "good-bye" and wished 
him a "bon voyage," we could not help feel- 
ing sad, for we realized, as he did not seem 
to, that most of his old friends were gone and 
that a new generation had arisen, who had 
never even heard of him. We saw that his 
home-coming would rather be like a going 
into a foreign land, where all is new and 
strange and where there is no familiar face 
or voice to greet one. 

We shall, doubtless, never see our "ancient 
mariner" again, but our thoughts go with 
him, and we shall always be glad that we 
were on the quiet, country road that hot sum- 
mer morning, as this lonely voyager passed 
by. Our wiser friends are still sorry that 
they were not with us to see "a prairie 
schooner in New England." 

(iEKTKUDE A. rO.MEliOV. 



SUNDAY IN OLD WEST NEEDHAM 

IMAGINE, if you please, a little girl emerg- 
ing from an ancient farm-house — too an- 
cient for its age to be traced — dressed in 
black from head to foot, to designate that the 
father of the family had passed that thresh- 
old never to return. Passing down the lane 
and meeting other girls this mourning garb 
formed a strong contrast with their gay 
attire, for children sixty-five years ago 
were dressed in decided colors. Even the 
shoes were pink, blue, or some other bi'illiant 
color to match the other articles of clothing. 
The parish of liev. Thomas Noyes extended 
over the entii-e area of the present town of 
Wellesley. As the little girl passed the 
scattered houses, she fell m with the crowd 
on their way to church. A most decorous 
crowd it was, for it was the Lord's Day 
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traveler in another direction wonld be stopped 
and the inquir}' made, "What's the matter":' 
Is any one sick?" 

Soon the company came to the minister's 
more conspicuous residence, near the brook 
in the pi'esent Library grounds, with its 
white fence enclosing the loveliest Hower- 
garden in the parish ; a graveled walk lead- 
ing to the front door was bordered on each 
side with beautiful tiowers — larkspur, mari- 
golds, pinks, peonies, etc. This was called 
"Sarah Xoyes' garden," and the children 
were familiar witii her pleasant smile as she 
called them to the garden gate, pausing in 
her work to gather some of her choicest 
tiowers for them. On the front door was a 
brass knocker; roses, snowballs and vines 
shaded the windows. The large dooryard, 
with its roofed well-curb, the shed and barn 
all rendered the place more attractive than 
the neighboring farm buildiniis with their 
more humble surroundings. Just beyond, 
and before the end of the spacious dooryard, 
there was a "s})ectacle maker's sho|)," with 
silver spectacle bows and tools in the win- 
dow for a sign. Now and then aj)peared also 
a letter, witli the address toward the street, 
for this shop was the li.st post-ottice in West 
Needham, and the first post-master was the 
spectacle nuiker who was no less a person- 
age than the minister's Sv)n. 

Here the Parson joined the company and 
walked with his family toward the church, 
not far distant, situated on rising ground and 
surrounded by a cluster of houses, forming 
the more densely populated part of the i)ar- 
isii. We were not annoyed by the dust of 
travelers, though the Squire's horse and 
chaise or the DeatM)n's covered wagon passed 
at their church-going pace. 

Three porches marked the entrances to the 
old church. A row of square ])ews extended 
on all sides of the interior, high and with a 
balustrade at top. With the high doors 
closed, these pews resembled spacious 
(■hicken-co()])s. We children used to look 
through the terraced top ;ind see the notable 
personages enter the long pews in the center 
of the house. We watched the Squire, with 
his neatly-tied queue, enter and close the 
liigh door; also the aged Doctor — so po])u- 
lar with women and childi'en — slowly wulk 
to his seat, giving us an opportunity to admire 
his bright knee and shoe buckles. Our fam- 
ily pew had one side backed to the high ])ul- 
pit, with its sounding board overhead. This 
side of the |>ew was gcnei-allv occupi((l l)vthe 



smaller children, leaving the elders the seats 
where they could watch the minister while 
speaking — a side view to be sure, but better 
than nothing. The little children slept un- 
noticed on their bench. The children of a 
little larger growth were expected to listen 
and remember parts of the sermon to repeat 
when at home. This could not be exiiected 
of the little ones, who were taken to church 
when very young that their elders might not 
he kept from tiie "means of grace." My 
mother thought ]Mr. Noyes very eloquent, 
but at this day I cannot remember anything 
from the two long sermons of each Sunday 
except "Amen." 

Nearly all the pews contained "Watts' 
Psalms and Ilvnms" and a foot-stove, the 
latter foiming a cricket foi' the feet in sum- 
mer, and ill winter, with its pan of coa's, 
serving to keep the feet waim. My love for 
the beautiful led me to watch the young 
ladies as they came and went, to see which 
carried the prettiest bag. These l)ags were 
of lu)me manufacture and some of them very 
handsome, even to adult eves. I doubt if 
anything of home manufacture to excel them 
can be found among the possessions of our 
modern young ladies. Sometimes dinneis 
were carried in these bags. At noontime, 
between services in summer, the people often 
sat on the benches of the poi'ches to eat this 
dinner. On cold days in winter they sat in 
the pews and, after eating dinner, tilled their 
foot-stoves, often carrying them to houses in 
the neighborhood to save the coals of the 
lai'ge box stove in the church. 

On raised seats near the pulpit on one side 
of the church, elderly and deaf people sat. 
As I recall them, they were all men, from 
which I infer that the women of that day 
preferred not to hear rather than to place 
themselves in so sightly a position. \Vhen 
the singers in the seats opposite the ]nil]>it 
rose to sing, the large and handsome Leghorn 
bonnets, gayly trimmed, and the bright green 
calashes made a gay appearance. The "fid- 
dles," clarionets, flutes, bass viol and the 
1 irge double bass, accompain'ing the chorus, 
always made a deep impression. After 
pitching the tune by the instruments, the 
music arose loud and clear, and every word 
of Watts' hymns could be distinguished. I 
think the solemnity and devotional feeling 
whicdi this music pi-oduced was as great as 
now. These are some of my childish imj)res- 
sioiis of a Sunday sixty-five years ago. 

( iiAUi.oTTK Kixnsr.ruv. 



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McUeslcv? Conorcoatioiial Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 
REV. EDWARD II. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Worship. 

11.55 Sunday School and Adult Bible Class. 

3.30 Junior C. E. Society. 

6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 

7.15 Evening Worsliip. 

TUKSDAY 

3.00 Woman's Union. 

FRIDAY 

7.30 Mid-week Service. 



NOVEMBER ];1..\I';V()I,1';NCE. The last regu- 
ular benevolent contribution for the year will be made 
on Nov. 27th, for the benefit of the Congregational 
Education Society. 

WEDDINGS. During Octolier, Miss Mabel II. 
Townsend was married to Mr. Frederick L. Diehl;and 
Miss Elizabeth Varney to Mr. William J. I'arritt. 

KINDERCAR'rEM. Miss Katharine Burrill has 
re-opened lier kindergarten in the room on Wellesley 
Square, which she occupied for the same purpose last 
spring. 

WOMAN'S UNION. At the annual meeting in 
October, officers were elected as follows: President, 
Mrs. George Gould; secretary, Mrs. W. J\. Hanks; 
treasurer, Mrs. R. W. T. Crowell. Last year over one 
hundred women were enrolled as members. The num- 
ber ought to jje no less during the present year. 

RELURNINC; SOLDIERS. Messrs. Frank C. 
Tucker and Harry Smith, members of the Sixth Reg- 
iment, U. S. v., have returned to Wellesiey fiom 
Porto Rico where they have been for three months in 
active service. 

MR. EUCiKNEH. HATHA WAV, one of the mem- 
bers of this church, is the representative of tiie Chi- 
cago Record in Cuba and Porto Rico. He followed 
the army through the campaign at Santiago and, after 
a short visit home, lias now returned to Havana for a 
stay of six months. 

THE BOVS' CLUB has begun its weekly meetings 
on Saturday evenings, in the upper hall of the church 
extension. All boys between fourteen and twenty- 
one years of age are invited to become members. 

THE HISTORY has been somewhat delayed ow- 
ing to the work of proof-reading and other necessary 
causes. It will be a book of aijout 230 pages. Or- 
ders left beforehand at Miss Currier's will be filled as 
s^on as the book is published, which will be very 
soon. 

THE LITERATURE COMMITTEE of the Ciiris- 
tian Endeavor Society would like to receive readable 
magazines and periodicals to senil away to vaiious 
places where such literature is always appreciated. 
Whatever may be brought to the table in the vesti- 
bule of the church will be used immediately. i'hose 
who have back numbers stored up at home, which they 
are willing to give away, are requested to inform Miss 
Ethel F'uUer, chairman of the committee, who will 
see that they are called for and irsed to the best ad- 
vantage. 



jfirst Conoraiational Cburcb in 
Mcllcslcp fbills 

Organized, P'ebruary 24, 1847 
REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

3.15 Junior Christian Endeavor. 

4.00 Adult Bible Classes. 

7.00 Union Service in charge of Y. P. S. C. E. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

MEN'S BIBLE CLASS meets at four o'clock on 
Sunday afternoon at the church. All men, old and 
young, are welcome at any time, whether able or not 
to unite with the class. Theme of study : "The His- 
tory of the Church in the Book of the Acts." Nov. 
6, Chap. 2, '-Pentecost." Nov. 13, Chap, 3, "Peter 
Preaching." Nov. 20, Chap. 4, " Peter and John Im- 
prisoned. " Nov. 27, Chap. 5:1-24., Ananias:"The 
Apostles Imprisoned a Seconcl Time." 

WOMEN'S MEETINGS. Tuesday, Nov. i. For- 
eign Missions, " West Central Africa." Meeting with 
Madam Hazelton at 3 i'. M. Nov. 6, "The Home 
Making of Character." These meetings will be held 
on the second Tuesday of each month in the small 
vestry, at 2.30 V. M. All women are cordially invited 
to attend. The subject for the first meeting is "The 
Training of the Physical System." Nov. 22. Sewing 
Meeting at the iiouse of Madam Hazelton at 2.30 
1'. M. Note the change of date. 

FRIDAY EVENINGS. From subjects sent to 
the Pastor the following have been chosen, Nov. 11, 
" How Have I Read the Bible and How has it Helped 
Me?" Ps. 119, John 5:39. Nov. 18: " What Does 
Christ Reveal of God.?" John 10:22-38. Nov. 25, 
" What does Christ Reveal Concerning Human 
Nature .■' " Dec. 2, " The Infiuence Upon Our Lives of 
Books, and of Reading in General." The peo])le have 
been invited to suggest their own topics for these 
meetings. (_)nly three responses have been received. 
Please send to the Pastor such topics as are of 
interest to von, they \\\\\ interest others; devotional 
topics or suggestions for Bible Readings. 

SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES. There will be 
a Y. P. S. C. E. meeting in the Chapel every Sunday 
evening, at seven o'clock, using as a rule the regular 
topics. On the evenings wlien tiiere is to be an 
adtlress, or Praise service, or other formal service, 
this chapel meeting will l)e brief and preparatory. 
T!ie meeting on Nov. 6. will be a Consecration meet- 
ing. Nov. 13, "The Progress of the Kingdom." 
Nov. 20, A Thanksgiving Service. Nov. 27, "(ireat 
Reforms That Need Our Help," to be followed by a 
sermon by the I'astor on "The Mcirtyrs of the Early 
Church." This is the first of a series of sermons on 
church history, which the Pastor will deliver by request 
of the Sundav Evening Committer, once a month if 
possible. Other topics will be Christian Worship in 
the Early Centuries; Constantine and His Times; 
Augustine and Other Writers; The Hermits; The 
Monastic Movement; The Crusades; The Dark Ages, 
Savonarola, Martin Luther, Erasmus, the Counter- 
reformation, etc., etc. 



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XRnellesIex? "Ibills TUnttarian Society 

Organized, 187 i 
REV. ALBERT B. VORSE. Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

SATURDAY 

9.00 Junior Branch Alliance. 

TUESDAY 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues- 
day. 

Communion Service on the first Sundays of Jan., 
Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service. 



THE JUNIOR ALLIANCE held their first meet- 
ing of the season on October Stli. The memliership 
on that date numljered eighteen. The meeting opened 
by singing a hymn, followed by words of welcome 
by the President, who briefly told the object of the 
Alliance work, which is to aid in the advancement of 
Unitarianism, the first interest being in our own 
church work, and after to extend a helping hand in 
other directions as far as we are able. The weekly 
meetings during the month have been satisfactory. 
Full and prompt attendance of its members showed 
hearty interest in the preparations for our church 
sale, which is the principal work now being done. In 
raspTnse to the roll call the members named some 
Unitarian minister, and where located if preaching. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL SOCIETY AN.VUAL 
Convention was held in Concord, Mass., Oct. 19, 20; 
137 churches were represented by 281 delegates, and 
many life members. Wednesday, at 3.30 i'. m., a 
meeting of the Young Peoples'' Religious Unions, 
presided over by Miss Ross, the National Secretary ; 
speakers: Rev. Thomas Van Ness, Rev. H. N. 
Brown, Rev. E. J. Prescott, Rev. W. S. Jones, tlie 
keynote of the meeting being that tlie young people 
should consecrate and re-consecrate themselves and 
go forward to action. The rain continued to fall and 
the people to arrive — no fair-weather Cliristiaris. 
The evening meeting was opened by Rev. F. A. Gil- 
more of Haverhill followed l)y address of welcome by 
the President , Rev. E A. Horton. First essay. Rev. 
W. H. PuLsford, on "The Use and Abuse of Text 
Books;" second, liy Mrs. Beatty, "Precepts, Princi- 
ples and Personalities in Teaching," dwelling emphat- 
ically on the p.-rsonality of the teacher. l)r. James 
DeNormandie spoke on " Definite Views of Religion." 
Thursday morning, prayer-meeting, conducted by Rev. 
Roderic Stebbins. The old historic church was 
crowded to its utmost capacity, about an equal num- 
ber of men and women, — not all bald-headed men, 
but young men in great numbers. Essays were given 
by eloquent, earnest men and women. A bountiful 
collation was served to about four hundred people, 
and the afternoon session and its work resumed. An 
address of welcome in behalf of the parish and town 
was given Ijy Col. Barrel t, in his usual hearty, grace- 
ful manner, responded to by Rev. E. A. Horton, in 
which he paid a glowing, tender tribute to tlie mem- 
ory of Hon. Sherman Hoar. Vote of thanks to the 
parish, and sinking " A Mighty Fortress is Our God" 
and meeting adjourned. 



St. Hn&rew's Cburcb 

Organized, 1891 

REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Religions Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Prayer. 
12.00 Sunday School. 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the Month, 10.30 A. M. 
Third Sunday, 9.30 A. m. 
Other Sundays, 7.30 a. m. 

SATURDAY 

2.00 Ministering Children's League. 
7.30 Girls' Friendly Society. 

QUESTION BOX. For the purpose of answering 
any questions or suggestions which the congregation 
may have in mind, a question box has been placed in 
the vestibule. It is hoped that it will be used. 

BIBLE CLASS FOR GIRLS. The Sunday School 
is fortunate in securing as a teacher for the older girls. 
Prof. Katherine Coinan of Wellesley College. All 
who wish to join the class are welcome to do so. 

ST. .ANDREW'S GUILD. At the annual meet- 
ing, held at the house of the Rector Oct. 10, all the 
different departments were organized for the work of 
the coming year. A full list of departments and offi- 
cers is posted on the bulletin board in the vestibule of 
the Chapel. 

•ST. ANDREW'S DAY. It is too early to make 
any announcement with regard to the annual service 
on St. Andrew's Day, Nov 30, except to say that there 
will be a service and that some clergyman from out 
of town will be invited to preach. An offering will 
be taken for parochial missions. 

CHURCH-SALES. "That which underlies these 
thincs," says an editor in "The Church," "and consti- 
tutes their aim and ol:>ject, namely, the spirit of broth- 
erhood, is commendable, and no effort can be spared 
or is unworthy that serves in any way this real and 
active purpose. Fairs and such like must find their 
one justification in this, if they are to find it at all, 
that they foster the spirit of brotherhood." 

THE GENER.AL CONVENTION and Church 
Unity. Those v\ho read the "Churchman" or the 
"Outlook" will be gratified to learn that the Episco- 
pal Church, speaking through her delegates in the 
General Convention, has taken a great step forward 
in admitting under her jurisdiction congregations who 
do not use the Book of Common Prayer. The unit- 
ing of the " progressive and conservative forces " on 
this important measure proves conclusively that the 
Episcopal Church, much as she loves her priceless 
liturgy, does not consider it as absolutely essential to 
Church Unity. 

COMING P:VEN'TS. Following the above idea, 
the Parish Aid Department of the Guild is aiming to 
give a more social character to its functions. .A gen- 
eral reception was held at the house of the Rector on 
Wednesday, Nov. 2. Another event will ]>robably 
be in the nature of a supper, to be held at the house 
of one of the parishioners, with a small charge for 
admission. Both of these events have for their under- 
lying object the promotion of unity among all the 
memliers of the congregation. Let them make an 
effort to he present, and thus show their loyalty to 
the church. 



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St. /IDar\?'s Cburcb 

Urgaiiizecl, 1812 

REV. H. USHER MONRO, Rector 

Religions Services 

SUNDAY 

9.30 Sunday School. 
10.45 Moining Prayer and Sermon. 
4.30 Evening Prayer and Address. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the month, 10.45 ^- ^' 
All other Sundays, 8.45 A. M. 

Special Festivals, 9.00 A. M. 

Choir rehearsals, Tuesdays and Fridays. 



THE GLEANER'S CIRCLE of King's Daughters 
will meet every two weeks with Mrs. B. F. Curtis, 
during the winter. The young women will study 
Church History. 

THE COMMrrTI'.E ON ENTERTAINMENT of 
the Parish Guild elected to serve for the November 
meeting are: L)r. F. W. Freeman, Mr. Edward Jen- 
nings, Mrs. C. A. Wiswall, Mrs. Charles Hatch, Mrs. 
Frank G. Barron, Miss Mertie Morse. 

The first social meeting of the Guild was held on 
Thursday evening, Nov. 3, at 7.30. 

MR. CONNOLLY. In the death of Mr. Andrew 
S. Connolly, which occurred Saturday evening, Oct. 
22, the parish loses a faithful member. Mr. Connolly 
had served St. Mary's as sexton for about 15 years. 
By his honest, upright life he had won the respect of 
all who knew him. 'I'he town has lost a good citizen ; 
the Chuich a consistent communicant and one that 
was loyally attached to its welfare. ( )ii Tuesday after- 
noon, October 25, services were held in the church, 
attended by many friends in the community and the 
Wellesley Lodge of Odd Fellows. 

THE ARCHDEACONRY of Lowell held its Mis- 
sionaiy Meeting in St. .Stephen's Church, Lynn, on 
Oct. (), with an all-day session. The Archdeacon, the 
Ven. J. H. Vanbiiren, preached an interesting sermon, 
giving a general account of the mission field in this 
Archdeaconry, and its specific needs. St. Mary's 
Church is asked to contribute $74 this year as its por- 
tion for the general fund. 

ST. .\LA.kY'S CHURCH GUILD held its first 
meeting for tlie fall and winter on 'Thursday evening, 
Oct. 13. 'The reports of the various chapters of the 
Guild were read and received. 

Most of the young women and girls of the parish 
belong to one of the three circles of King's Daughters, 
whose work consists in " lending a hand " to anything 
that may need to be done. During the past year about 
$75 has been received by the 'Treasurers from regular 
dues and an entertainment. From this amount mate- 
rials for eight cottas and two cassocks have been pur- 
chased; also cotton cloth for sheets and pillowcases 
and other much needed articles for the Newton Hos- 
pital. The sewing has been done by the members of 
the circles. A blackboard was given for the use of 
the Infant Class; materials for a banner purchased 
and the embroidery done and presented to the choir ; 
a Christmas tree hung with pretty and useful gifts 
provided for the Peabody Home. 'Three dollars were 
sent to the '■ ( rordon Rest," the vacation home for the 
King's Daughters. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

NEW BUILDINGS. So satisfactory is the prog- 
ress made on the Houghton Memorial Chapel up to 
this time that the members of '99 are encouraged in 
their long-cherished hopes of taking their degrees 
next June under its roof. " Attractive and well-placed" 
is the universal comment on the new Shakespeare 
Society House, which is rapidly approaching comple- 
tion. And here, in the new though unfinished quar- 
ters, modelled after Shakespeare's birthplace at Stral- 
ford-on-Avon, the .Shakespeare Society held its first 
initiation meeting this autumn. 

THE WELLESLEY MAGAZINE. In its first 
number for the current year, the Wellesley Magazine 
affords especial interest. An appreciative tribute to 
the memory of Mrs. Mary Sheldon Barnes, formerly 
professor of history at Wellesley, who died in Eng- 
land, August 27, is contributed by Professor Kathar- 
ine Lee Bates. Professor Bates is also the author of 
the leading article in the Magazine " On 'Top of a Lon- 
don Bus," a delightfully entertaining reminiscence. 
"A Letter from Hawaii" comes from Miss Lillian 
Corbett Barnes of '91, who is now teaching in that 
country. Miss Giace L. Cook of '99 is editor-in-chief 
of the Magazine; Miss Bernice O. Kelly, '99, associ- 
ate editor; Miss Maude E. McClary and Miss Loui.'-e 
E. Baldwin are managing editors. 

A WELCOME GIFT. Announcement was made 
early la^,t month that a friend of Wellesley, whose 
name is withheld, had presented the College with a 
large and valuable telescope, fitted for advanced ob- 
servation and research. 'This welcome gift places 
Wellesley in a position to accomplish much practical 
work at once along the lines of applied mathematics, 
for, through the generosity of the same benefactor, 
suitable accommodation is to be provided for the 
instrument. The building, which will be erected 
soon, will be of brick,. and will be located on the level 
plateau between Simpson and Fiske cottages. It will 
contain, in addition to the dome for the telescope, 
libraries and laboratories for the use of students in 
mathematical and physical astronomy. 

LECTURES AND CURRENT EVENTS. Sev- 
eral lectures of note have been given during the past 
month. Mrs. Dario Papa, by invitation of Professor 
Coman, addressed the students October 3rd, on " The 
Present Political and Economic Condition of Italy," 
making a plea for the political prisoners in that coun- 
try. A committee consisting of Professor Coman, 
chairman. Miss Schofield, Miss Stern, Miss Schoel- 
kopf, and Miss Nunnemacher was appointed to co-op- 
erate with the American committee in arousing inter 
est for these prisoners among the students and alum 
noe of American women's colleges. A second lecture 
of much interest was that delivered by Dr. Caspar R. 
(iregory, of Leipsic LIniversity, October 14, on " New 
'Testament Manuscripts." On 'Tuesday evening, the 
i8th, Dr. C. Willard Hayes, of the United States 
Geological Survey, gave a graphic account before the 
Science Club and invited guests of his "Recent l".x- 
periences in Central America," Dr. Hayes, with his 
family from Washington, being on a brief visit at the 
home of Professor Ellen Hayes. The Saturday after- 
noon Current Events course was delightfully opened 
October 15th, with a reading by Mrs. Charlton Black 
of Cambridge. 



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FINAL REPORT OF THE VOLUN- 
TEER AID COMMITTEE 



Cash received 

Expended for material, expenses, ) 
and laundry bills ) 

Sent to the Mass. Vol. Aid Ass'n. 
Paid to supply ice at Camp Dalton 
Paid for the Hospital Ship 
Incidental expenses 



$329 02 
201 52 
100 00 

20 GO 
2 50 

5 00 



$329 02 



Jane G. Edmunds, Treasurer. 

Besides the money, material has been contributed 
to the value of about $40. The following articles 
have been sent to the warehouse in 15oston : 
432 Abdominal bands, 
76 Hospital shirts, 
172 Mosquito canopies, 
109 Sheets, 

7 Pillow cases, 
123 .Suits of pajamas, 
34 Comfort bags, 
450 Rolled surgical bandages, 
50 Towels, 
95 Glasses of jelly, 
I Bbl. rolls of old linen, 
4 Bbls. magazines. 
The work has broadened beyond the hopes of the 
original promoters into village proportions. This 
came about at the request of the Volunteer Aid Asso- 
ciation. The need was so immediate it seemed unwise 
to wait forfurther organization. Therefore, the Com- 
mittee of the Woman's Club appealed to the whole 
township for support. It is a pleasant duty to testify 
to the cordial response made by the citizens. Money, 
material, labor, and the use of Maugus Hall have 
been cheerfully given. 

Margarft C. Farwei.l, Secretary. 



In addition to the work of the local Volunteer Aid 
Society, generous gifts in money, food, clothing, and 
other necessities have been sent first to the Cuban 
Relief Committee and afterward to the Massachusetts 
Volunteer Aid I'ommittee. We gladly present below 
a statement that we have received concerning one of 
these gifts. 



"IN MEMORY OF P"RANKLI.\ STORY CONANT." 

When the call for help went out to the people of 
Massachusetts, a group of young peo|)le in this place 
responded to it by purchasing a sterilizer and present- 
ing it to the hospital ship " Bay State." "Their gift 
took this form not only in response to the appeal of 
the war, and its needs, but also as an opportunity of 
voicing a feeling which had for some time been seek- 
ing suitable opportunity for expression. .Small as it 
may be, it bears a deep significance beyond that of 
the work which it may actually accomplish, since it 
was offered in memory of a life which was to its close 
devoted to the service of others, through the further- 
ance of scientific thought. The name placed upon it, 
that of Franklin Story Conant, is of itself an 
inspiration greater thin any gift which could be 
made." 



H. L. ROLLINS 



Attorney and Counsellor at Law 



Washington St., 
welleslev. 



728 Tremont Bldg. 

BObTON, MASS. 



FRED H. YOUNG 

Teacher of Pianoforte, Organ and Harmony. 
I'ost Office Box 207, 

Welleslev Hills. 

HRS. W. L. TAYLOR 

Teacher of I'iano, 

Wellesley. 
Refer to 

Mr. G. W. Chadwick. Director New England 
Conservatorv of Music. 



TUTORING 



In MATHEMATICS, GREEK and LATIN,— 
]'!ntrance Requirements or College Conditions. Ad- 
dress: 

GRACE B. TOWNSEIMD, A. B., 

WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS. Tutor at Wellesley College. 

TUTORING IN COLLEGE 

And Preparatory Work, and Grammar Grade 
Studies. 
For References and Terms, Address 

CAROLYN J. FECK, B. A., 
Wellesley Hills. 



DANA HALL SCHOOL== WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

Special advantages in the Modern Languages, 
Music and Art. 

For circulars address the Principals, 

JULIA A. EASTMAN, 
SARAH P. EASTMAN. 







OUR TOWN 

SUMMER CONVENIENCES. 



11 



The •♦All Right" Oil Cooking Stoves are by far the 
handsomest and most durable in the market. 

Price of Two=Burner Stove, $5.00. 



A Superior Refrigerator is a necessity at this season. 
Our line of Refrigerators have Modern Improvements, and are 
;j up-to-date. When in need of Hardware, Estimates upon 
j Pluml)iug or Heating, Doors, Windows and Frames, Remem- 
ber us. 



FISKE & COMPANY, 



Natick, Mass. 



F. A. COOLIDGE. O. E. STEVENS. 

R A. COOLIDGE & CO., 

DEALERS IN 

Choice .. Meats .. and .. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 

Goods, etc. 

WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY. 



F. DIEHL & SON 

Dealers in Coal, Woodt 
Hay and Grain. sXf iff 

TELEPHONE NO. 16=4 

WELLESLEY, MASS. 

BUTTERICK PATTERNS 

Any pattern or Butterick pub- 
lication may be obtained at 

MRS. E. W. ILSLEY^S 

WISLLESLEY MILLS SQU.A.RE 

BOLLES & YOUNG 

Dealers in Fine Groceries, Hoots, Shoes and Rub- 
liers. Teas, Coffees and Spices, Best Minnesota Flour. 

Boot and Shoe Repairing a Specialty. 

NEAR WELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE. 



PJVINTER 



W. D. WILSON 

. AND .. DECORATOR 



A Large Stock of Wall Papers .. A Fine 
Line of Cartridge Papers of all Colors, 
with borders to match ... also picture 
Mouldings, Hooks, Cords, Etc 



Shop rear of McLeod's Block 



Wellesley Hills 



STORY & CUTTER 

Successors to 
C. W. PERRY 

DRUGGISTS 

Wellesley - - Mass. 



C. H. DADMUN JOHN BENSON G. FRANK HORTON 

Phillips (^ompany 

Successors to 

FREEMAN PHILLIPS 
CARPENTER . AND . BUILDER 

Jobbing: attended to promptly. 
Plans estimoted. 

Shop, Forest Street, 

P. O. Box 292. WELLESLEY HILLS. 



1,000 LOADS 

of Fine Loam For 
Sale Cheap. 

JOHN CROSWELL, 

Wellesley Hills 

The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 
EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D., 
Washington St., Wellesley. Superintendent- 



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PEOPLE'S STEAM LAUNDRY 

ESTABLISHED 1886 

A first-class Lattndry^ with every facility 
for doinfr f irst-closs work. Special attention 
given to Gents^ Custom Dress Shirts and 
Ladies' Shirt Waists and White Dresses. 

EDWA.RD FITCH is our agent 
for XVellesley Hills, and H;. L. 
FLA.GG is agent for Wellesley. 

D. A. MAHONY & SONS, Props., 

7 & 9 Common St., Natick. 

MERRITTS- KEITH 

Dealer in Provisions ... Fresh and 
Smoked Fish ... Oysters in their 
Seoson ... Fresh Fruits and Vege- 
tables. 
WELLESLEY HILLS. 

C. H. SPRING, 

DEALER IN 

Flour, Grain, Hay, Straw and Wood, 
Brick and Cement, Bradley's Fertilizers 

WASHINGTON ST., NEWTON L. FALLS. 



. . . DENTIST . . . 

ADELBERT FERNALD, D. M. D., 

Graduate of the Dental Dept., Harvard University 

Will be at Wellesley Monday and Friday of each week, Ap- 
pointment can be made by addressing, 496 Massachusetts Avenue, 
Boston, or Shattuck Building, Wellesley. 

OFFICE HOURS, Reference, Dr. E. E. Bancroft. 

8 A. M, TO 4 P. M. 

WILLIAM J. DANA, 

Grower of Roses, Chrysanthemums, Carna- 
tions, Violets, all Kinds of Bulbs, and Bed- 
ding Plants. 
Oakland Street Conservatories, 

Wellesley Hills. 

The Wellesley Tea Room 



Chocolate Ice Cream a specialty. Southern Preserves, 
Pickles and Maryland Biscuit. 

DRESSMAKING 



MISS R. M. KINDER 
Partridge Block, - = Wellesley 



NEXT TO TEA ROOM 



PURCHASING AGENCY 



MISS F. H. CURRIER 



(iUOVE STliEET, 



WELLESLEY 



personally attends to 

SHOPPING IN BOSTON 
THURSDAYS. 

Orders solicited. 

F. Diehl, Jr. & Co., 
LIVERY & BOARDING STABLE 

Central Street, Wellesley. 

Meet all trains. Telephone No. 16-2. 

THE NEWTON ICE CO. 

Is prepared to furnish a first-class quality of 
Pond Ice in Wellesley Hills, Newton Lower 
Falls and South Weston. 

niLLER & HATCH, Proprietors. 
P. O. Address, - Newton Lower Falls. 

Wellesley Hills Pharmacy 

PRESCRIPTIONS 

A 

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Wellesley, Wellesley College, Wellesley 
Hills, Wellesley Farms, Woodland and 



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Boston Offices: 174 Washington, !."> Devonshire, 105 Arch and 
77 Kingston Streets. 

Leave Boston at II A. M. and 2 P. M. 



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First-Class Family Hotel 

JUNCTION WASHINGTON & WORCESTER STS 



STEXn HEAT. EXCELLENT TABLE. 
5PACI0US GROUNDS. STABLE, ETC. 

Several desirable rooms to let for winter or 

year. 

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OURTQW/N 



DECEMBER, 1898 



Volume I Number 12 



j 5 cents a copy 
\ 25 cents a year 



CONTENTS 



Editorial .... 

An Important Gift to Wellesley College 
A Freshman's First Impression 
The Colle8:c Societies 
Literary Work in College 
The Religious Side of College Life ♦ 
Items from the Wellesley Churches 
College Announcements . ♦ 



Frances Laura Hughes 

Charlotte Fitch Boberts 

Grace Louise Cook 

Hannah Hume 



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CHARLES M. EATON, Publisher, 
"We?llesle3' Hills, Tvlass. 



OUR TOWN 




J". liTJBEE, & CO., 
Agents for the Oi*»^r»t. 

Cottage St. = = Wellesley. 



All kinds of repairing promptly and skillfully 
done at lowest prices, and work guaranteed. 
Wheels cleaned and adjusted. 
Bicycles to rent. 




RIDGE HILL FARHS DAIRY 

Successors to John l.awson 
at Wellesley Hills 

MORNING and EVENING DELIVERY 
TELEPHONE 23 3 

VISITORS ARE WELCOME AT ALL TLMES 
Wellesley mail address: 

W. G. SMITH, Supt. 



Chafing D'sh p ossibilities 

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cipal of the Boston Cooking School, and 
author of the "Boston Cooking School 
Cook Book." 16tno, cloth, extra. Price, ,$L 

'I'his new book contains invaluable suggestions for 
all who use the chafing dish. It includes nearly 250 
recipes, all of which have been tested by actual expe- 
rience. Careful directions for measuring are given. 
Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price. 

LITTLE, BROWN, & CO., Publishers, 
254 Washingfton St., Boston. 



WATCHMAKER AND OPTICIAN 

Special attention given to fitting eyes and filling 
Oculists' prescriptions. 

M. G. SHAW, 

Washina;ton St. - - - Weliesle^. 



f^foriraitf 




WMIartridoe— 

Mr. Partridge is at his Wellesley Studio 
every Monday and Tuesday. Residence, 
Brook St., Cor. Benvenue. Telephone 66-2, 

Wellesley. 

W. W. McLEOD 

SOLE AGENT FOR WELLESLEY 

FOR THE 

CELEBRATED KING ARTHUR FLOUR- 



MOI^nBN'S STunio, 



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LARGEST AND FINEST GROUND FLOOR STUDIO 

IN NEW ENGLAND. 

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OUR T2WN 



Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the first 
of each month. 

Managina; Editor, Rev. Edward H. Chandler, Welleslev. 

Publisher, Charles M. Eaton, Welleslev Hills. 

.Advertising .Agents, Perry .4. liallou, Wellesley Hills: A. K. 
Tisdale, 309 Washington Street, I'>oston. 

.Subscriptions mav be left at Flagg's News Stand or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Wellesley: Mrs. Ilslev's, Wellesley Hills, or at the 
Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Welleslev Hills Post 
Office. 



THE EDITORS of Our Town take pleas- 
ure in preseiitinac to the vStudeiits of 
Wellesley Colleo:e tliis special "Colleo;e 
number,''' and tliey take this ()p|)ortnnity to 
thank those who have furnished the various 
articles for their co-o])eratioM. It has been 
the purpose of th.is pa])ei' to represent all the 
best elements of the town life. The relation 
to the College has not been hitherto as close 
as the editors have desired. With this issue 
it is hoped that the interest of the students 
may begin and that many of tlieir names oji 
the subseri]»tion list will show that interest 
in tangible form. We believe the people of 
Wellesley will also be glad to know the Col- 
lege bettei' and will appreciate the a<ldition 
to our contributors of representatives of both 
students and faculty. 



IT IS with a cei'tain sense of regret that we 
are compelled to announce an increase in 

the subscription price of Orii T')WN for the 
coming year from twenty-five to fifty cents. 
Not that there is not fifty cents' worth in tlie 
paper, for we are glad to tliink that we have 
done 7nore for our subscribers during 189(S 
than they expected. Hut tliere was a satis- 
faction in making the i)i-ice low. Tlie in- 
come, however, has not been quite enougli 
to prevent a few of the dark hairs of tlie 
editorial heads from turning gray with anxiety. 
And we cannot afford to sacrifice our peace 
of mind. Our ])roniise forlS99is that the 
])aper will not fall below the 1S9S standard. 
And we hope more peo]de will pay the half 
dollar than liave this year jtaid the quarter. 

A sjiecial rate of twenty-five cents has been 
established for the students of the College. 

WE DESIRE to call esi)ecial attention 
to the iioston advertisers who appear 
for the first time in this number. We 
lio])e that other Boston firms will follow in 
future. And our readers are urged to men- 
tion Ouii Town whenever they res])ond to 
anv advei'tiseinent. 



A NOTABLE GIFT TO WELLESLEY 
COLLEGE 

THE FOUNDERS of the College, in tak- 
ing the village of Wellesley for the site 
of the work which they supremely loved, 
put into visible and permanent form local 
associations of ])eculiar strength and beauty. 
In giving to their noble achievement not 
their own name but the name of the village, 
the founders made village and college — and 
eventually town and college — joint owners 
in these associations, and coheirs to a wealth 
of interests and infiuences that la}' liidden in 
the future. In the selfsame spirit of devo- 
tion to a great [)urpose, other men and women 
of Wellesley have ministered. Space does 
not suffice for a full list of these welcome 
contributions to the resources of the growing- 
College. When the dormitory space of the 
building jiroved inadequate to the number of 
students ready for admission, a resident of 
Wellesley came forward with tlie 'gift of a 
buildnig which met the immediate need and 
later served other uses not less important. 

Another resident of Wellesley gave a schol- 
arshi]) by wliich some village girl should have 
free tuition. Another established another 
scholarsliip in memory of an eager little stu- 
dent of nature, whose promotion came very 
early. Another put at the disposal of the 
College the frcfdom of interesting gardens 
and spacious grounds, and added fi'om year 
to year other timely help. When applica- 
tions again crowded u])on the College so 
rapidly as to exceed the capacity of dormi- 
tories wliicli could be provided on the College 
gi-ounds, village homes were opened to stu- 
dents. The gracious hospitality of the vil- 
lage has added much to the social life of 
teachers and students. And not least among 
these various benefits, an important depart- 
ment of tlie College received its first vital 
impulse from one whose homestead seemed 
to tlie students of that day but an especially 
attractive corner of the College grounds. 

Today we have a new and illustrious in- 
stance of sympatliy and beneficence on the 
]>art of the town toward the College. The 
Trustees announce a gift of .$5(»,000 from ^Ir. 
CMiarles T. Wilder, late of Wellesley. Tlie 
gift made by Mr. Wilder during his lifetime 
became available but recently. Not a little 
of the pleasui-e and gratitude which the 
Trustees and all friends of tlie College feel 
in this welcome acquisition is due to the fac 



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that tlie gift })rocecHls fi-oin a resident of 
Wellesley wlio loved the town and with it, 
and as a ])art of it, tlie College which bears 
its name. In the letter which announces his 
genercjiis |nii-pose, INIr. Wildei* says: "M}' 
long residence in the town of Wellesley car- 
rying with it so many pleasant and sacred 
associations, inclines me to leave some token 
of my life lici'e as a citizen, and no more fit- 
ting way ocelli's to me than in connection 
with the institution of the town devoted to 
the higiier education of young women." 

When Mr. Wilder's l)enefactions hy will 
were made known disappointment was felt 
l)y many l)ecause an e<lucational institution 
of Wellesley, founded bv residents of the 
town, was not included among his becpiests. 
Today the "^I'l'ustees rejoice in doing full jus- 
tice to ]Mr. Wilder's loyalty to local interests, 
and in accoi-ding to him his deserved place 
in tlie fi'out rank of donors to the College. 

Another gratifying feature of 'Sir. \Vilder's 
liberality toward the Colleu'c is in the fact 
that no burdensome restrictions accom]»any 
the gift. 'IMiat the Trustees of the College 
will perTiianeiitly associate Mr. Wilder's 
name witli the gift may reasonably be in- 
fei'ix'd. Uut whether the money now received 
into the College tr.'usury shall bi,' invested in 
a new budding or sliall raise the infant endow- 
ment fund to a hopeful stature is not indi- 
cated ill the tei'ins of Mr. Wilder's provision 
for the work of the College and has not been 
as yet decide<l. The Trustees, doubtless, 
Avill take much pleasure in gratifying the 
tastes and preferences of Mi'. Wilder as they 
may become cognizant of them through his 
family. 



A FRESHMAN'S FIRST IMPRESSIONS 

Wi;rj.KS[j:v Coi,i,k<;i:, 
1-2 ()ct(d)er, 1S9S. 

My dear l''rieiid: — Our old discussions as 
to the I'elative attractions of \'assar and 
Wellesley are settle<l, to my own satisfaction 
at least, and I shall attemi)t to make you (), 
so sorry that you <lid not cast in your lot 
with the followers of the Wellesle\- blue. 

First of all, i)erliaps, you will be interested 
to know how some other college than N'assai- 
welcomes her green babit's. Wellesley hos- 
pitality antici])at('d tlu' arrival of tlie Fi'csh- 
7iieii, and each expected student received a 
cordial note from an up])er class gii'l, jirotfer- 
ing assistance u])on her arrival. A further 



welcome was extended at the opening of Col- 
lege by the Christian Association, in the form 
of a reception. Then came the turn for the 
Barn Swallows to do the honors of College 
lieautiful. 

Several days in advance, a poster, decor- 
ated with a Gibson girl who would be a 
credit to (Gibson himself, announced that a 
shirt waist dance would be given on Satur- 
day evening in the liarn. The Swallows 
hastened to ex])lain to the credulous minds 
of the newcomers that the name of their soci- 
ety did not im])ly that one must swallow her 
pride to attend a dance in a barn. The ex- 
planation of the origin of the society was 
interesting to us, as I am sure it will be to 
you. 

In years gone by, the C^ollege owned a val- 
uable herd of cattle. Either the cows grew 
discontented with their humble lot, or dis- 
couraged with trying to sup])ly the demands 
made on them by six hundred ravenous girls. 
At any rate, they all died, and left a huge 
barn unoccujded. At once the business-like 
girls set their wits at work to devise some 
plan whereby that barn should continue to 
contribute to the general hajipiness of college 
life. At last they hit upon the ]dan of trans- 
forming it into a recreation hall, where the 
girls might even <lrive nails into the walls 
without fear of a summons to headquarters, 
(xradually im]>i-ovements have been made 
until one would never dream that the unpre- 
tentious exterior covered so attractive an in- 
teri(»r. During the past summer, the walls 
have l)een ceiled ami an ideal dancing floor 
laid through the generosity of one(>f the Col- 
lege trustees. With the addition of a stage 
and curtains, it has become the ])oi)ular place 
for the presentation of amateur ]tlays. 

( )ii the evening of the <lance, each Fresh- 
man was till' guest of an u])])er class student. 
In tliis way the newcomers st)on met the stu- 
dents of longer standing and were initiated 
into the freedom and fellowship of college 
SDciety. You iuhmI no desci'iption of the 
evening, for you can picture to yourself the 
merry chattering, the embarassing sli])s on 
the newly-waxed Hoor, the good-natured col- 
lisions, the flutter of white skirts, and the gen- 
ei"al atmosphere of coi'diality that jiei'vaded 
even the rafters high in the i'o(»f. 'J'he one 
]»ictures(pie toiudi was added by the musicians. 
Italians they were. The man, stolid and a|)- 
l)areiitly indifferent, mechanically ground a 
hurdy gurdy. The woman, beautiful in her 



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gorgeous national costume, brouglit melody 
even from a tambourine. The grace with 
whicli she played was as charming as the 
music itself. 

The guest of honor tliat evening was the 
'97 girl in whose fertile brain the Barn Swal- 
low society originated. She was raised to 
the platform to speak, but at her appearance 
the hall re-echoed with applause, and all she 
could say in reply was most eloquently ex- 
pressed by a violent waving of her jacket. 
Then the musical Wellesley cheer swelled 
above the clapping. As I watched the faces 
brighten ats(nuid of the familiar strains, and 
realized, in part at least, how strong were the 
ties of fiiendship and loyalty which bound 
these older students to Wellesley, I felt that 
college means more than fun or learning or 
culture — that it means the broadening of life 
itself. 

No doubt you have received some such 
inspiration already, and I shall be anxious to 
know much of your college life. And so I 
shall look forwai'd to your reply with a great 
deal of intei'est. 

Sincerely, 

FRANCES L. lUKillKS. 



THE COLLEGE SOCIETIES AND 
THEIR INFLUELNCE 

SINCE there are oidy six societies at 
Wellesley, with an average menibership 
of thirty each, it is probably evident even 
to the most indifferent of mathematicians 
that a large majority of the College students 
are non-society girls; and yet the society life 
is, or should be, a factoi' of importance, not 
simply to the members themselves but to the 
College at large. 

Two literary societies were started by jNIr. 
Durant in the early days of the (^ollege, hav- 
ing for their avowed object the increase of 
general culture, aiming to foster the study of 
art, literature, and literary criticism, and to 
give practice in debate and extemporaneous 
speaking. These two societies were the Zeta 
Alpha and Phi Sigma, and though they met 
with reverses later and suffered a short season 
of suspen<led animation, they were resusci- 
tated in 1S<S9 and have been in a flourishing 
condition ever since. Very soon after the 
inaugui-ation of these societies by Mr. Durant, 
another one was started for a more special- 
ized line of work, and its object is sufficiently 
indicated by its name, the Shakespeare Soci- 
ety. 



Since the rejuvenation of the two above- 
mentioned Greek letter societies, three others 
liave sprunginto being, — the Agora, in which 
political matters and topics of the day are 
discussed; Alpha Kappa Chi, which devotes 
itself principally to classical subjects; and 
Tau Zeta Epsilon, which is primarily given 
up to the study of aesthetics, having started 
life in plain English as an art society. 

If we should attempt to personify these 
six societies, then, what would they be like? 
The Agora, a self-possessed young woman, 
full of interesting ami useful information, 
ready to converse with you on any topic of 
the day, — perhaps the "new woman" of the 
highest type and in the best sense of the 
words. The Shakespeare Society, a most 
attractive personality, as might be expected 
from the name, Avith just a hint of the dram- 
atic in her pose, and at presejit a somewhat 
self-assured and haughty air, as of one who 
has a "local habitation" whereas she knows 
her sisters have none; for is not the Shakes- 
peare Society house a solid reality, whereas 
all the other society houses are still castles 
in the air? Then there is Alpha Kappa Chi, 
a maiden with classically chiseled features, 
wrapped in a toga or tunic or some garment 
of the antique order, who salutes you with a 
(Treek or I^atin declamation as you pass her 
in the corridor. Tau Zeta Epsilon, pencil 
and sketch-book in hand, roams the world in 
search of the beautiful that she may make it 
her own; and, if we inter])ret aright the 
mystery of her society pin, pursues her quest 
according to modern methods, namely, on a 
wheel, but with wings handy in case of acci- 
dent, therein' showing her forethought. 
Finally Phi Sigma and Zeta Alpha appear, 
with an all-arcnind cultivation radiating from 
their countenances, showing all of the good 
qualities of their four sisters and many others 
in addition. Perhaps it need not be men- 
tioned that the writer of this article is a 
member of one of these latter societies. 

The influence which the societies should 
have in the College can readily be deduced 
from this brief description of their aims. 
They form centres which have for their 
avowed object cultivation either in sjiecial 
or general lines; but a large part of their 
excuse for being would be lost if the advan- 
tages were confined to their own members, 
if they were not felt to be a good to the Col- 
lege as a whole. Now the lives of all the 
students are so closely interwoven that it is 



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ini})ossil)le td coiifine any advance or devel- 
u[»nR'nt within the limits of a definite organ- 
ization. The subjects which come up in the 
societies are discussed more or less with 
friends outside, and any cultivation or enrich- 
ment of life, acquired either from the literary 
work or the stimulating power of friendly 
fellowship, must be at least partially com- 
municated to tlie world at large. Although 
society membership and high scholarship are 
far from being terms which always go hand 
in liand, many of the finest students in col- 
lege being non-society' girls, yet the societies 
represent a desire for development along cer- 
tain lines and in certain ways which cannot 
hs obtained fi-om the regular college work. 
They must therefore stand to a considei'able 
extent for high-minded ambition, and along 
with this goes the feeling of society pride 
which spui-s a girl on to do, for the credit of 
lier society, the best possible work in all of 
her college courses and to attempt to show 
herself in all of the relations of life a culti- 
vated and large-minded woman. 

Fortunately the subject of this article is 
limited to societies. Following in the wake 
of these moi-e highly organized bodies are 
springing up day by day numberless clubs 
with various and sundry objects, and to 
attempt even to name these clubs and state 
their aims would be quite "another story." 

CHARLOTTE FIT(UI IIOBERTS. 



LITERARY WORK IN COLLEGE 

" Lujky thing I ain't a boy or \\\ worry and git sick ; 
Beiu' I'm a girl, [ take right hold and do 'em like a 

brick. 
But now that spring is drawin' nigh, anil the nights 

are gittin' hot, 
I've come to a conclusion, a new iclear I've got, 
O, nither let non-credit notes assail me left an' right 
Than I should keep a livin' on a writin' things at 

night." 

— ',9,9 l^egendrt. 

WILVTEVEIi may be said of the possi- 
bility of literary work in college, the 
lines here quoted are pathetic indica- 
tion of the fact that there is for the student 
no end of writing. Indeed most of us believe 
that one reason why we write so ill is that 
we write so much. A Wellesley girl fights 
her way, pen in hand, through hundreds of 
pages of theme paper, to her degree; and 
when the coveted diploma is once gained, and 
laid aside during the final packing, the new 
alumna, sorting the remnants of those closely 
written pages, blushes with shame at sight of 



inelegant, ambiguous, and verbose achieve- 
ment. When at last she realizes the organic 
and eternal relations between thought and 
expression, she accounts for her own past 
carelessness. Under the necessity, real or 
inuagined, of "writin' things at night," she 
had no time to select and prune her ideas; 
she must needs tell all she knew, disregard- 
ing legibility, commas, and paragraphs. 
Such painstaking has been too costly since 
those distant, leisurely days of freshman 
English. Most of us have the melancholy 
consciousness, in the midst of weariness 
attendant upon continued writing, that some- 
where, somehow, the mighty machine of mod- 
ern education is out of gear. We ought not 
to have so much to do that we can do nothing 
well. 

This lack of discrimination and of scrupu- 
lousness is a|)i)arent in all college attem])ts 
at literature. Our work is not finished. Vet 
sometimes for the mere pleasure of trying 
we keep on writing things to which our re- 
spected critics forever apply those two blight- 
ing epithets, — triteness and crudity. ^\nd 
our severest and often most helpful critics 
are fellow-students; for the literary work of 
the college girl is not limited to im])erfect 
essays for the departments of instruction. 
The various clubs bordering closely on these 
departments offer opportunity not only for 
further writing at night, but also for the pres- 
entation of ])apers l)efore an audience. The 
Philosophy Club and the Richard Wagner 
Club are the only ones understood to be con- 
stitutionally opposed to work from under- 
graduates. The clubs in Economics, Ilistory, 
l)iolog3', and Botany do expect individual 
investigati(»ns from student members, and the 
famous Rhymsters'' Club demands of each 
member an inspired poem once every two 
weeks. Another important element in the 
literary life of many Wellesley girls is found 
in the societies; and here, too, when the 
endeavor is at all proportioned to the schol- 
arly aims of the society, the stimulating influ- 
ence upon the workers is inestimable. 

But it is when she flings her story or her 
verse abroad for the whole college to look at 
that a girl gets the greatest possible benefit 
out of her own writing. Then she must 
sturdily face the criticism which she has chal- 
lenged; she must scrutinize every word of 
commendation or of censure and measure its 
justice. She will find ordinarily that she 
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other contributions to tlie Legenda, or tlic 
Magazine. 

Althougli tliese student pulilieations do 
show, as a rule, the same incompleteness that 
characterizes our other productions, they 
show also a wide-spread intei-est in literary 
work, and, sometimes, an honest effort to 
write well. The Legenda, appearing only 
once a year, makes a bigger stir in the college 
world than the Magazine; yet the latter, by 
its persistent reappearance each month, offers 
a truer gauge for college literai'v work than 
does its handsomer sister. In spite of the 
inefficiency of its stories and poems and es- 
says, even in s])iteof the lack of humor in its 
pages, the Magazine, whicli is conti'olled by 
the students alone, has lived ten years and is 
still flourishing. This certainly means geriu- 
ine interest and some literary ambition on 
the part of the students themselves. 

While we are in college, it is not easy to 
see ourselves as we are. Other people are 
always kindly reminding us of this fact. 
Perhaps, then, — although our fi-iends do not 
hint thus far — we shall some day liiid our- 
selves able to do better than we think. Per- 
haps, when we no longer are obliged to "kee]) 
a-livin' on a-writin' things at night," we shall 
find ourselves having something to say and 
the ability to say it. There are Wellesley 
alumna' who write well. Shall there not be 
others? I believe there are girls now in col- 
lege who, when they shall have found time 
to think definitely and composedly, will ex- 
press themselves effectually and inevitably, 
so that we shall be proud to recognize them 
among the Wellesley women who write. 

(iHACE LOUISK COOK. 



THE RELIGIOUS SIDE OF COLLEGE 

LIFE 

To ANYONE interested in a college its 
intellectual life is naturally the most 
prominent feature. But if we take moi-e 
than a mere passing glance at college life, its 
social and religious sides also become ap])ar- 
ent-. As at almost any college, so at Welles- 
ley, an outside observer may not at first 
notice the religious work going on. It has, 
nevertheless, a vital importance to the stu- 
dents themselves. 

Since Wellesley has no appointed chap- 
lain, the religious services are arranged for 
by the College authorities. The week-day 
chapel prayers, which form the prelude to 



the day, are conducted by the President or 
membei-s of the faculty. Occasionally we 
have the opportunity of listening to a few 
helpful thoughts from the pastors of the vil- 
lage churches. At the Sabbath preaching 
services the range of ministers is by no means 
limited, all denominations being represented 
in (he j)ulpit. On the first Sabbath of each 
new year, in accordance with the l)eautiful 
thought of the founder, the sermon is preached 
from the text "God is love." There is a ves- 
per service or an address by some speaker 
every Sabbath evening. 

Aside from these regular services the 
Christian .\ssociation is the most imj»ortant 
factor of the religious work of the College. 
It aims to promote the cause of Christ, "rec- 
ognizing the importance of Christian fellow- 
sliij) as a means of individual grace." Mem- 
bership to the Association is free to all who 
take the simple pledge, declaring their belief 
in Jesus Christ as Saviour, and their desire 
to live a life consistent with its character as 
a Christian Association. The Association is 
organized and carried on primarily by the 
students, with the co-oi)eration of the fac- 
idty. Its methods of work are essentially 
similar to those of the Christian Endeavor 
societies in the churches. Appointed com- 
mittees have charge of the various phases of 
work. The Association conducts an evening 
prayer-meeting each week. Each class, more- 
ovei-, has its own class prayer-meetings. 

The missionary interest of the College, 
while not confined to any special branch, is 
largely directed toward our medical mission- 
ary, a Wellesley graduate now in India, and 
to College Settlement work. The Association 
pays the expenses of the College missionary. 
The College Settlement chaptei- is i)articu- 
larly interested in work done in Boston and 
keeps in close touch with the Denison House. 

The comparatively large numbers of Bible 
study and Mission study classes in the Col- 
lege attest to the interest of the girls in spir- 
itual as well as intellectual development. 
The circles are led by the students them- 
selves, but the work as a whole is under the 
sympathetic guidance and help of members 
of the faculty. 

In all these branches of religious woik at 
Wellesley, it is the earnest aim to carry out 
the Colle"ge motto in the spirit of Ilim who 
came "not to be ministered unto, but to 



minister. 



HANNAH HUME. 



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ITEMS FROM THE WELLESLEY 
CHURCHES 

Wellesley Hills Congregfational Church 

THE PASTOR expects to exchange on Dec. i8 
with Dr. Charles E. Harrington of Waltham. 

THE CANTATA OF RUTH will be given in the 
church on Wednesday evening, Dec. 14, for the bene- 
fit of the " New Church Fund." A large chorus will 
render the work, assisted by Boston soloists. Remem- 
ber the date, Dec. 14. 

THE CHURCH COMMITTEF will meet on the 
evening of the i6th, after the prayer meeting. Those 
who wish to unite with the church on the first of Jan- 
uary are invited to meet with the Committee at that 
time. Letters from other churches may be presented 
then, or earlier, to the Pastor. 

CHRISTMAS SERVICES. Sermon and special 
music in the morning. Sunday School concert at 6 
P. M. The custom of bringing presents to this second 
service will be continued. Bring books, toys, games, 
candy, anything for children's presents. These will 
be sent to the children's hospital at Baldwinsville. 

WOMEN'S MEETINGS: Dec. 6. Home Mis- 
sionary meeting at 3 p. m., at the parsonage. Mrs. 
Eouise A. Kellogg, Secretary of the Woman's Home 
Missionary Union, will give an account of her recent 
western trip. Dec. 13, at 2.30 p. M., in the vestry. 
" The home making of character." Special topic : 
"Cultivation of the mind." All women invited. 

THK ANNUAL DINNER and business meeting 
of the churcii will occur as usual on the evening of 
the 27th. To this dinner all church members wor- 
shipping with us are cordially invited, and the husband 
or wife of any such church member. This limitation 
is made on account of limited room for seating guests. 
At the supper there will be presented brief reports of 
all the work of the church. It is also very desirable 
that there be a full attendance at the business meet- 
ing, as matters of importance are to be considered. 

Wellesley Congregational Church 

PASTOR'S BOX. A handsome box has been 
placed in the vestibule of the church for the use of 
the congregation. Addresses of strangers, requests 
for calls, information concerning cases of sickness, 
questions, or any other communication for the Pastor 
may be put in this box and will receive attention. 

NEW MEMBERS. All who desire to come into 
the fellowship of this church on the first Sunday in 
January, New Year's Day, are invited to make the fact 
known to the Pastor as soon as possible. Those in- 
tending to bring letters of transfershould procure them 
at once. The regular meeting of the Church Com- 
mittee to meet all candidates will be held Friday even- 
ing, Dec. 16. 

SUNDAY EVENING ADDRESSES. Through 
November the Pastor has given a series of talks 
based on the books entitled "In His Steps." This 
series will be continued in December, the special 
topics and dates being as follows : Dec. 4, " What 
Jesus would do as a church member"; Dec. 11, "What 



Jesus would ask those who are not church members 
to do;" Dec. 18, "What Jesus would aim to accom- 
plish in himself." 

INTERESTING TOPICS. At the Friday even- 
ing prayer meeting of December the following topics 
will be considered: 9th, " Enthusiasm for Christ "; 
i6th, "The habit of private devotions"; 23d, " What 
more can Christians do to promote peace on earth"; 
30th, " Christian progress during the year." All the 
people of the community are cordially invited to at- 
tend all of these meetings. 

AFTER MUCH DELAY the History of the Church 
is publislied and is now on sale at Miss Currier's and 
at Story & Steven's drugstore. Price, one dollar. It 
will require a sale of about three hundred copies to 
pay the cost of the book. If any more copies are 
sold the proceeds will go into the church treasury. It 
is hoped that the people of the community will find 
the book valuable enough to purchase it and so pre- 
vent any financial loss. 

St Mary's Church 

THE AMOUNT RAISED for the Archdeaconry 
Fund was a little over $-jo. This is for the mission- 
ary work of the church. 

MR. ERNEST L. MABEY, of Newton Lower 
Falls, has been elected to the ofiice of Sexton of the 
church. He has so far filled the place well, and given 
good satisfaction. 

THE HARVEST SUPPER which was held in 
November proved in every way a success. It was 
largely attended and was a very sociable affair. The 
proceeds amounted to about $'{0. 

RT. REV. L. H. WELLS, I). D., Missionary Bishop 
of Spokane, Washington, will speak in St. Mary's 
Church on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 11, at 4.30, on 
the work in his missionary field. The Rector would 
hereby urge the pirishioners to give Bishop Wells a 
cordial welcome. He will not expect an offering. 

THE COMMITTEE for December elected to serve 
for St. Mary's Church Guild are: Mr. Samuel W. 
Clifford, Mrs. F. G. Morse, Mrs. W. C. Norcross, 
Miss Annie Swallow, Mrs. .S. N. Sears. The next 
meeting of St. Mary's CJuild will be held Thursday 
evening, Dec. 8, in the Parish House. All are cor- 
dially invited to attend. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL will hold its "Christ- 
mas Eve" service in St. Mary's on Saturday after- 
noon, Dec. 24, at 4 o'clock. The exercises of the 
Christmas tree will take place later in the Parish 
House, where all will assemble after the services in 
churcii. Parents and friends are earnestly invited to 
be present with the children. 

THE FESTIVAL OF CHRISTMAS falls this 
year upon Sunday. The services of the day will be 
at the usual hours, excepting that the Holy Com- 
munion will be at noon instead of at the early hour. 
There will be the usual changes in the service to make 
special emphasis of the great historic fact of the birth 
of the Saviour. 

THE CHRISTIAN YEAR of the church began 
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9 



which precede Christmas are preparatory to that great 
festival. This season teaches not only of Christ's 
coming in the flesh for our salvation, but of His sec- 
ond coming to judge the world. This season witli 
its crowning festivals, Christmas and Epiphany, is fnll 
of solemn significance for the devout churchman. 

St. Andrew's Church 

IT WAS PLEASANT to see so many of the mem- 
bers of the other churches of the town at the service 
on Thanksgiving Day. l!ut it is to be regretted that 
so few of our own members were present. 

ON ACCOUNT of the storm last Sunday, only 
seven people appeared at the morning service, six 
women and a boy. Where were the men? In the 
evening tlie service was given up. 

A MISSIONARY MEETIN(; will be held on the 
afternoon of Wednesday, Dec. 14, with an address by 
the Rt. Rev. Lemuel H. Wells, Missionary Bishop of 
Spokane, Washington, who will describe the work of 
tlie church in the far West. All who are interested 
in missions are cordially invited to be present. 

DURINCi THIS WEEK the Treasurer of the 
church will send out pledges for the church support 
during the coming year. It is hoped that we shall 
have more and larger pledges than last year, in order 
to meet the increased demands of a growing organiza- 
tion, but that at the same time every one who makes 
a pledge will do so with the fidl intention of keeping 
it up. A pledge to a church is a sacred promise never 
to l)e violated except through absolute necessity. 

AN AFTERNOON TEA will be given under the 
direction of the I'arish Aid department of the Cuild, 
on Saturday afternoon, Dec. yl, from three to si.\ 
o'clock, at the house of Mrs. A. E. Sanford, Dover 
street, corner of ]!elair avenue. An admission of 25 
cents will be charged. 



COLLEGE ANNOUNCEMENTS 

Dr. Joseph C. Iloppin will lecture in the chapel of 
Wellesley College, Dec. 5, at 7.30 i'. M. Subject: 
" The American I'l.xcavations at the lleraium of Ar- 
gos." Readers of Our Town are cordially invited to 
atteiid this lecture and to extend the invitation to 
their friends and neighbors, who would be interested 
in the subject presented. 

The College preachers for the month of Decetr.ber 

are asfollows : Professor J. W. Churchill, of Andover, 

Dec. 4th; Dr. Nathan ]•:. Wood, of lioston, Dec. nth. 

The .Sunday morning ser\ ices are as usual open to all 

friends of the College. 

(Ireatly to the regret of the College it is impossible 
to extend a general invitation to concerts. Few seats 
remain in the chapel after provision has been made 
for the attendance of members of the College and 
their invited guests, but any otlier ])erson learning in 
advance of a concert and desiring to attend it, is cor- 
dially invited to address a note to the Secretary of 
the President, stating the wish in season for a reply. 
In case a suitable seat can be provided, a ticket of 
admission to the concert will be sent by mail unless 
some other way is suggested. 



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Threjid, Lining ami Trininiini;- Store. 
CORSETS 

and 
Cotton UNDERWEAR. Woolen 

W. p. BIQELOW & CO., 

56 Temple Place, 

Boston. 

Orders by mail solicited. 



The ladies of the Wellesley 
Hills Unitarian Society will 
hold their usual Christmas Sale 
of useful and fancy articles, 
flowers, candy, etc., at the 
Church Parlor, on Thursday 
and Friday, December 8th and 
9th. Refreshments will be 
served. There will be enter- 
tainments in the evening:. 



Springer Bros. 

FURS 

And LADIES' GARMENTS of Every 
Description 

Ilni-Q\-uiis in Tnilor-Mndc Stiitf^ 
r,!)(> WASH INOTOX STREET. - HoSTOX 

SPECIAL DISCOUNT TO STUDENTS 
OF WELLESLEY COLLEGE 



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H. L. ROLLINS 



Attoiiiev and Counsellor at Law 



Washington St., 
wei.i.esi.ey. 



728 Tremont Bldg. 
boston, mass. 



FRED H. YOUNG 

Teacher of Pianoforte, Oriran and Harmony. 
Post Office Bo.x 207, 

Welleslev Hills- 



HRS. W. L. TAYLOR 

Teacher of Piano, 



Wellesley. 
Refer to 

Mr. G. W. Chadvvick, Director New England 
Conservatory of Music. 



TUTORING 

In MATHEMATICS, (JREEK and LATIN,— 
ICntrance Requirements or College Conditions.' Ad- 
dress : 

GRACE B. TOWTSISEIMr>, A. B., 
WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS. Tutor at Wellesley College. 



TUTORING IN COLLEGE 

And Preparatory Work, and (Irammar Crade 
Studies. 
For References and Terms. Address 

CAROLYN J. PECK, B. A., 
"Wellesley Hills. 



DANA HALL SCHOOL== WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

Special advantages in the Modern Languages, 

Music and Art. 

For circulars address the Principals, 

JULIA A. EASTMAN, 
SARAH P. EASTMAN. 



CONFECTIONERY. 

Pictures Framed. 
Ladies' Rubbers. 
"Sorosis" Boots. 

DYE HOUSE AGENCY. 

Wellesley Forks. Wellesley Songs. 

Wellesley Spoons. Wellesley Lyrics. 

Wellesley F"rames. Wellesley Calendars. 

Wellesley Banners. Wellesley Magazines. 

Wellesley Pillows. Wellesley Legendas. 

Wellesley Hat Pins. Wellesley Photographs. 

MRS, H, E. CURRIER, 
Grove St, _ _ - Wellesley. 

Wellesley Hills Pharmacy 

PRESCRIPTIONS 

A 

SPECIALTY. 

C. H. SPRING, 
UK \i i:r i \ 
FJour, Grain, Hay, Straw and Wood. 
Brick ani Cement, Bradley's Fertilizers 

WASHINOrON ST., NEWTON L. FALLS. 

MclNTOSH ^*ik 

Wellesley, Wellesley College, Wellesley 
Hills, Wellesley Farms, Woodland and 
Waban 

.^^ EXPRESS 

Boston Offices: 174 Washington, 15 Devonshire, 105 Arch' and 

77 Kingston Streets. 

Leave Boston at II A, M. and 2 P. M. 

THE NEWTON ICE CO 

Is jjrepared to inrnisli a tirst-class quality of 
Pond Ice in Wellesley Hills, Newton Lower 
Falls and South Weston. 

niLLER & HATCH, Proprietors. 
P. O. Address, - Newton L->w er Falls. 

MERRITTS- KEITH 

Dealer in Provisions ... Fresh and 
Smoked Fish ... Oysters in their 
Season ... Fresh Fruits and Vege- 
tables. 

WELLESLEY HILLS. 



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. SUMMER CONVENIENCES. 

The "All Right" Oil Cooking Stoves are by far the 

handsomest and most durable in the market. 

Price of Two=Burner Stove, $5.00. 



A Superior Refrigerator is a necessity at this season. 
Our line of Refrigerators have Modern Improvements, and are 
up-to-date. When in need of Hardware, Estimates upon 
Plumbing or Heating, Doors, Windows and Frames, Remem- 
ber us. 



#> FISKE & COMPANY, 



Natick, Mass. 



F. A. COOLIDGE. O. E. STEVENS. 

F. A. COOLIDGE & CO., 

DEALERS IN 

Choice .. Meats .. and .. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 
Goods, etc. 

WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY. 
F. DIEHL & SON 

Dealers in Coal, Wood, 

Hay and Grain. ^' 'ff 

TELEPHONE NO. 16=4 

WELLESLEY, MASS. 



BUTTERICK PATTERNS 

Any pattern or Biitterick pub- 
lication niay be ol^tained at 

MRS. E. W. ILSLEY'S 

\VELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE 

BOLLES & YOUNG 

Dealers in Fine Groceries, boots, Shoes and Rul)- 
bers. Teas, Coffees and -Spices, best Minnesota Flour. 

Boot and Shoe Repairing a Sr)ecialty. 

NEAR WELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE. 



F»A.irs[TEFJ 



W D WIL^^ON 

. AND .. OECOI^ATOFi 



A Large Stock or Wall Pft per s . A Fme 
Line of CcRTBioaE Papers oi^ all Colors 

WITH ECRDERS TO MATCH ... ALSO PICTURE 
lVIOULDir4GS, KOOK3, C R O 3 , ETC 



STORY & CUTTER 

Successors to 

C \V. F»ERRY 

DRUGGISTS 

Wellesley 



iViass. 



Shop rear of iVIcLeod's Block 



Wellesley Hills 



C. H DADMUN JOHN BENSON G. FRANK HORTON 

Phillips (^ompany 

Successors to 

FREEMAN PHILLIPS 
CARPENTER . AND . BUILDER 

Jobbing: attended to promptly. 
Plans estimated. 

Shop, Forest Street, 

P. O. Box 292. WELLESLEY HILLS. 



FRANCIS W. UNDERWOOD 

EHBALHER 

Repairing on Locks, Keys, 

Unil)rellas, Electric Bells, Fancy Glass and 

China Ware, etc., etc. 

Bells to Lease with care of same by the year. 

Orders left at F. H. Porter's Wellesley, 
Or Chas. M. Eaton's, Wellesley Hills. 

Box 300, Wellesley, flass. 

Price' List on application. 

The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 
EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D., 
Washington St., Wellesley. Superintendent. 



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PEOPLE'S STEAM LAUNDRY 

ESTABLISHED 1886 

A first-class Laundry with every facility 
for doincr f irst-closs work. Special attention 
given to Gents' Custom Dress Shirts and 
Ladies' Shirt Waists and "White Dresses. 

ED^WARD KIXCM is ovar agent 
for Wellesley Mills, and li. L. 
FLA-GG is agent for Wellesley. 

D. A. MAHONY & SONS, Props., 

7 & 9 Common St., Natick. 

. . . DENTIST . . . 

ADELBERT FERNALD, D. M. D., 

Graduate of the Dental Dept., Harvard University 

Will be at Wellesley Monday and F>iday of each week, Ap- 
pointment can be made by addressing, 4'J6 Massachusetts Avenue, 
Boston, or Shattuck Building, Wellesley. 

OFFICE HOURS, Reference, Dr. E. E. Bancroft. 

8 A. M, TO 4 P. M. 

The Wellesley Tea Room 



PURCHASING AGENCY 



JkTeals served a la carte 

Orders taken for Cake, Macaroons, Doughnuts, Salted 

Almonds, Croquettes, Ices. 

DRESSMAKING 



MISS R. M. KINDER 
Partridge Block, - = Wellesiey 



NEXT TO TEA ROOM 



MISS M. E. FITZPATRICK 

DRESSMAKING 

CORNER CENTRAL AND CROSS STS., WELLESLEY 

ART Embroidery 

STAflPING AND DESIGNING 

NEW DESIGNS FOR CHRISTMAS WORK 
Stamped Sofa Pillows and Table Covers=-=SO Cents Each 

College Pillows 

DESIGNED TO ORDER 

HISSES A. & n. COLHAN 
No. 9 Park Street (Ticknor House), BOSTON 



MISS F. H. CURRIER 

GROVE STREET, - - WELLESLET 

personally attends to 

SHOPPING IN BOSTON 
THURSDAYS. 

Orders solicited. 

F. Diehl, Jr. & Co., 
LIVERY & BOARDING STABLE 

Central Street, Wellesley. 

Meet all trains. Telephone No. 16-2. 



New Shoe and Department Store 

F. O. CRIPPS, Prop., 

Shattuck Building, = Wellesley Square 

NEWEST FASHIONS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. 
GENTS' FURNISHINGS, HARDWARE, ETC. 
VERY BEST QUALITY OF WOOD ALCOHOL. 

Everything Sold at Boston or Natick Prices 



When in Boston take luncheon at 



FERGUSON iSc BLAKELY, 



22 Temple Place. 



Fine confeetionerv for sale. 



ELM PARK-Wellesley HiUs 

First-CIass Family Hotel 

JUNCTION WASHINGTON & WORCESTER STS 

STEAH HEAT. EXCELLENT TABLE. 
SPACIOUS GROUNDS. STABLE, ETC. 

Several desirable rooms to let for winter or 

year. 

ICE CREAM AND FROZEN PUDDING MADE 

TO ORDER 



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JANUARY, 1899 



Volume II Number i - - - {lo"".1sayS 



CONTENTS 

Editorial ♦ . . ♦ , 3 

The Episcopal Church H. U. Monro 3 

CoIIegfes and Settlements FiV7a D. Scudder 5 
Church News 

Wellesley Congfregfational Church . ♦ 7 

Wellesley Hills Congfregfational Church ♦ 7 

Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society . . 8 

St. Andrew's Church ♦ ♦ . 8 

St. Mary's Church .... 9 

Wellesley Collegfe Notes ... 9 

The Wellesley Clubs .... 10 



1^ 'ff 



CHARLES M. EATON. Publisher, 
"Wellesley Hills, Mass. 



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Agents for the 0**»ent, 
Cottage St. = = Wellesley. 



All kinds of repairing promptly and skillfully 
done at lowest prices, and work guaranteed. 
Wheels cleaned and adjusted. 
Bicycles to rent. 




RIDGE HILL FARHS DAIRY 

Successors to John Lawson 
at Wellesley Hills 

MORNING and EVENING DELIVERY 
TELEPHONE 23 3 

VISITORS ARE WELCOME AT ALL TIMES 
Wellesley mail address: 

W. G. SMITH, Supt. 

C. H. SPRING, 

DEALER IN 

Flour, Grain, Hay, Straw and Wood. 
Brick and Cement, Bradley's Fertilizers 

WASHINGTON ST., NEWTON L. FALLS 

McINTOSH ^^. 

Wellesley, Wellesley College, Wellesley 
Hills, Wellesley Farms, Woodland and 
Waban 

^a^ EXPRESS 

Boston Offices: 174 Washington, I'l Devonshire, 105 Arch and 
77 Kingston Streets. 

Leave Boston at II A. M. and 2 P. M. 

THE NEWTON ICE CO. 

Is prepared to furnish a first-class quality of 
Pond Ice in Wellesley Hills, Newton Lo\ver 
Falls and South Weston. 

niLLER & HATCH, Proprietors. 
P« O. A ddress^ - Newton L ower Falls. 

MERRITTS- KEITH 

Dealer in Provisions ... Fresh and 
Smoked Fish ... Oysters in their 
Season ... Fresh Fruits and Vege- 
tables. 

WELLESLEY HILLS. 




WATCHMAKER A^^D OPTICIAN 

Special attention given to fitting eyes and filling 
Oculists' prescriptions. 

M. G. SHAW, 

Washington St. - - - Wellesley. 

rtltrMONE CohNECTIOMS. / '^'S^ W HfARTfilDGEr- 

Mr. Partridge is at his Wellesley Studio 
every Monday and Tuesday. Kesidence, 
Brook St., Cor. Benvenue. Telephone 66-2, 
Wellesley. 

W. W. McLEOD 

SOLE AGENT FOR WELLESLEY 

FOR THE 

CELEBRATED KING ARTHUR FLOUR. 



1,000 LOADS 



OF FLNE LOAM FOR 
SALE CHEAP 



JOHN CROSWELL 



WELLESLEY HILLS 



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Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the fiist 
of each month. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Edward H. Chrtndler, Wellesley. 

Publislier, Charles iM. Eaton, Wellesley Hills. 

Advertising Agents, Perry A. Ballon, Wellesley Hills; A. K. 
Tisdale, oOi) Washington Street, Boston. 

Subscriptions may be left at Flagg's News Stand or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Wtliesiey; Mrs. Ilsley's, Wellesley Hills, or at the 
Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Wellesley Hills Post 
Office. 

EDITORIALS 

THE CHIEF cause of the misunderstand- 
ings and snai> judgments which are so 
common in the worhl is inability to take 
another's point of view. Once we have 
made up our minds just what we want to 
think, it is apparently very liard for us to 
readjust our judgments to harmonize with 
tlie views of anotht-r person. Jiut a willing- 
ness to make an attempt at such readjust- 
ment is more manifest in these days. It is 
one of the good signs of the tnnes. This 
attempt needs to be generally made. It will 
not do for us to content ourselves with say- 
ino;, "Mv neioiibor must chantie his A'iews 
and see things as I do." W^hen we do say 
that we show oftentimes that there is more 
for us to do than for tlie iieiLrhbor. 



M'^': 



INISTElllS and churches are quite 
.'ustomed to being charged with nar- 
rowness of vision. The curious thing 
is that the charge comes most often from 
those who do not make personal friends with 
ministers and refuse to go inside of a tdnirch. 
What is actually being preached from the 
pulpits in these days? Who should know 
better than the man who never hears a ser- 
mon, and prefers the Sunday "Howlei-'"' to 
all literature that is produced by the clergy! 
The very essence of narrowness is always 
the refusal to consider truth from another's 
point of view. 

THAT THE evils of denominationalism 
and sectarian divisions of the Christian 
church have arisen from narrowness no 
one wishes to deny. How shall these evils 
be lessened? Surely by widening one's 
breadth of vision first of all. The })eople 
who are in sympathy with one Christian 
denomination need to know more accurately 
than they do the ])oint of view of those of 
other denominations if they would form truly 
broad and just opinions of Christian truth. 
It is for the purpose of giving the different 
points of view to those who are not familiar 



with them that a series of three articles on 
the Episcopal, Congregational and Unitarian 
churches is begun in this number. Each of 
these articles is written independently of 
the others, and states, entirely without the 
controversial spirit, what each of these three 
churches has to say for its own form of belief 
and methods of working. We shall be glad 
to know that these articles have helped to a 
better understanding of the positive elements 
of Christian faith. 



TT WOULD be a great relief to the Editors 
I if they could simply do their part and not 
have to remind the "gentle readers" to do 
theirs. Ikit those half-dollar cards that were 
sent' out to about four hundred people in 
town seem to have gone somewhere else than 
into the Oar Town mail box. - If our kind 
friends would only use the cards, we should 
be greatly encouraged. We send this num- 
ber to all the old subscribers as a reminder 
that new subscriptions are due. 

THE EPISCOPAL CHURCH 

THE multiplicity of religious sects, and 
their differences of belief and practice 
forms one of the saddest features of the 
Protestant religion in our land today. And 
this division of the Christian world is being 
seriously considered by thoughtful people 
everywhere; not only from the religious 
stand])oint but also for social and economic 
reasons, separation and differences in th.e 
religious life of the American peo]»le are 
conditions to be deeply deplored. The 
Ikoman Catholic Church is, theoretically at 
leas% at unity in itself. We see the con- 
trary of this in the Protestant world. There 
are "what is known as the "Evangelical 
denominations," or churches — the Method- 
ists, the Presbyterians, the Baptists, and the 
Congregationalists; those also of a more lib- 
eral faith, the Universalists and the Unita- 
rians. 

What is the i)()sition of the Episcopal 
Church in this nnitter of separation? Is she 
in a state of schism or separation? If not, 
wherein is she rigl\t as to hei- theory and 
reasonable as to her position among other 
Christi m denominations? 

The Episcoi)alian speaks of his church as 
the true church, and in doing so has certain 
definite facts in mind. It is certain to him 
that historically the church he loves, as to 
faith and doctrine and forms of worship, is 
\k)X\\ primiUve and a- oxtoUr, and in an ideal 



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sense is catholic. It is primitive because 
it dates its beginning from Christ. When 
Jesus said to St. Peter: "Upon this rock I 
will build my church, and the gates of Hades 
shall not prevail against it," and later, gave 
commission to His apostles: "Go ye into all 
the worhl, and preach the gospel to every 
creature, baptizing them in the name of the 
Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy 
Ghost," He then and there founded His 
church. The Episcopalian believes, also, that 
his church is the true one, because it began 
with the apostles, they being Christ's co- 
workers and successors, establishing it by 
His express command, according to His idea 
and purpose. Hence, according to the order- 
ing and ministry of the apostles, its continu- 
ity as the Episcopal Chui'ch has been pre- 
served unbroken and uninterru])ted unto this 
day; that is, for eighteen hundred years it 
has been the Apostolic Church, with a three- 
fold ministry established by tlie apostles; 
i. e., bishops (or apostles), presbyters, and 
deacons. This church has never from the 
very beginning had other than these three 
orders. It recognizes no other orders as 
valid, or as properly authorized to adminis- 
ter the sacraments or to preach the word of 
(Tod as "this church hath received the same" 
from Chi-ist. The churchman is convinced 
tlien, l)y the history of the New Testament 
and that of the Christian church subsequent 
to the Gos))el era, that his is the Apostolic 
('hurch because it is "built upon the founda- 
tion of the apostles and prophets, Jesus 
Christ himself being the chief corner stone." 
The chui-chman believes also that his church 
is "Catholic;" I. e., in idea, and if he be a 
true lover and follower of Christ he is trying 
to make his cliui-ch catholic in fact. The 
word ciitltolic is not the exclusive ])ropt'rty 
of our liomajiist friends. To l)e a "good 
Catholic" is as possible for the Episcopalian 
or any other Christian as it is for the Rom- 
anist: for "catholic" in its ])rimitive use and 
in its derivative sense means sini|)ly "gen- 
eral" or "universal"; as applied to the 
church was inclusive, rather than exclusive, 
was expressive of charity, as the true spirit 
of Christ's religion. The position of the 
Episcopal with reference to other churches 
is this. She is a part of the great Anglican 
Communion, which includes the Episcopal 
Church in America, the English Church, and 
the Churches of Scotland and Ireland. These 
churches are a branch of the "One Holy 
Catholic Church." Like the Mother Church 



of England, the Episcopal Church was never 
in a state of schism. Since the first Christian 
century she has not separated from anj' body. 
There was a time in the history of the Chris- 
tian Church when there was no Romanist 
technically so-called. The Roman Catholic 
Church set uj) the papacy and, by heresy and 
schism separated lierself full live hundred 
years after the Catholic Christian Church 
had become the "household of faith" for 
civilized Europe in the East and West. 
There was a time when there was no Presby- 
terian, no Congregationalist, no Methodist 
nor Baptist, etc. Aftei- the Reformation, 
which purged the Catholic Church of the 
corruptions and false doctrines of Medieval- 
ism, the diffei'cnt churches named grew into 
separate I'eliu'ious svstenis. I'hese all, and 
others still later, renounced the orders, sacra- 
ments, forms of worship, government and 
discipline of the Christian church; stood 
aloof from her, and made the schisms, if 
schisms thei'e be. What then is the position 
of the Episcopal Church'? She is the true 
church, and not in a state of separation; for 
she is Christ's Chui-ch, adhering to His doc- 
trine "the pillar and ground of the truth," 
historic, ])rimitive, catholic, the "Mother of 
us all. 

Wherein is the sti-ength of the church 
shown? Fii-st, in tlie simplicity and pui-ity 
of all the articles of the Christian faith, as 
contained in the Apostles' Creed. Second, 
in episcopacy, government invested in 
bishoi)S, ci-eated and sustained by the princi- 
ples of a ])ure democracy, inherent in the 
church and state. Third, in a divinely 
ordered ministry, administering the two sac- 
raments instituted by Christ, "ministered 
with unfailing use of Christ's words of insti- 
tution." Fourth, in a liturgical form of woi-- 
ship, as set forth in the "Rook of Common 
Prayer." 

The breadth of the church's position is 
another evidence of her strength. Her com- 
prehensive spii'it is her glory. She does not 
say how much a man shall believe or accept 
as Christian doctrine or how little. She has 
set forth in her Articles of Religion and in 
her great creeds — the spiritual facts in the 
ideal life of Christ our Lord. 

The revelation of God the Father, Son 
and Holy Ghost, and the essential doctrines 
flowing from this revelation are in the Apos- 
tles' and Nicene Creeds. Tlie historical 
facts of Christ's religion and His divine doc- 
trine are embodied also in the liturgy of the 



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Prayer IJook. They are rehearsed by the 
devout worslii|)))er as he observes tlie rota- 
tion of the Christian year. In the sj)irit of 
wise liberality the E[)isc-i)))al Church dis- 
tinguishes between essentials and non-essen- 
tials in nuittei-s of doctrine. The result is 
that today men of most extreme views in 
Jion-essentials, and great divergence m the 
interpretation of the Church's doctrines, are 
\vorship])ing in the "•same household of faith." 
This was not thought tt) be ])(»ssible a gener- 
ation oi- moi'e ago. We find those sympa- 
thizing with the |)rinci{)ks and ritual of the 
IJonian Church worshipping and conjniuniiig 
with those holding the extreme evangelical 
views of the Protestant faith. Yet both 
parties find it the home of their love and 
both worship the one Father an<l rejoice in 
the blessings of a common service of praise 
and prayer. With this comprehensive spirit 
in the power of her divine commission, the 
aim of the church is the unihcation of Chris- 
tendom. 

Her policy, then, is inclusion, not exclu- 
sion. She would include in her heavenly 
fold all those "who love our Lord .Jesus 
Christ in sincerity and truth." She would 
bring into the one great household of the 
faith, all nations, races and kindreds of the 
earth. She teaches that separation is sin, 
that "in union there is strength," joy and 
peace. Her prayers are within and for the 
"Church Universal," — "for all sorts and con- 
ditions of men" — that they all may be one 
in Christ. Therefore, in these resourceful 
days in our national life, the Episcopal 
Church has set herself to the task of mould- 
ing the discordant elements of modern Chris- 
tianity into a national church. She has 
already ind)ued the richest blood and best 
fibre of the nation with the "Church idea." 
She stands at the fore-front with the best 
thought and purpose of our time. Her con- 
servatism is firmly rooted in the wisdom of 
the past. She is also progressive. Her spirit 
is quick to see the signs of the times, and 
open to the spiritual possibilities of the fu- 
ture. The Church believes then that hers is 
a special mission. She is striving to bring 
the teachings and spirit of Christ the Sav- 
iour, to the humblest as well as the greatest 
of God's children in one great household of 
faith and love. The Episcopal Church has 
steadfastly set her face to this ideal as she 
labors for the salvation of men. And so 
her outlook toward the future is full of hope. 

II. V. MONRO. 



COLLEGES AND SETTLEMENTS 

IT IS NOT quite a decade since a move- 
ment appeared in our women's colleges, 
slight indeed m hopes, but not slight in 
asi)i rations. This was the College Settle- 
ments Movement. It did not originate in 
America, for from Oxford, so lich in similar 
expi-essions of collective life, the impulse 
toward social service of this tyi)e had already 
started, and Toynbee Hall was a fact, though 
a new one. Yet anyone who knew the 
beginnings of our movement from within can 
testify that it was reality independent in large 
measure, proceeding from a questioning spirit 
of uni-est, a sense of social responsibility, a 
longing, strong in our girls' colleges, for 
greater freedom to share the privileges all 
the more valued because recently gained. 
It was by alumna' of Smith College that tlie 
desii'e for a house in a poor quarter which 
might serve as a central expression for the 
social work and ideals of college women was 
first formulated. Women from Wellesley 
and other colleges soon joined the ranks; 
and in the autumn of '89, the first college 
settlement in America was opened in Kiving- 
ton Street, New York. Hull House, Chicago, 
oi)ened in the same month, was a wholly 
independent expression of the same impulse 
in tlie West. The College Settlements 
Alovement t'onsigne(l itself then and later to 
the East. Within a year, the forinal College 
Settlements Association was established in 
the leading eastern colleges for women; with- 
in tliree years, settlements under the control 
of this association were flourishing, as they 
have continued to tloui-ish, in Philadelphia 
and Boston as well as in New York. 

The last settlement bibliography reports 
eighty settlements in America alone; eighty 
centres where those conscious of privileges 
of one kind or another, religious, practical, 
oi- jturely social, seek to share them with the 
great un])rivileged, industrial throngs who 
produce those material utilities by which the 
privileged live. This profoundly democratic 
and Ameri(;an instinct for i-ecij)rocity may 
take many forms, but college settlements, 
with their distinct character, bear a special 
relation both to the colleges and to the com- 
munity. 

No one intimately connected with a 
women's college can fail to realize the useful- 
ness of the settlement interest there. Col- 



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leges tend to become self-centred, absorbed 
in their own little world of ambitions and 
relations. The settlement chapter, through 
the speakers whom it brings, through the 
ideas it awakens, through the points of con- 
tact it affords between the students and the 
actual settlement work, helps to keep the 
larger life of the nation and its needs before 
the eyes of those who are preparing soon to 
bear their part in that life, those with whom 
rests the future. It kindles that sense of 
social responsibility which must be aroused 
in those who have received the most from 
our country, if we are to spiritualize 
this mighty democracy of ours. It helps 
make the girls better Americans. The head 
of the college chapter is a member of the 
electoral board wliich controls the settle- 
ments. Twice a year she attends a meeting 
held at some one of the houses, and reports 
it on her return to her constituency. Stu- 
dents often spend their vacations at one of 
the houses; groups come in for an occasional 
evening and furnish entertainment to the 
most appreciative of audiences; other groups 
ai'e sometimes taken by some friendly lal)or- 
leader or resident to gain brief glimpses of 
sweat-shops or tenement houses; flowers are 
sent in and often distributed by the students; 
and friends from the settlement neighbor- 
hood, wee children, mothers, working- 
women, boys, as the case may be, are received 
in the fresh beauty of the college surround- 
ings. Without doing any systematic work, 
which would be quite wrong during under- 
graduate days, students can yet gain if they 
choose an idea more or less vivid of the con- 
dition under which an industrial population 
lives. Such an idea is an inestimably valu- 
able possession, a part of the education 
which every American woman should receive. 
No one can know any one of the three 
houses controlled by the College Settlement 
Association without feeling that whatever 
defects it may have it is full of life, of enthu- 
siasm, of that vigorous impulse to press out- 
ward and upward, which preserves an enter- 
prise from becoming a stereotyped repro- 
duction of its own past. It is an inspiration 
merely to watch from week to week the dif- 
ferent groups of people coming into our 
lovely rooms. Here are the kindergarten 
children, absorbing unconsciously influences 
that make for harmony of spirit. Here, a 
music-school helps to self-expression that 
wonderful instinct for melody native to the 
Hebrew race. Here, industrial training in 



arts and crafts tries to set free the artistic 
gifts which many of the European nations, 
Italy, Armenia, and others, can contribute to 
us if we will refrain from imprisoning those 
whom they send to our shores in a ceaseless 
round of mechanical toil. Here, classes of 
Shakespeare, Dante, or other great imagina- 
tive literature, nourish that Celtic craving 
for the dream and for poetic beauty, which 
the Irish have so often to suppress when they 
reach our prosaic land. Practical instruction 
in household arts for girls and mothers; 
debating or dramatic clubs for the young 
men; conferences where labor-leaders and 
college professors join in friendly inter- 
change of experience; all these and many 
other activities are fused in any college set- 
tlement into a certain unity, despite their 
heterogeneous character, by the strong fel- 
lowship of social hope and faith which holds 
together those who direct them and those 
who share. These houses are assuredly a 
beautiful outcome of the college tradition. 
Centres placed among the classes occupied 
with material production, drawing their life- 
blood from the classes most dedicated to 
intellectual pursuits, they may to a peculiar 
degree bring the distant near to one another, 
and promote that untrammelled fellowship 
which is our chief national aim, for they fur- 
nish a means that is proving month by month 
its rare effectiveness, by which the indus- 
trial population may be drawn into intellect- 
ual and spiritual unity with the rest of tlie 
nation. It would be misleading to speak of 
the College Settlements Movement as if only 
college peoi)le were concerned in it. Their 
work is largely one of initiative; and as set- 
tlements grow, it becomes increasingly evi- 
dent that the movement must remain a small 
one or perish altogether, unless the commun- 
ity at large rallies to its support. Women's 
colleges cannot subscribe money enough to 
suyjport many settlements. They can fur- 
nish life, enthusiasm, guidance, but of money 
they have little. The sum which the colleges 
give the settlements every year is geneions 
from the college point of view, but it is cjuite 
inadequate to develop the work as it ought 
to be developed. Since colleges themselves 
have to be supported partly from without, 
we need not wonder that the same thing 
holds true of the settlements which are tlieir 
offspring. Realizing all this, the College 
Settlements Association invites all persons 
interested, men and women, to join its ranks. 

VTDA I). SCUMDKU. 






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Melleslc^ Conoreoational Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

S U N DAY 

10.30 Morning Worship. 

11.55 Snnday School and Adult Bible Class. 

3.30 Junior C. E. Society. 

6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 

7.15 Evening Worship. 

TUKSDAY 

3.00 Woman's Union. 

FRIDAY 

7.30 Mid-week Service. 

EXCHANGE. The Pastor will exchange with 
Rev. G. A. Brock, of Saxonville, on Sunday morning, 
Jan. 15. 

NEW MEMBERS. On Jan. i, the Church receives 
into its fellowship Professor and Mrs. A. K. niouni, 
Miss Annette Blount, Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Allis, Miss 
Fannie Allis, and Miss Janet Mcl'herson. 

AN ATTRACTIVE BOOK. The Committee in 
charge of the publication of the History of the 
Church have produced a volume of 240 pages, hand- 
somely bound in silk cloth or buckram, with gilt tops 
and uncut edges. As the the cost was inevitably 
greater than had at first been anticipated, it was found 
necessary to raise the price to $1.25. As a matter of 
loyalty to the church it is hoped that every family in 
the parish will own a copy for reference. 

NEW OFFICERS. At the annual business meet- 
ing of the Christian Endeavor Society, held on Dec. 
29th, otificers were elected to serve one year as fol- 
lows: President, Miss Marion Anderson; vice-presi- 
dent, Miss Mabel W^alcott; recording secretarv. Miss 
Mabel Dadmun; corresponding secretary, Air. G. 
Clinton Fuller; treasurer. Miss Evelyn Robbins ; 
chairmen of committees : Mrs. C. E. Fuller, lookout ; 
Mr. W. L. Russell, Jr., prayer meeting; Miss P2thel 
P^uller, social ; Miss Florence Weston, good literature ; 
Mr. I. H. Farnham, missionary ; Miss Mary Wiswall, 
.Sunday school ; Miss Katherine I'enner, flower; Mr. 
Bertram Sandstedt, music ; Miss Helen M. Withing- 
ton, finance. 

MID-WEEK SERVICE. A new arrangement of 
topics is to be followed at the Friday evening services 
hereafter. The subjects for five weelss, beginning 
with the services of the "Week of Prayer," are as 
follows : 
Jan. 2, Monday. "Prayerful confession." i John 

I : 5-10. 
Jan. 3, Tuesday. "The Church universal." i Cor. 

12:4-13. 
Jan. 4, Wednesday. "What shall we do .> " Mark 
10: 17-22. 

(A meeting for young people). 
Jan. 5, Thursday. "Joint-heirs with Christ." Romans 
8:17. 

(A sermon by the Pastor). 
Jan. 6, Friday. "Serving the Kingdom." Luke 4:16: 22. 
Jan. 13, Friday. "Remarkable missionary events of 

1898." 
Jan. 20, Friday. "God, the Father Almighty." Luke 

15:11-24. 
Jan. 27, Friday. "The effect of home life on charac- 
ter." 
Feb. 3, Friday. "The effect of school life on charac- 
ter." 



Jfirst Couorcaational Cburcb in 
Welleslep 1biUs 

Organized, February 24, 1847 
REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Moi'iiiig Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

3.00 Junior Christian Endeavor. 

4.00 Adult Bible Classes. 

7.00 Union Service in charge of V. P. S. C. E. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

KRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

COMMUNION SERVICE on Sunday morning, 
Jan. I. Will not all church members worshipping with 
us make a special effort to he present at tiiis service.' 

WEEK OF PRAVI'IR. Tuesdity, The Church 
universal. Wednesday, Nations and their rulers. 
Thursday, Foreign missions. Friday, Home Missions. 

WOMEN'S MEETINGS. Tuesday, Jan. 3. For- 
eign missionary meeting at the house of Mrs. Swift, 
at 3 P. M. Jan. 10. Topic: The Development of the 
.Spiritual Nature by Home Training. Meeting to be 
held in the small vestry at 2.30. Jan. 24. Sewing 
meeting at the house of Mrs. .Swift, at 2.30. 

SUNDAY EVENINGS. Jan. i. A Consecration 
meeting, to be led by the Pastor. An earnest invita- 
tion is extended to the whole congregation to be pres- 
ent and participate in the service. Jan. 8. 1 he Mas- 
ter's Great Invitation, Matt. 11 : 25-30. Jan. 15. Where 
am I Going.' Psalms 1 19:59. At 7.30, Progress of the 
Kingdom. Jan. 22. Prayer for students. At 7.30, 
sermon on Constantine and his Times. Jan. 29. 
Christian Endeavor Day. Topic: God's Army. 

FRIDAY EVENINGS. Jan. 6. Home Missions. 
Jan. 13. What is it to Dwell in the Secret Place of 
the Most High and Abide Under the Shadow of the 
Almighty.' Jan. 20. What is the Christian Doctrine 
of Evolution of Character.' How Far is Growth in 
Grace in Our Own Hands.' Jan. 27. When Does 
One Become a Christian.' Right and wrong answers. 
The Pastor desires that topics for the next three 
months he handed to him as soon as possible. 

CHURCH BENEVOLENCES. As the offerings 
for the various benevolent organizations are given by 
the envelope system those w ho desire to give for such 
purposes are urged to provide themselves with enve- 
lopes, wdiich may be found on a table in the church, 
near the door. Only the offerings that are placed in 
these envelopes are devoted to the causes sjjecified. 
Jan. I. Foreign missions. Jan. 8. Home missions. 
Jan. 15. A. M. A. Jan. 22. Education Society. 
Jan. 29. Ministerial Aid. 

THE ANNUAL MEETING. The church voted 
unanimously to adojDt the individual communion cups. 
It elected as new officers Mr. Welland F. Sargent for 
deacon, Mrs. J. W. Peabody and Mrs. W. O. Robson 
for deaconesses, and Mr. J. K. Richardson on the 
Prudential Committee. All other officers were re-el- 
ected. The business meeting was preceded by a sup- 
per, provided by the ladies of the church, at which 
reports were presented from the \arious organiza- 
tions connected with the church. 



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Melleslep Ibills 'Clnitarian Society 

( )rganized, 187 I 
Ri:V. ALBER r 1!. VORSK. Pastor 
Religions Services 

SUNDAY 

10.4^ Morning Service. 
I J. 00 Suiidav School. 

SA^UKI)A^' 

9.00 Junior Branch .Alliance. 

rUKSDAV 

Woman's .Alliance, every second and fourth Tues- 
day. 

Communion Service on the tirst .Sundays of Jan., 
.Apr., July. Oct.. immediately after morning service. 



ON' SUNDAY, Jan. i, the communion service will 
follow the regular morning service. 

WE ARE VERY HAPPY to state that the sale 
held early in December netted between three and four 
hundred dollars. 



DURING MR. VORSE'S illness, Dr. Young of 
Waltham has occu])ied the pulpit, and will continue 
to do so until further notice is given. 

THE BRANCH ALLIANCE of this Society holds 
its meetings on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the 
month, at 3.00 p. M., in the church parlor. The meet- 
ing for Dec. 27th was omitted, coming as it did so 
close upon the holiday season. 

A RE.ADY and generous response to a call for 
garments, underclothing, and even boots, made it 
possible to send for distribution into homes where 
they were needed, barrels of articles donated by our 
parish, whicii the people of B. P. Chapel are ac- 
quainted with. Let us add that Mrs. Vorse, in spite 
of illness, was there, with a heart overflowing with 
her love for the children, and our only regret was the 
enforced absence of our Pastor, whom we are glad to 
hear however is comfortable, and we look forward to 
having him with us as soon as his strength will per- 
mit. 

THE CHILDREN of our Sunday School enter- 
tained twenty poor children connected with the B. P. 
Chapel on Friday, Dec. 23d, it being the clay for our 
Christmas festival. A beautiful tree in the church 
parlor was laden with gifts for the little guests, taken 
from the stores of our own children's toys, with new 
ones added. And from three until almost seven hap- 
piness reigned supreme, and the little girls and boys 
went back to their home with cheer in their hearts 
and not empty handed, but carrying with them the 
many gifts. Ice cream and cake were served to all. 
and to our own children as well, a present of candy 
was given, and .we feel it due them to say that they 
were model hosts and hostesses, and their enjovment 
was as great as that of their guests. 



St. ?lll^re\v'5 Cburcb 

( )rganized, i8yi 

REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rfxtor 

Reliojo us Ser vises 

Sl'NIiA\' 

10.30 Morning Prayer. 
12.00 Sunday School. 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 
Holy Comnuinion 

F"irst Sunday in the Month, 10.30 A. M. 
Third Sunday, 9.30 A. M. 
Other Sundays, 7.30 A. m. 

SATLrRDAV 

2.00 .Ministering Children's League. 
7.30 Oirls' Friendlv Societv. 

SUNDAY SCHOOL LIBRARY. New books 
have been added to the library and a bookcase has 
been purchased. .A catalogue will soon be issued. 

CHURCH PERIODICAL CLUB. All who have 
periodicals which they are willing to send to some one 
else, after they have finished reading them, are asked 
to hand their names to Miss i^ennelt, Dana llall. 

.MINISTEklNCx CHILDREN'S LEAGUi:. M:s. 
Thomas Watt has consented 10 take the post of 
Piranch Secretary. The meetings will he held at her 
house on Wednesday afternoons, after school. The 
children will work for the Home of the (iood Shep- 
herd, Rockland, Maine. 

HYMNALS Wl III MUSIC. Fifty hymnals with 
music have been distributed in the pews, and it is 
hoped that the congregation will join more heartily 
in the singing now that they have the notes of the 
hymns before them. It will be possible 10 learn some 
of the new hymns. 

ANNUAL M1;ETING. The annual meeting of 
the parish for the election of officers, hearing of 
reports, and transacting any other business of interest 
to the parish will be held in the chapel on Monday, 
Jan. 9, at eight o'clock. All members of the parish 
are urgently requested to be present. 

GIRLS' FKII.NDLY SOCIETY. Instead of the 
usual meeting on Christmas I'^ve, the Society joined 
with the children in their Christmas tree celebration. 
The Chaplain and the Lranch Secretary received 
handsome gifts, for which they were both exceedingly 
gratified. 

As there are several new members to be admitted, 
the initiation service will be held Sunday, Jan. 22, 
after evensong, which is the nearest date to the second 
anniversary of the opening of the Society. 

MISSIONS. The ICpiphany season which empha- 
sizes the truth of the manifestation of Christ to the 
Gentiles is particularly a]3])ropriate for the considera- 
tion of the subject of missions. The Woman's Aux- 
iliary will organize for the winter at the house of the 
Rector on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 3. The Sunday 
School will hold a missionary service on Jan. 15, in 
which it is probable that the Sunday Schools of St. 
Mary's, Newton Lower Falls, and St. Paul's, Natick, 
will unite with us. Sunday evening, Jan. 29, Mr. 
Stanton H. Key, of Sailor's Haven, Charlestown, will 
speak on the work of the Church for sailors. 



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St. /iDanVs (Iburcb 

Organized, 1S12 

REV. H. USHER MONRO, Rector 

A'e lig'io us Scrv ices 

SUNDAY 

9.30 Sunday School. 
10.45 Morning Prayer and Sermon. 
4.30 Evening Prayer and Address. 
Holy Communion 

First Sundav in the month, 10.45 ^- ^^' 

All other Sundays, 8.45 A. M. 

Special Festivals, 9.00 A. M. 

Choir rehearsals, Tuesdays and Fridays. 



AT THE USUAL service on Sunday afternoon, 
Dec. 25th, the sacrament of Infant Baptism was 
administered to Thomas Colhiun Norcross. 

THE ST. MARY'S GUILD will hold its regular 
monthly meeting mi Thurs''av even'ng, Jan. 12. The 
Committee is working for an interesting program. 
-All are urged to he present. 

THE SUNDAV SlTIO(.)L hekl a most interesting 
Christmas festival on Saturday. Dec. 24th. The 
church was illuminated with candk-s, after the man- 
ner of tifty years ago. Aftei an appropriate ser\ ice, 
the scholars and their friends assembled in the Par- 
ish House for the e.xercises of the tree. -All the mem- 
bers of the school were remembered with gifts. 

MR. JOHN BATCHELDKR has retired from the 
position of choir master and organist, after five years 
of faithful service. He has won the respect of all the 
parishioners and the lo\e of the Ijoys, to whom lie 
has ahva'>s been a devoted friend. We wish him 
every success in hi> new lield of laboi. 

THf: RT. REV. li:muel h. wells, d. d . 

Bishop of .Spokane, visited .St. Mar_\'s on Dec. iith, 
and gave a very practical address on his missionary 
work in Washington ; also the special features of it 
whicli need suppoit from Christian people in the 
East. 

THE BOY'S Fortnightly Chd) of St. ^Luy's held 
its second meeting at the Rectory on Tuesday even- 
ing, Dec. 20. A laigj number were initiated into the 
mysteries of the Clul). It is proposed to have only a 
limited number of the boys. The officers for three 
months are: President, Edward '["emple; vice presi- 
dent, Ronald Beck; secretary. Ralph ISeck; treasurer, 
Augustus Wisvvall. The members are (ieorge B. 
Spring. Harold Leslie. Harry l>urnett. Harry Mabey, 
Frank liaker, .Augustus Wiswall, James Baucioft, 
Jack Connolly, Walter Flynn, Walter McLean, ]-;d- 
ward Temple, Ralph Beck, Ronald Beck. 

THF. Ri;CTORV CLUB is composed of the young 
men in the parish over fifteen years of age. There 
are at present fifteen niemhers. '{"he Clid) has for its 
object the intellectual and social improvement of its 
members. They meet on the second and fourth 
Tuesdays "f each month. The Clidi will generallv 
meet at the rectory. At the meeting held on Tues- 
day, Dec. 27, the President's Mess 'ge was under dis- 
cussion. Topics are handed in by the members, and 
one is drawn by ballot for the succeeding evening's 
discussion. The officers chosen in December to serve 
six monihs are: Pres., Rev. H. U. Monro ; vice-pres., 
Chester C. Spring; secy, and treas., George H. Bur- 
nett. Next meeting will be held Jan. 10, at rectory. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

— College will reopen on Jan. 8th, after the three 
weeks of Christmas vacation. Thursday, Jan. 26, 
will be observed as the Day of Prayer for colleges. 

— Announcement is made of a recent scholarship 
gift, $3,000 in amount, from the late Sarah J. Hol- 
brook, of Holbrook, Mass. 

— A Christmas vesper service was held on the Sun- 
day evening previous to the closing of College, the 
music being under the efficient charge of .Signer 
Rotoli. 'I'he second meeting of the Wagner Club 
took place on the following Monday evening; and an 
interpretation, by lecture and music, of the ".Meister- 
singer" was given by members of the Cierman depart- 
ment. 

— The College calendar for the academic year 
189S-99 has recently been issued, containing full in- 
formation as to officers of government and instruc- 
tion, requirements for admission, the certificate right, 
courses of study, and other matters of importance. 
The description of courses offered in art and music is 
particularly interesting, both of these departments 
h ivintr I ecei\ed new imjjetns under their recent re- 
organization. 

Regarding the yearly session of the College, state- 
ment is made that ''the academic year consists of 35 
weeks, e.xchisive of vacations, and begins on the 
Wednesday fcdlowing the 14th of .September. June 
27 will be the date of Commencement this year, this 
being somewhat later than usual. 

— Advance pages of President Irvine's repoitfor 
the current year show many interesting facts in con- 
nection with the College. The faculty numlieisare 
stated as follows: Professors, 16; associate profes- 
sors, 16; instructors, 34; librarians, 3; health officers 
and director of the gymnasium, 3. Student numbers 
for llie vear ending last June are: Resident candi- 
dates for the M. .A. degree, 22; for the B. A. degree. 
(i2o: non-candidates for degrees, 23. The degree of 
B. .A. was conferred upon 146 candidates in June. 

Fiirtiiei s'atistics given in the report show that in 
the attend:uice last year thirty-eight slatts were re])- 
resented. Massachusetts, as usual, stndinr the laigest 
nunibei-. New York and Pennsylvania coming next. 
Eleven other states north of the Mississi]i| i corlrib- 
ute one-third, and ihirte-en states west of the Missis- 
siiipi contribute eight per cent. 1 he average age of 
tlie students last vear was as follows: Seniors. 23 
vears, i month ; JunitMs, 2T yeats, 7 nif nths: Sopho- 
mores. 20 yeais, 10 months; Freshmen, 20 years; 
special students. 24 \ ears, 3 months. 

The health record for the _\ear juM pa.^sed is 
excellent. Withdrawals for all reasons do not amount 
to quite three per cent of the whole attendance, nnd 
withdrawals on account of physical disaliliiy aie not 
quite one-half of one ner cent of the entire number. 
The Freshman class has lost Init three members dur- 
ing the vear, and only one bv reason of ill-health. 
This happv result is felt to he largely due to the care- 
ful srrutinv of the phvsical condition of Freshmen at 
the time of their admission. 

It also appears, from the repott, that for the la st 
three vears about forty-five per cent of the Freshnia n 
class has been admitted bv examinations which have 
been held in fune, in cities where there ha\e been 
candidat"s for admission. A compaiison of figures 
for the last three vears shows that local examinations 
have thus been held in twelve cities each year. 



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THE WELLESLEY CLUBS 



The Wellesley Hills Woman's Club 

The Woman's CUili will be addressed on Jan. 4th, 
by Miss Marie Ware Laughton. Subject: "The 
Voice in Conversation and Public Speaking." On 
Jan. 18th, the speaker will be Mr. Gamaliel Bradford, 
Jr., and the subject "An Old English Gossip. Samuel 
Pepys." The hour is 2.30 P. M., and the price of ad- 
mission for non-members is 35 cents. All are w^el- 
come whether voung or old, men or women. 



In view of statements made to the effect that there 
are cases of poverty in this town which do not jjecome 
known to those who might help, and also that there 
are fraudulent cases which are helped overmuch, the 
Club have appointed a Charity Organization Commit- 
tee who will look into the question and make such 
efforts as seem practicable to meet the needs. This 
Committee will not interfere with church, or town, or 
private benevolence, but they will try to serve as a 
medium of communication for those who wish on the 
one hand to save waste and demoralization, and on 
the other hand to extend help to all who are in need. 

The Committee are Mrs. William O. Robson, Mrs. 
William C. Norcross, and Mrs. Albert Jennings. 
They invite the hearty co operation of all the citizens 
of Wellesley, since it is evident that the value of their 
work must depend upon such co-operation. 

Wellesley Boys' Club 

The members of the Club invite their friends and 
fellow-citizens to a play entitled "The Two Puddi- 
foots," which will be given in the chapel of the Welles- 
ley Congregational Church, on Saturday evening. 



t, at eight o'clock. 



Tickets, twenty- 



December 31^ 

five cents. There will be music by a boy's orchestra. 
The proceeds will help furnish the Club with neces- 
sary equipment for the coming year. 



The Tuesday Club 

During the present winter the 'I'uesday Club is de- 
voting itself to a study of Spanish history and her 
ceded colonies. Papers have been given on "The 
Influence of the Moors" and "The Story of the Cid." 
Mr. Edward Sawyer of Newton has given the Club 
a paper on "Mexico." Subjects for future meetings 
are "The Inquisition," "Spain in the Netherlands," 
"The Conquests of Mexico and Peru," "The Revolu- 
tion of 1868," "Spanish Literature." Mr. Frederick 
Roy Martin, editor of the Providence Journal, will 
address the Club on Jan. 24th on "Porto Rico," and 
an evening of stereopticon pictures of Spanish archi- 
tecture is anticipated. 

The Maug:us Club 

Officers elected at the annual meeting: President, 
Edward Lawrence; vice-president, Noah A. Plymp- 
ton; secretary, Arthur E. Brown; treasurer, Henry 
M. Putney; executive committee, John D. Hardy, 
J. Winthrop Edmunds, Geo. E. Johnson, Edward D. 
Emerson. Victor J. Loring. 



PICTURES FRAMED. 
LADIES RUBBERS, 
"SOROSIS" BOOTS, 

AGENT FOR 

LEWANDO'S DYE HOUSE. 

MRS. H. E. CURRIER, 
Grove Street, Wellesley. 

New Shoe and Department Store 

F. O. CRIPPS, Prop., 

Shattuck Building, = Wellesley Square 

NEWEST FASHIONS IN BOOTS AND SHOES. 
GENTS' FURNISHINGS, HARDW.\RE, ETC. 
VERY BEST QUALITY OF WOOD ALCOHOL. 

Everything Sold at Boston or Natick Prices 

The Wellesley Tea Room 



Meals served a la carte 

Orders taken for Cake, Macaroons, Doughnuts, Salted 

Almonds, Croquettes, Ices. 

MISS M. E. FITZPATRICK 

DRESSMAKING 

CORNER CENTRAL AND CROSS STS., WELLESLEY 

J. TAILBY&SON 

THE WELLESLEY 
FLORISTS 

Artistic Floral Decorators. Choice Cut Flow= 
ers and Plants 

LINDEN STREET, OPPOSITE B. & A. R. R. STATION 
TELEPHONE CONNECTION 



When in Boston take luncheon at 



FERGUSON & BLAKELY, 



22 Temple Place. 



Fine confectionery for sale. 



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n 



H. L. ROLLINS 



Attorney and Counsellor at Law 



Washin'gton St., 

WnLI.ESI.EV. 



72S Tre.mont Eldg 

BOSTON, MASS. 



FRED H. YOUNG 

Teacher of Pianoforte, ()r,t:;an and Harmony. 
I'ost Office Box 207, 

\Vellesle\ Hills- 



F. A. COOLrOGE. 



O. E. STEVENS. 



HRS. W. L. TAYLOR 

Teacher of Piano, 



W'ellesley. 
Refer to 

Mr. G. \V. Chadwick, Director New England 
Conservatory of Mn,sic. 



TUTORING 



In MATHEMATICS, GREEK and LATIN,— 
Entrance Recjuirenients or College Conditions. Ad- 
dress : 

GRACE B. TOWNSEND, A. B., 

WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS. Tutor at Wellesley College. 



TUTORING IN COLLEGE 

And Preparatory Work, and Grammar Grade 
Studies. 
For References and Terms, Address 

CAROLYN J. PECK, B. A., 
Wellesley Hills. 



DANA HALL SCHOOL==- WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

Special advantages in the Modern Languages, 
Music and Art. 

For circulars address the Principals, 

JULIA A. EASTMAN, 
SARAH P. EASTMAN. 



F. A. COOLIDGE & CO., 

DEALERS IN 

Choice .. Meats .. and .. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 

Goods, etc, 

WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY. 



F. DIEHL & SON 

Dealers in Coal, Wood, 

Hay and Grain, iff ^ 

TELEPHONE NO. 16=4 

WELLESLEY, MASS. 
BUTTERICK PATTERNS 

Any pattern or Butteriek pub- 
lication may be obtained at 

MRS. E. W, ILSLEY'S 

WELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE 

BOLLES & YOUNG 

Dealers in Line Groceries, ISoots, Shoes and Rub- 
bers, Teas, Coffees and Spices, I'.est Minnesota Elour. 

Boot anil Shoe Renniriuti' a S/)ecinlty. 

NEAR WELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE. 



FRANCIS W. UNDERWOOD 

EHBALHER 

Repairing on Locks, Ke^'s, 

Umbrellas, Electric Bells, Fancy Glass and 

China Ware, etc., etc. 

Bells to Lease with care of same by the year. 

Orders left at F. II. Porter's Wellesley, 
Or Chas. M. Eaton's, Wellesley Hills. 

Office: Central Street, Wellesley, Hass. 

Frnr List on application. Box 300. 



The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, PLlectricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 
EDWARD H. WISW.ALL, M. D., 

Washington St., Wellesley. Superintendent. 



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A large amount of valuable statistical 
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FEBRUARY, 1899 



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CONTENTS 

Rev. Albert Buel Vorse ... 3 

The Influence of a Quiet Life F. A. Whiting 3 

Shall We Introduce "Sloyd'? J'^^rris T. Farwell 4 
Art in the School Room Reheard H. Chandler 5 

Chority Organization • Ellen E. Rohson 6 

Church News 

Wellesley Congregational Church • 7 

Wellesley Hills Congregational Church 

Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society 

St. Andrew^s Church 

St. Mary's Church 
Wellesley College Notes 



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REV. ALBERT BUEL VOFSE 

WE, the fellow pastors of the churches 
in Wellesley, wish to record here oui' 
tribute of aft'ectiou and esteem for 
our brother in the niinistrv. In all uood 
. works for the welfare of the connnunity and 
for the advancement of righteousness and 
goodwill lie was ever and heartily ready to 
co-operate. As a brother editoi- in Ouu 
Town we found hiii eai iiestly in sympathy 
with its ideal of religious and fraternal fel- 
lowship. Holding loyally to his own relig- 
ious opinions, no woid ever came from his 
lips that was antagonistic or divisive. Two 
articles from his pen, one on '-Public Sjiirit," 
(April, 1^9 ), and tlie other on '•Wo.slii])," 
(Nov.), fairly illustrate the spirit \)\ which 
he was ever animated. In the one he said 
of the ideal citizen: "His heart is set on 
doing right asid 'as (rod gives him to see the 
right' he will incline to walk." In the 
other he voiced the religions ex]>erience of 
one wh(» had "seas;)ns when in that huusL' ( f 
worship she felt her better impulses quick- 
ened, when her faith took firmer hold on the 
great themes of the spiritual life, times when 
the presence of her Father in heaven unfolded 
into more of a I'eality, times when cleai'ei- 
apprehension came of His being and love and 
directing Providence." In these two pas- 
sages spoke tlu' citizen and the minister. 
And when such a citizen and such a minister 
has for over a quai-ter of a century woven 
his life into the life of a community, his 
spirit and influence for good will never 
depart. We rejoice in the good testimonv 
of this faithful, gentle, and gracious life. 
W^e sorrow with those who are bereaved b}'' 
the earthly sundering of human ties. We 
sorrow for our own loss of a father in the 
ministry and a personal friend. 

PARpas T. Fauwei.l, 
William E. Hayes, 
Edwaim) H. Chandlei;. 



THE INFLUENCE OF A QUIET LIFE 

" Calm the village lay in midnight silence, 

Deep on the streets and roofs the snow lay white; 

Then I saw an angel spread his pinions 

Rising up to Heaven to meet the night." 

ON Saturday evening, January twenty- 
iirst, Albert lUiel Vorse, the deeply- 
loved pastor of the Unitarian parish of 
Wellesley Hills, passed into rest after sixty- 
eight years of tranquil, earnest life, devoted 
Avith beautiful and tender humility to the 
happiness of others. 

Probabl}' few other New England villages 
have experienced in so marked a degree 
what the influence" of so quiet a life may be; 
how far-reaching, liroadening, uplifting. 
With no thought of tliis, no purpose to be 
deemed a ])ower or a dominant force in the 
community, he yet did so become, wholly 
through his spirit of unfailing loyalty to 
whatever is highest in human thought and 
life. In S])eaking of him now, mere figures, 
periods, dates, events, would seem intrusive. 
It would be hard to recall when he was not 
part of our village life and close to the heart 
of it; and he will continue a part of that 
life while memory liolds. 

With what affection many of us recall the 
picture of the simple little wooden chapel in 
which we used to worship in what now 
seems the long ago, before the present beau- 
tiful church building took its ])lace. Many 
of the devoted souls that made that first 
modest meeting ])lace possible are still faith- 
ful workers here, and some have gone befoi-e 
waiting to welcome the spirit of him who has 
just left us. It is a happy thought that 
though he parted from so many loving hearts 
here, he found eager souls waiting for him 
there. 

One Sunday, years ago, sitting in that first 
simple little chapel, a loving child turned to 
her father and softly whispered: "Father, 
when Mr. Vorse is in the pulpit, I always 
seem to see a halo around his head." And 
when the gentle minister heard what the 
little child had said, he answered: "The 
halo is only in the dear child's heart." Plow 
typical is this of the sweet and beautiful hu- 
mility that colored his every thought and 
word and act. No man was evei- more utterly 
unconscious of his influence than he. It 
reminds one of the fable of the wind and the 
sun. The wind was noisy and blustering, 
but its power was evanescent and futile com- 
pared with the gentle and unceasing warmth 
of the sun. It was the unfailing warmth in 



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his heart that added so much to the influence 
of his quiet life. 

There are ministers and preachers. Rarely 
does one man meet the requirements of both 
at their best. By far the higher, more 
Christ-like mission is that of the minister, 
and herein was he a tower of strength, a 
very present help in time of trouble. His 
very presence radiated peace, comfort, faith, 
hope. 

Which of us, knowing him as he was, all 
these years, can recall his face, now that he 
has gone from us, and not feel at once the 
influence of that singularly tranquil some- 
thing, wliich we cannot name? His smile 
was inspiration. His voice i-ang true. To 
be insince.e was a thing irapossilde to him. 

Drunimond says, "Love is the greatest 
thing in the woi-ld." Hale expresses the 
same thought in saying that ''Love is the 
whole." Our old fainilia.- hymn says, "God 
is love." Love, then, is the spirit of all that 
is highest in human nature, for where real 
love exists it fills all and there is left no 
room for whatever is mean or selfish, or 
false. And was there ever a heart and soul 
more full, pressed down and running over 
with love than his? 

" We must not doubt, or fear, or dread 

that love for life is only given. 
And that the calm and sainted dead will meet 

estranged and cold in heaven : — 
O, love were poor and vain indeed 

Based on so stern and harsh a creed. 

Ikit love is no such soulless clod: living, perfected 

it shall rise 
Transfigured in the light of God, and giving glory 

to the skies : 
And that which mak"S this life so sweet 

Shall render Heaven's joy complete " 

Does it seem like laudation to speak thus 
of the great wealth of love that filled jiis 
soul? Not so to us whose happy fortune it 
has been to come into close and helpful 
touch with his daily life. The words only 
state a simple truth felt by all who truly 
knew him. He could think no evil He 
could do no wrong to the least of God's chil- 
dren. He loved his neighbor as himself, 
and the whole human brotherhood were his 
neighbors. 

And so as he lived he died, — passing 
peacefully beyond: crossing the bar without 
storm or stress, still the devoted pastor of 
the parish that had profited by the best years 
of his unselfish life. And in his own loved 
church, surrounded by his own people and 
loved ones, the last rites were paid while 



our hearts echoed the tender tributes on his 
memory laid. 

" Every heart was bowed in loving honor, 
Every heart with loving awe was thrilled; 

Earth and things of earth were all forgotten: 

He was there — and meaner thoughts were stilled." 



SHALL WE INTRODUCE "SLOYD''? 

THE advisability of introducing into our 
public schools that system of manual 
training known as Sloyd seems to be 
attracting a great deal of attention in Welles- 
ley. The Woman's Club has appointed a 
committee to consider the mattei-, and the 
W^ellesley Clul) at its January meeting in- 
vited Professor Gustaf Larsson, of i>oston, 
to address it on the subject. Thus far all 
who have investigated Sloyd seem to be 
convinced of its great educational value and 
the only serious obstacle to its adoption 
appears to be the difliculty of providing for 
it in an already crowded curriculum. 

It will interest those who did not hear 
Prof. Larsson to know^ the substance of his 
address. He began by stating that "Sloyd 
is an educational movement based upon 
universally accepted educational principles. 
It is not a certain set of exercises with cei'- 
tain tools. It is not satisfied by setting boys 
to sawing or planing. It wants to know 
what the bov is thinking about Avhile he is 
sawing and planing. Has he been doing 
work which gratifies his taste, which trains 
his eye to see beauty of line, form, and |)ro- 
portion, and which awakens his natural 
enthusiasm?" 

Prof. Larsson emphasized in various ways 
the difference between Sloyd and manual 
training, inasmuch as Sloyd has as its goal 
mental and ethical development primarily, 
while the ideal of manual training is first of 
all skill of hand. "All Sloyd is manual 
training," he said, "but all manual training 
is not Sloyd," — that is, manual training, as 
generally understood, is industrial rather 
than educational, and individualizing rather 
than broadening in its effect. C'en. Francis 
A. Walker held the sune position when he 
said of the effect of manual training on child- 
hood, "I care very little for its in-'uence 
upon eye or hand. Its chief work in my 
view is educational; and in that edu-ational 
work I place foremost its jiower of rectify- 
ing the mind itself." iVnd l*rof. Tyler in 
his recent lectures has said that if we intio- 
duce manual work into our grammar schools 
merely in order to fit boys for a trade we 



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are committing irreparable injury; but if 
this work is, instead, intended and employed 
to enlarge the boy, develop his brain power, 
and his general cai)acity, then it is invalu- 
able. And it was these principles which 
Prof. Larsson declared when he said: "A 
good mechanic, unless he is a student of 
child life, cannot teach Sloyd. An exhibi- 
tion of fine work does not prove the worth 
of a Sloyd teacher. We must know not 
only what work has been done but why it 
was done and how, ( in what spirit), to esti- 
mate its true value." That is, to know the 
value of Sloyd w^e need to see not the fin- 
ished piece of work, but the boy working. 
What is the boy })ecoming by his work? is 
the test question. "Work that represents 
fifty per cent teacher, forty per cent machin- 
ery, and ten per cent boy is not Sloyd. I'he 
purpose of the work is ethical ratlier than 
technical." 

Prof. Larsson's definition is interesting. 
"Sloyd may be briefiy defined as tool work so 
arranged and employed as to stimulate and 
promote vigorous, intelligent, self-activity 
for a purpose which tlie worker recognizes 
is good." We would emphasize the words 
"for a purpose." Elsewhere Prof. Larsson 
has Slid "Sloyd is based on the idea tliat the 
spontaneous exer.-ise of the creitive fai-ulty 
for a useful and good end is a moral tonic 
and tliat the mere acquisition of skill is not 
necessarily so." In the convei'sation which 
followed the address the s{)eaker illustrated 
this essential idea of Sloyd by comi)aring 
two pieces of work, one of which represented 
ex.ercisi'S in cei'tain kinds of tool work 
(straight sawing, planing, etc. \ the other 
was a completed and uselul object, made 
with the same class of tools. That is, in 
Sloyd the pupil is given something to make 
which he can make, which is worth making, 
Avhich will arouse his interest, and finally be 
his own, to 1 eep oi- give aAvay as he pleases. 
Children like to make things. Leave them 
alone with hammer and nails and a rusty 
old knife within reach and be sure they will 
proceed to make something. This creative 
desire is instinctive. Is it not indeed divine? 
And whatever is in line with it, whatever 
])art of the child's tiaining appeals to this 
creative capacity has a very strong argu- 
ment in its favor. So Dr. Henderson says: 
"The particular merit of the new education, 
represented by kindergarten, Sloyd, and 
manual training lies in this, that they pro- 
ceed psychologically. They recognize the 



child's desire as the source of action and 
effort, and build upon that." 

In a few moments of question and answer 
following his paper, Mr. Larsson spoke of 
the good physical effects of Sloyd, its value 
equally for girls and boj'^s, since it is mainly 
educational rather than technical, and its 
value as a mental stimulus. In answer to 
the question whether extra tinie would be 
needed for this work, he said that its men- 
tal value is so great that it can be intro- 
duced into the regular curriculum (by short- 
ening the periods of other studies) without 
lessening the amount accomplished in other 
studies. He recommended at least two 
hours a week. Classes should not number 
more than twenty. A complete outfit for 
such a class (benches, tools, etc.) would cost 
about $850. It should be introduced in the 
sixth, seventh, and eighth grades. Prof. 
Larsson concluded by inviting the gentle- 
men of the Club to visit him at his school, 
89 North Bennett St., Boston. i*. t. f. 



ART IN THE SCHOOL ROOM 

1 X MIILE it may be true that the time- 
y Y honored red Si-hooliiouse of New Eng- 
land, with its bare walls and whit- 
tled benches, lias sent out many a boy and 
girl who have risen to great usefulness and 
an honored name, we have come to believe 
that such results were ])roduced in spite of 
the barrenness and not because of it. Thei-e 
is no virtue in ugliness. Perhaps there may 
be found therein a distinct cause of vice. 

A movement has been well started in recent 
years to beautify the rooms of our ])ublic 
schools with woiksof art. Mi-. Koss Turne , 
of Salem, has been one ■)f the leaders in this 
movement. Himself an artist of fine talent, 
he has appreciated deeply the value to any 
young ))ers!)n of constant association with 
the product of genuine artistic genius. And 
his sufftirestions have been widely received in 
many places and have borne fruit in many 
beautiful school rooms and noble school 
buildings. 

The idea, says Mr. Turner, is not to make 
a school room pretty or to ]»ut pleasant things 
on the walls. It is to make the room inter- 
esting and a constant inspiration, to express 
the best thought through art. The inten- 
tion is not to make children aitists, l)nt to 
help them to appreciate art in their maturer 
years. Two or three large art museums may 
be enough for a state, but every schoolhouse 
might well l)e a small museum. A regular 



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system of art education might start from the 
Boston Art Museum and go out tiirough the 
whole state. 

As a people we need this art training. 
Professor Morse, of Salem, an expert in Jap- 
anese art, declares that the American people, 
as a rule, lack skill and are clumsy with the 
fingers. The average Japanese school boy, 
he claims, easily excels our men in drawing. 
Most Japanese are accomplished draughts- 
men. 

What we need is more creative talent. 
Our desiiiners are too intent on imitation. 
There should be schools of design in every 
manufacturing center like the one in Lowell. 

The practical suggestion Mr. Turner makes 
is to stimulate the taste for art by hanging 
upon the school-room walls fine reproduc- 
tions of great paintings, and by placing here 
and there in the school buildings well- 
executed busts of great characters. Culti- 
vate the patriotic side, and have in every 
room a portrait or bust which is distinctively 
American. Never put anything into a school 
room which is not first-class. 

A bejjinnino; has been made in this direc- 
tion in the Wellesley schools. As a direct 
result of Mr. Turner's remarks to the Welles- 
ley Club, and Mr. Perrin's invitation which 
followed, several gentlemen have offered to 
j)ay for the framing of pictures for school 
purposes. There is abundant oppurtunity 
for further generosity. And it will surely 
be a matter of pride to every citizen that 
barren and uninviting SL^hool rooms no 
longer put a premium on truancy. 

K. n. < . 



CHARITY ORGANIZATION 

THEKE has been gi-owing and gaining 
strength in our community for some 
time, a feeling that it would be wise and 
helpful to have some kind of organization 
which should promote charitable work among 
oui- own poor, and by which such work 
should be protected from fraud and imposi- 
tion. This sentiment quietly ci-ept into the 
deliberation of the directors of the Woman's 
Club at their first meeting in the new year, 
and took visible shape at the next regular 
meeting of the Club, January fourth, in the 
appointment of a committee of three to in- 
vestigate existing conditions in the town. 
If, as anticipated, such need should be 
found, this committee had power to increase 
the number of its members, and organize in 
such way as seemed expedient, in order to 



meet this demand. As a preliminary step 
an informal conference was called, compris- 
ing several representatives of the Woman's 
Club, the selectmen, and the clergymen of 
the town. The need of such organization 
and its value as an active factor in town 
work were readily acknowledged. Valuable 
information concerning the condition of the 
poor and existing methods of relief was elic- 
ited; plans of work were freely discussed, 
and the co-operation of town and church 
was .generally pledged t> the new enterjjrise. 

Thus eiK'ouraged, a more permanent ar- 
rangement of the Uomuiittee has been effected, 
with eight ad<litioiial tnembers, the adop- 
tion of a brief code of by-laws and a general 
girding on of ai'mor for work. An Advisory 
Board of clergymen, town ofiicers, teachers, 
and physicians has been appointed, which 
will. It is hoped, greatly facilitate the work 
by counsel and suggestion. Agents in each 
district of the town are also appointed, who 
will investigate, visit, and report. A depart- 
ment for receiving and distributing clothing 
is already established. A free bed in the 
Newton Cottage Hospital is greatly needed, 
and the Committee has promised its aid. 

At a recent public meetinj,- in New York 
for the discussion of scientific charity, Mrs. 
Josephine Shaw Lowell said: "It is best 
always to learn what is the matter befo.e 
you try to set it iight. It prevents the great 
moral evils i-esulting from the temptations 
offered t!ie poor by indisc ininate charity. 
To save them from the destruction of their 
moral natui'es by j)auperiz Uion, it is worth 
while to take any amouni of tiouble to iii- 
vestigaU^." 

This work the new committee will try to 
do, and they hope by careful and judicious 
effort and the real doing of real work, so to 
win the confidence of our citizens that any 
appeal coming from them will be honored 
at sight. 

Followino; is the oi'sjanization as it exists 
at present: 

Mrs. W. O. Ilobson, Chairman. 

Mrs. Parris T. Farwell, Secretary. 

Mrs. Arthur E. Brown, Treasurer, 
bert Jennings ) 
iry C. Bachelder ^ Distri 

Mrs. Henry P. Pronk ) 

Miss Theresa M. Lally, 

Mrs. Frederick Lauderburn, 

Mrs. William C. Norcross, 

Miss Mary C. Sawyer, 

Mrs. Charles E. Shattuck. 

ELLEN R. ROnSoN. 



Mrs. Albert Jennings 

Miss Mary C. Bachelder |>- District Agents. 



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Udelleslev^ Concircciational Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Worship. 

11.55 Sunday School and Adult Bible Class. 

3.30 Junior C. E. .Society. 

6.15 Senior C, E. .Society. 

7.15 Evening Worship. 

TUKSI1AY 

3.00 Woman's Union. 

KRIDAV 

7.30 Mid-week Service. 



HOME MISSIONS. The annual contribution to 
the Congregational Home Missionary Society will be 
made on Feb. 26. 

THE CHURCH COMMITTEE will hold its regu- 
lar meeting on P'riday evening, Feb. 17, at 8.30 o'clock, 
in the chapel, to meet all who desire to come into the 
fellowship of the church at the March Communion. 

SUNDAY SCHOOL. Tl-e annual meeting of the 
Sunday School will be held on Monday evening, Feb. 
6. Officers, teachers, adult scholars, and adult mem- 
bers of the church are qualified to vote. 

YOUNCi Pi'lUlM.K'S SOCTAL. On Wednesday 
evening, Feb. S, the young people are invited to a 
social in the Chapel. The program includes imper- 
sonations of the various presidents of the United 
States. 

LFNTEN ADDRES.SES. On Sunday evening, 
Feb. 19, the F'astor will begin a special series of six 
Sunday evening addresses on the general topic of 
"The Triumphs of Christian Faith." The separate 
sulijects will be announced on the Calendar. 

THE l.ITEKAKY COMMITTl^E of the Local 
Church Department of the Woman's Union has made 
plans for a series of afternoons with artists and 
authors. The first program, given on P^eb. i, included 
a paper on "Elihu Vedder," readings from the Rubai- 
yat of ()niar Khayyam, and an exhibition of Vecldt-r's 
paintings. There was an attendance of over thirty. 
Most of the women brought their sewing. The unan- 
imous verdict was that the plan was a success. Music 
will form an important ])art of future programs. AM 
the women of the congregation are cordially invited 
to attend. 

Fi;i!RUAR\" TOPICS for Friday evening services 
will be as follows: F"eb. ro, ''Resource^ for mission- 
ary work"; Keb. 17, "The significance and value of 
observing Lent"; Feb. 24, "Jesus Christ, the only Son, 
our Lord"; March 3, "The miracles of Jesus." 

ANNUAL STATISTICS. Memljership Jan. 1, 

1898, 278. Added during 1898: by letter, 6; on 
confession of faith, 2. Removed during 1898: l)y let- 
ter, 9; by death, 4; dropped, 2. Added in January, 

1899, 7' making the present total, 278. Total benev- 
olences for 1 89S, $979.78. $1 ,200 was paid on the prin- 
cipal of the debt on account of the Church Extension. 
There remains $550 still to be paid, of which $260 is 
already provided for. 



Jfirst Conareoational Cburcb in 
mnicsle^ -fcills 

Organized, February 24, 1847 

REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday .School. 

3.00 Junior Christian Endeavor. 

4. GO Adult Bible Classes. 

7.00 Union .Service in charge of Y. P. S. C. E. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

P'RIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

MORNING SERVICES. The Pastor will con- 
tinue the series of studies from the twelfth chapter of 
Romans. 

THE .MLN'IS TERIAl. AID FUND of the National 
Couixil. About $30 have been contributed for this 
fund. The Pastor will be elad to receive enough to 
raise the amount to $co. 

"OUR TOWN." We have appointed Miss Ruth 
Hoclgkins to secure s;:bscrii)tions in Wellesley Hills. 
It is hoped that a copy of the paper may lie in every 
house. The price charged does not cover the cost of 
publication. 

SUNDAY SCHOOL. We are to begin a new 
course of studies during this month. The subject 
for the year before us will probably be "The Life of 
Christ." The Pastor desires that all teachers keep a 
record of the faithfidness with which scholars \vi ite 
out the Huswers to the questions in the quarterly. 
At the close of the year some adequate notice will be 
taken of those who have done the work well. 

WOMEN'S MEETIN(;S. Feb. 7. Home Mis- 
sionary meeting at the Parsonage at 3 v. M. Address 
on City Missions by Miss Jennie L. Pratt, a Boston 
City Missionary. Feb. 14, at 2.30 p. M., at the small 
vestry. Subject: "The relative importance of phys'- 
cal, mental and spiritual development." Feb. r8. 
All (lav sewing meeting at the Parsonage. Basket 
lunch. Business meeting at 3 i'. .M. 

EVENING SERVICES. Feb. 5, "Idle in the 
marketplace." Matt. 20:1-16. "Are you a worker in 
the Kingdom of God or an idler?" Feb. 12, biief 
service at 7.00; Praise Service at 7.30. Topic: "Ora- 
torio Music." Feb. 19, Prayer Servjce, at 7.00, fol- 
lowed at 7.30 by an address on "Missions in Alaska," 
by Rev. Dr. Geo. M. P>oyntoii of the Sunday School 
Society. A collection will be taken for the cause. 
Feb. 26, service at 7.00, followed by sermon at 7.30, 
on ".Augustine and other early Christian writers." 

FRIDAY EVENINGS. Feb. 10, What is meant 
in the Sixth Beatitude by seeing (iod? Matt. 5:8. 
Feb. 17, How shall we fulfil the command "Thou 
shall love,'" Matt. 12:28-34. The Conimitte <■>' 
the church will remain in the vestry at the close of 
the meeting. Those who desire tr> unite with the 
church at the March Communion are invited to meet 
with the Committee at this time. Any who brine: let- 
ters from other churches may present them to the 
Pastor at any time. Feb. 24, Abraham. "Faith." 
What is perfect faith in God? Wherein have we 
failed in attaining it ? Heb. iitS-iq. 



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8.45 A. 


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St. /IDarp's Cburcb 

Organized, 18 12 

REV. H. USHER MONRO, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

9.30 Sunday School. 
10.45 Morning Prayer and Sermon. 
4.30 Evening Prayer and Address. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the month, 
All other Sundays, 
Special Festivals, 
Choir rehearsals, Tuesdays and Fridays. 

THE CHURCH GUILD will hold its last meeting 
before Eent on Thursday evening, F"eb. 9. The par- 
ishioners and friends are all cordially invited to attend. 

MR. JOHN PLEASANTS, choir-master of the 
Church of the Advent, lioston, has accepted the posi- 
tion of choir-master in St. Mary's. Mr. A. S. Morse 
has also been secured as organist. There is every 
promise that the music of the choir will be kept up to 
the standard of former years. Mr. Pleasants was the 
choir-master here five years ago, and was much 
respected by all the parishioners. He was cordially 
welcomed by the young men in the choir who were 
formeily his boys. 

THE FORTNIGHTLY CLUB, composed of the 
boys in the narish, had a very pleasant meeting in the 
Parish House on Tuesday evening, Jan. 31. The boys 
invited the Hoys' Club of the Church of the Good 
Shepherd, Waban, to be the guests of the evening. 
There was -x tug of war, with several amusing games 
and refreshments. Mrs. C. H. Spring, Mis. Clifford, 
and Miss Eva Wisvvall presided over the festivities to 
the great pleasure of all present. 

THE RKCTORY CLUB wiM hold its last meeting 
l>efore Lent on Feb. 7, at the Rectory. The subject 
of "Single Tax" has been the question under discus- 
sion for two meetings. During the season of Lent 
the meetings of the Club will be devoid of the usual 
social features and devoted to discussions and read- 
ings. The C'lub has beeji very popular and success- 
ful, and is limited to twenty members. 

LENT begins this year on Wednesday, Feb 15th. 
The day is known in the ecclesiastical kalendar as 
Ash Wednesday. The parishioners are urged to bear 
in mind the solemn purpose of this season. They 
should attend all the services as appointed; mind to 
come to the Holy Communion of the Rody and Blood 
of Christ as frequently as possible; live soberly, god- 
ly and quietly; to seek the grace of God in the sacra- 
ments and services of the church; to abstain from 
worldly pleasures and places of amusement. Let 
every one endeavor to be true to the church's teach- 
ing and to the best convictions of duty to God, so 
that God's blessing may rest upon us and be imparted 
to others by a faithful keeping of Lent. Services in 
Lent will be as follows: 

Ash Wednesday: 

Service and Holy Communion at 10.30 A. m. 
Evening Service at 7.30 P. M. 

Tuesdays in T-ent, 4.30 P. M. 

Fridays in Lent, 7.30 P. M. 

Special festivals: 

.Service and Holy Communion at 9.00 A. M. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

MID-YEAR EXAMINATIONS began last week, 
after the Da) of Prayer, and the second semester of 
college work will open Feb. 13. The annual Glee 
Club concert will, as usual, occur about the middle of 
the month. 

MEMORIAL WINDOWS. It is announced that 
the central lights of the two transepts have been al- 
ready taken as memorials. In one ex-Governor 
Claflin will place a window designed by Tiffany, in 
memory of the late Mrs. Claflin. In the other the 
Class of '86 will place a memorial to Professor Eben 
Horsford. 

MAxN[Y IN 1"ERES1TNG EVENTS have occurred 
in the college life during the last month. Bishop 
Lawrence preached here on Sunday, January 8. A 
delightful song recital was given on the evening of the 
9th, by Miss (iertrude May Stein, contralto, assisted 
by Mrs. Isabel Munn White, accompanist; and a sec- 
ond enjoyable concert was that given by Madame 
Helen Hopekirk, Jan. 23. Dr. George .Santayana, of 
Harvard University, lectured in the chapel .Monday 
evening. January 16, on " Imagination and Mysticism 
in Themselves and in Emerson," the lecture beingfol- 
lowed with a reception given by the philosophy de- 
partment. Another lecture of interest was delivered 
Jan. 30, by Mr. Gardiner, instructoi at Har\ard,on 
'•The Influence of Tyndale's Translation of the I'ible 
on luiglish Prose Style;" a reception was given after- 
wards by Miss Hart and Miss Eaton of the Englisii 
depi'.rtnieiit. The Freiu-h play, ''L'An'our Medecin," 
presented Jan 21, by students in that language, was a 
pronounced success. Professor Carla Wenckebach 
lectured on the "Walkiire" at the meeting of the 
Wagner Club, January 17, musical illustrations being 
given by Mi-^s Margareihe Midler. This Club, which 
now numbers about one hundred, grows steadily in 
popular favor. 

SERVICES, ON THURSDAY. January 27, the 
Day of Prayer for Colleges, were conducted bv Rev. 
Amory H. Bradford, D. D., of Montclair, N. J., who 
preached a strong sermon from Isaiah 63: r, last 
clause. — the Chie "mighty to save." "There is one 
shining fact in all the history of the last two thou- 
sand vears," said Dr. ISradford. "There has been one 
man in this world v^'hose only excuse for lieing here 
has been the fact that he came to bring benefit and 
blessing. The power that makes for righteousness is 
one that meets us wherever we study the history of 
the past. .And do we not find, when we face facts, 
that we are saved from our evil condition just in pro- 
portion as we are willing to be.' The sublimest, most 
satisfying ideal ever presented to a human being is 
the ideal presented by Jesus Christ. . . The great 
word of this century has been spoken by the Czar of 
Russia. If there is any one man in this world who is 
living the life of Jesus, it is Count Tolstoi: and I 
have read nothing in all history that has so thrilled 
me as the record of the visit of the Czar to the Count 
in peasant robes. . . To all the suffering, the sin- 
ning, the lonely, the broken-hearted, there is One 
'mighty to save;' the only condition is willingness 
on our iiarts, for He has said : ' Him that cometh 
unto me I will in no wise cast out.'" Dr. Bradford 
spoke at Dana Hall in the afternoon, and again at the 
College prayer service in the evening. 



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TimeUesle^ IbiUs IHnitarian Society 

Organized, 1871 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

SATURDAY 

g.oo Junior Branch Alliance. 

TUESDAY 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues- 
day. 

Communion Service on the first Sundays of Jan., 
Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service. 

THE WORK of the Junior Alliance during the 
month of January iias been devoted wholly to the 
making ot garments in the interest of the Floating 
Hospital. The work continues with imabaiing earn- 
estness, and many children will be i.omfonably gowned 
on their summer outing, through the industry of our 
little workers. 

THE PASTOR of the Unitarian Society of Welles- 
ley Hills, Rev. Albert Huel Vorse, died at the parson- 
age on Jan. 21, 1899, after an illness of two months. 
Mr. Vorse wis born in Lewisburg, Pa., Nov. 27, 1831. 
A graduate of liucknell College; studied law at 
I'Laston, Pa., and was admitted to the bar. After 
a year entered the Unitarian Divinity School, at 
Meadville, graduating in 1863. Pastorates at Sand- 
wich, Mass.. Liitleton, Needham, and Wellesley Hills. 
Mr. Vorse has been identified with the life of our 
town over twenty eight years. 

That his quiet, genial influence has made a deep 
imjjression on the community no one can doubt who 
saw the large gathering filling the Unitarian Church 
on Tuesdav, January 24; gathered to give silent ex- 
pression to the loving regard in which all held this 
pure and earnest man. 

The service was opened by Kev. Charles O. Ames, 
D. I)., of the Church of the Disciples, ISoston, who 
read selections from the Scriptures, and in his own 
words also gave expression to the faith in the immor- 
tality of the soul, the beauty of the holy life com- 
pleted, comfort for the living, and love foi- him "who 
was away." Following Dr. Ames, Mr. Farwell spoke 
tenderly of the message of love and si mpat''y he 
brought from his society to ours 

Rev. Di. Voung offered the closint' jiraver. The 
congregation joined in the Portuguese hymn and were 
dismissed bv the benediction. 

As thev passed in mute farewell, all must hive felt 
how peaceful was the rest of such a soul, even as the 
quiet of his bodilv rest among the flowers he loved, 
dl trib rtes from 1 iving friends. There was the wreath 
symbol of unity, the cross made sweet with violets, 
and the ascension lilies speakinc of the immortal 
awakening. Kverything spoke of the beaut v of death 
among friends loved so long. Nothing was missing 
save that which has comforted sorrowing hearts for 
over a quarter of a century 

"The touch of ihe vanished hand 
And the sound of the voice which is still." 



St. Hn^rcw's Cburcb 

Organized, 1891 

REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Religions Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Prayer 
12.00 Sunday School. 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the Month, 10.30 A. M. 
Third Sunday, 9.30 A. m. 
Other Sundays, 7.30 A. M. 

GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY. Mrs. Geo. H. 
Lowe entertained the Society at her home in Welles- 
ley Hills, on Saturday evening, Jan. 14. On Sunday, 
Jan. 22, two associates and three members were initi- 
ated after even-song. 

EVEN-SONG ADDRESSES. The course of 
addresses on the Beatitudes, which are being deliv- 
ered at even-song on Sundays, will be continued 
through February, to be followed in March probably 
by a course on the ''Sermon on the Mount." 

.AFTERNOON Tl'lA. An afternoon tea and mus- 
icale will be held at the house of the Rector under 
the auspices of St. Andrew's Guild, on Saturday after- 
noon, Feb. II, from 3 to 6. Admission and refresh- 
ments free. Candy and chocolate cake for sale. A 
general invitation is extended to all the members of 
the parish and their friends. 

CHURCH OFFICI'IRS. At the annual meeting 
held Jan. 22. all the officeis of last year were re- 
elected. Messrs. 1 auderburn, 1 owe. and Sanford were 
appointed as delegates to the diocesan convention in 
Mav. The Treasurer gave an interesting report of 
the finances, showing that the church is in a piosper- 
ous condition with a good outlook. 

WOMAN'S AUXILIARY. Meetings aie held on 
Monday afternoons at different houses. Assignments 
for February are as follows: Feb. 6, Miss Mabel 
Hall; Feb. 13, Mrs. Nye; Feb. 20. Mrs. Stanwood ; 
Feb. 27, Miss Jennings.' 

The Auxiliary is making garments for the Church 
Orphanage in Memphis, Tenn.. and the House of the 
Good Shenherd, Rockland, Me. During the meet- 
ings, chapters of "Dawn on the Hills of T'ang." 
describing missionary work in China, are read in 
turn bv different members. All the women of the 
church are invited to join the Auxiliary. 

LENTEN SERVICES. By request of several 
people of the parish, the chapel will be open every 
day during the Lenten ser-son. Daily services will 
be held as follows: 

Monday, 4.45 P. M. Penitential Service and Inter- 
cessions. 

Tuesday. 4.45 p. M. Vespers. 

Wednesday. 7.45 p. m. Even-song and address. 

Thursday, 4.45 P. m. Vespers. 

Fridav, 4.45 P. M. Litany and address. 

Saturday, 8 00 P. M. Girls' Friendly Service. 

St. Andrew's, being a free church, welcomes all 
the people of the community to all its services. The 
week-day services of Lent offer special opportunities 
to those who cannot come on Sundays. 



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SAMUEL W. CLIFFORD 

AUorney-al-Law 

23 Court Street, Rooms 611 ond 612, 
Boston. 

Wellesley Hills, Opposite Elm Park Hotel. 



SCIENTIFIC HORSE SHOEING 

CARRIAGE IRONING 

Having had twelve years' experience llalancing 
and Shoeing Gentlemen's Roadsters, both pacers and 
trotters, I am prepared to give satisfaction. 

Your patronage is respectfully solicited. 



J. LANE & 50NS. 



WELLESLEY. 



The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 

EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D., 

Washington St., Wellesley. Superintendent. 



MISS M. L. MORAN 

DRESSMAKING 



Room 2, 5haw Building, 



Wellesley, Mass. 



FRED W. ALLEN, D. M. D. 
.... Dentist 

SPECIALTY ; Mondays and Fridays 

Crown and Bridge Work Shattuck Bldg. 

and Regulating Wellesley 



W^tion voii think 



of Printing or Engftavingf 

of the highest order 

Remember 

The Maugus Press 

at Wellesley Hills. 



THE TEACHERS' EXCHANGE 

OF BOSTON, 258 WASHINGTON ST., 

Recommends Teachers, Tutors and Schools. Wellesley 

Students are invited to call. 



H. L. ROLLINS 



Attorney and Counsellor at Law 



Washington St.- 
wellesley. 



72S Tremont Bldg. 

BOSTON, MASS. 



r\RS. W. L. TAYLOR 

Teacher of I'iano, 

Wellesley. 
Refer to 

Mr. G. W. Chadwick, Director New England 
Conservatory of Music. 



TUTORING 



In MArilE.MATlCS, GREEK and LATIN,— 
Entrance Requirements or College Conditions. Ad- 
dress : 

GRACE B. TOWNSEND, A. B., 

WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS. Tutor at Wellesley College. 

TUTORJNQ IN COLLEGE 

And Preparatory Work, and Grammar Grade 
Siudies. 
For References and Terms, Address 

CA.ROLY1SI J. F'ECK, B. J^., 
Wellesley Mills. 



DANA HALL SCHOOL- WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

Special advantages in the Modern Languages, 
Music and Art. 

For circulars address the Principals, 

JULIA A. EASTMAN, 
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Meals served a la carte 

Orders taken for Cake, Macaroons, Doughnuts, Salted 

Almonds, Croquettes, Ices. 

MISS M. E. FITZPATRICK 

DRESSMAKING 

CORNER CENTRAL AND CROSS STS , ^^ ELLESLEY 

J.TAILBY& SON 

THE WEI-LE5LEY 
FLOKJSTS 

Artistic Floral Decorators. Choice Cut F!cw = 
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LINDEN STREET, OPPOSITE B. & A. R. R. STATION 
TELEPHONE CONNECTION 

THE NEWTON ICE CO. 

Is prepared to furnish a first-class quality of 
Pond Ice in Wellesley Hills, Newton Lower 
Falls and South Weston. 

niLLER & HATCH, Proprietors. 
P. O. Address, - Newton Lower Falls. 

W W. McLEOD 

SOLE AGENT FOR WELLESLEY 

FOR THE 

CELEBRATED KING ARTHUR FLOUR 



1,000 LOADS 

OF FINE LOAM FOR 
5ALE CHEAP 

JOHN CROSWELL 

WELLESLEY HILLS 

MERRITTS- KEITH 

Dealer in Provisions ... Freeh and 
Smoked Fish ... Oysters in their 
Season ... Fresh Frtsits and Vege- 
tables. 

WELLESLEY HILLS. 



O. E. STEVENS 



R A. COOLIDGE & CO., 

DEALERS IN 

Choice .. Meats .. and .. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 

Goods, etc. 

WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY. 

F. DIEHL & SON 

Dealers in Coal, Wood, 
Hay and Grain, iff iff 

TELEPHONE NO. 16=4 

- WELLESLEY, MASS. 
BUTTERICK PATTERNS 

Any pattern or Butterick pub- 
lication may be obtained at 

MRS. E. W. ILSLEY'S 

WE). LESLEY HILLS SQUARE 

BOLLES & YOUNG 

Dealers in Fine (Groceries, Honts, Shoes and Rub- 
bers, Teas, Coffees and S|3ices, IJest Minnesota Flour. 

Boot and Shoe Repairing a Specialty. 

NEAR WELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE . 

FRANCIS W. UNDERWOOD 

EHBALHER 

Repairing on Locks, Keys, 

Umbrellas, Electric Bells, Fancy Glass and 

China Ware, etc., etc. 

Bells to Lease witli care of same by the year. 

Orders left at F. H. Porter's Wellesley, 
Or Chas. M. Katon's, Wellesley Mills. 

Office: Central Street, Wellesfey, riass. 

Price List on application. Box 300. 



New Shoe and Department Store 

F. O. CRIPPS, Prop., 

Shattuck Building, = WeHesIey Square 

NHWEST FA5H10NS IN BOO! S A\0 SHOF;^. 

GENTS' FURNISHINGS. HARDWARE. ETC. 

VERY BEST QUALITV OF WOOD ALCOHOL. 

Everything: Sold at Boston or Natick Prices 



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Natick Five Cents Savings Bank 



Deposits and Surplus, 



$1,800,000 



Deposits go on Interest Feb. i, 
May I, Aug. i, and Nov. i. 



Bank open 9 A. M. to 3 p. m. 



FREDERICK O. BASTON, 

Treasurer. 



HACK BROS. 

FISH AND OYSTERS 

First quality. Always reliable. 



Box 100 



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C. M. McKECHNlE, Baker & Caterer 

Manufacturer 0/ Ice Cream, Sherbets and 
Frozen Puddings. All orders attended toprowpt- 
Iv. Telephone 5-4. 

NO. 10 MAIN STREET. N.ATICK. 



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Ko. 61 ^South Street, 



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Successors to John l.awson 
at Wellesley Hills 

MORNING and EVENING DELIVERY 
TELEPHONE 23 3 

VISITORS ARE WELCOME AT ALL TIMES 
Wellesley mail address: 

W. G. SMITH, Supt. 



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No. 20 Exchange Place, Boston, Mass. 

Telephone No. 2872. 



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INSURANCE, 

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( Boston, 43, 
Telephones \ 

t Wellesley, 54=2. 

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LOWEST RATES. WILL CALL ON REQUEST. 



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SHIPPERS OF GRAIN AND FEED 

CAR LOTS ONLY 

We advise Dairy Men to use our celebrated "Milk" 
Oat Middlings. Analysis 15.44 % Protein. 

"Sampson" recleaned Fancy Barley Oats the cor- 
rect feed for Driving Horses. 

FOR SALE BY 

F. DIEHL & SON, Wellesley, Mass. 

C. H. SPRING, Newton Lower Falls, Mass. 

And all prominent New England grain dealers. 

C. H. SPRING, 

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MARCH, 1899 



Volume II Number 3 



( 5 cents a copy 
j 50 cents a year 



CONTENTS 



Parris T. Farv 



ell 



Business for the Town Meeting: Richard Cunningham 

Congregationol Churches 

The Beam in Our Eye 

Editorial ..... 

Friendly Aid .... 

" For Student Days and Birthdays^' 

The Consumers' League 

Education 

Church News 

Wellesley Congregational Church 

Wellesley Hills Congregational Church 

Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society 
■ St. Andrew's Church • • 

St. Mary's Church 
Wellesley College Notes • 



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CHARLES M. EATON, Publisher. 
A?Vellesle5^ H:ills, Mass. 



OUR TOWN 



SAMUEL W. CLIFFORD 
Attorney-at-L,a^A/ 

23 Cour Street, Rooms 611 and 612, 
Boston- 

Wellesley Hills, Opposite Elm Park Hotel. 



Carter & Peabody 

Negotiators of Mortgages 
Real Estate in Wellesley Hills a specialty 

Insurance in First-class Companies 
at Minimum l^ates. 

73 Tremont St., Tremont Building, Room 749, 

BOSTON, MASS. 
S. B. Carter, Telephone, 

I. W. Peabody. Haymarket 277 

Abbott Rd., Welleslev Hills. 



No One 



In Boston has a larger 
variety of China and Glass, or 
sells at any lower prices, 
quality considered, than we 
do. 



76 Years Continuous Business 

ABRAM FRENCH CO., 
Corner Franklin and Devonshire Streets. 




THINK TWICE 



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Attorney and Counsellor at Law 



Washington St., 
wellesley. 



728 Tremont Bldg. 
boston, mass. 



The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 
EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D., 
Washington St., Wellesley. Superintendent. 

J. J. E. ROTHERY. S. P. PERRIN. 

ROTIIERY & PERRIN, 

Ji^ire Tiisurmicey 

No. 20 Exchange Place, Boston, Mass. 

Telephone No. 2872. 



GEORGE C. BUELL, 

INSURANCE, 

Wellesley Farms, Hass. Boston Office, 85 Water St. 

I Boston, 43, 
Telephones < • 

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''SOROSIS," 

The new shoe for women, are fasliionable, comfortable and perfect fittino;. We have no 

shop-worn lots or mark-down sales, because each and every pair are new, fresh, and 

"up to date." Our sales of this famous shoe have been many thousands of pairs the past 

year. "Sorosis" are the best in the world at the price or anywhere near the price, which is 

alwavs the world over <^ -> }Tf\ 

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Kdited by llie Pastors of W'ellesley and published on the first 
of each month. 

-Manaa;in£; Editor, Kev. Edwaxl H. Chandler, Welleslev. 

Publisher, Charles M. Eaton, Wellesley Hills 

Advertising Agents, Miss Mary Wiswall, Welleslev: A. K. 
Tisdale, 309 Washington Street, Boston. 

Subscriptions may be left at Flagg's News Stand or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Weliesiey; Mrs. Ilsley's. Wellesley Hills, or at the 
Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Welleslev Hills Post 
Office. 



BUSINESS FOR THE COMING TOWN 
MEETING 



A TO\A'N PARK 



THE matter of acquiring; land for a park 
will ini(loul)tc-(lly Ik- discussed. The 
Park Conituissioiiers have given the sub- 
ject a deal of attention the })ast year, and 
the following is part of their plan. They 
propose to take Puller Prook and land on 
either side for a driveway, if the town will 
so inst.'uct them. The brook begins near 
Mrs. Seaward's, Wellesley Hills, Hows in a 
southwesterly direction, is crossed by Abbott 
Road, Forest street, Welleslev avenue. 
Broad, Grove, C\)ttage, and Dover streets, 
and em])ties into an outlet of liake Waban, 
whicdi runs from the lake aci'oss Washington 
street to the Charles liivei-. The Waban 
Biook is included in the par-k systenr. The 
shore along Fuller Brook is good urrtd you 
come to that j»art V»et\\ ecu Forest street and 
Wellesley avenue, whei'c the water spreads 
over the adjoining land, making a meadow 
of one thousand feet square. This meadow 
the Commissioners advise taking to prevent 
any building thereon. The fall from Forest 
street to Charles IJiver is sutiicicnt to drain 
this tract of land, with a very little dredging. 

'^['hc additional driveways that this plan 
will provide lor the town the C^)mmissioners 
think important for the voters to consider. 
If the towai decides to take this stri]> of land 
and brook for a })ai"k, the matter of surface 
drainage into Fuller Brook will l)e a matter 
for discussion, as every body knows that we 
have no proper facilities at present for drain- 
ing the streets between the two villages in 
tlie vicinity of the proposed ])ark. 

This whole matter is important for several 
reasons, among which are the health of the 
town, the improvement in drainage, and the 
possession of a beautiful driveway in place 
of a malarial spot. 



A PUBLIC BUILDING 

. Another important matter will be the pro- 
posed coml)ination building to be erected at 
Wellesley Hills, for the Highway, Water 
and Fire Departments. This i)lan has been 
before the town for several years, and each 
time has been referred back to the connnit- 
tee having the matter in charge. The plans 
this year call for a building that will accom- 
modate the ten or twelve horses and wagons 
of the Highway Department with room for a 
hose-wagon and the space required by the 
Water Department. The estimates call for 
an appropriation of ten to twenty thousand 
dollars. The committee having this matter 
in charge tlnnk it one of the most important 
to be adjudicated. 

HIGHWAYS 

The Highway Department is always before 
the town, and, aside from the schools, is the 
most important. It is considered not only 
at the Annual Town Meeting, but is discussed 
almost daily througliout the year. Until this 
year, the Highway grant has been expended 
in repairing the roads, and very little atten- 
tion has been paid to pernument improve- 
ments. 

At the coming March meeting, the advisa- 
Itility of setting aside one-third or one-half 
of till' appiopriation for streets, to be ex- 
pended in peiinanent improvements, will be 
considei'cd. A beginning was made last year 
in Wellesley Square, by building twelve 
hundred feet of macadam road, and, if the 
voters have examined it, they will be able at 
the Annual Meeting to decide wdiether they 
wisli to have the work continued. Whether 
to use more crushed stone and less gravel on 
our roads will be an important matter for 
consideration. 

The County Commissioners have been pe- 
titioned to widen Washington street, and, if 
this petition is acted upon before the Annual 
Meeting, a sum of money will be asked for 
to do the work. The State Highway Com- 
mission has been petitioned to rebuild and 
grade Worcester street from Newton Upper 
Falls to the Natick line, a little more than 
five miles. The petition was put in last 
year, and it will be for the town to decide 
whether to wait or do the work under its 
own supervision. The Committee on Appro- 
priations will ask for an increase in the high- 
way grant. 



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KLECTRIC LIGHTS 

At the January meeting a committee was 
appointed to consider the best plan for light- 
ing the town, and report to the Annual 
Town Meeting. We now own the poles and 
wires and buy the current of Xatick. If the 
Committee should report that they think it 
advisable for the town to own the entire 
plant, it would be an important matter for 
discussion. Committees' reports and recom- 
mendations are sometimes brushed aside 
without the respectful hearing they deserve, 
after the town has asked the members of 
these comn)ittees to do the work, without 
pay, as a rule. 

I would respectfully urge the voters to 
attend the Annual Town Meeting, and, by so 
doing, share the responsibility of the town's 
government. A democratic government 
needs the combined wisdom of all, men and 
women. 

i;ii IIAUI) CUNNINGHAM. 



CONGREGATIONAL CHURCHES 

[Condensed from a |)aper read at tlie Centennial of 
the Wellesley Congregational Clnirch Oct. 2, 1898.] 

FIlvST and foremost a Congregational 
church is based on nothing else but 
Christ Jesus. It remembers His ])rom- 
ise that wherever two or three are gathered 
in His name there He will be present. And 
it is quite content to rest its claim for 
churchly authority on the presence of Jesus 
Christ. It is equally ready to recognize as a 
church any other body of disciples of Christ 
gathered in His name to do His work. It is 
interested in churchly traditions but not 
liampered by them, and possesses just as 
straight a line of descent as any religious 
body. But it rests its right to be a cliurch 
neither on traditions nor descent, but on the 
abiding ])resence of the spirit of the ever liv- 
ing Christ. That this is prophetic may be 
judged from two facts: First, tlie statement 
of the blaster himself that this is the IJock 
Foundation ujion which he would build His 
Church; and second, tliat the person of 
Christ as the central reality of tlje Christian 
i-eligion is recognized today as never before. 
It is evident that in the future all otiier tests 
of Christian life will fade away before this 
of loyalty to Christ. The (Congregational 
ideal of authority based on the headship of 
(yhrist alone, is in harmony with the domi- 
nant current of religious thought throuuliDUt 



the Christian world. It is manifest that this 
characteristic will mark the church of the 
future. 

Upon this foundation of the life and teach- 
ings of Christ. Congregational churches are 
building a religious democracy. This also is 
prophetic. Ideal Congregationalism is a 
religious democracy inspired by the spirit of 
Christ and holding His faith in humanity. 
Keal Congregationalism only imperfectly 
approaches this ideal. But it is moving in 
that direction. Its form of oriianization 
declares the privilege and right and duty of 
men to govern themselves. Under God, this 
particular conclusion of the teachings of 
Christ has been given to the world more 
])lainly through the democratic churches of 
England and of New England than by any 
otiier means. The greatest students of history 
acknowledge that "the Congi'cgational prin- 
ciple of individual equality and self control 
in church affairs has been the most impor- 
tant factor in the modern development of 
civil and reliiifious libertv." In other words, 
democracy, inherent in human nature, 
declared by Jesus Christ in all of his teach- 
ing concerning the worth of human nature 
and the brotherhood of men, was first broadly 
enforced, since New Testament days, bv 
those churches which adopted self-govern- 
ment, e |u ility and fraternity in their 
religious life. That democracy is to rule the 
future who can doubt? All the forces of 
civilization are moving in that direction. 
Everywhere the people are awaking to a 
consL'iousness of their own rights, pjwers 
and duties. Nor is there any grander task 
given to the church of Chi'ist than to reveal 
the true, (iod-born nature of this democracy, 
curb its passions, cori-ect its blunders, insi)ire 
its councils, and make it the social manifes- 
tation of the kingdom of (4od. It is an in- 
teresting fact that the similarity of the dem- 
ocratic church and the democratic state 
exists not only in their ideals but in their 
blunders and failings also. Dr. Dike, in an 
article showing how our churches may train 
men in good citizenship, has called attention 
to the fact that majiy of the evils we are try- 
ing to i-emedy in the municipality exist in 
the self-governed church also. \mt the 
mention of this analogy points out the more 
clearly the way in which the religious dem- 
ocracy is to conserve and guide the civil 
democracy. Certain it is that the cl.iirch 
and the state of the future will both be dem- 
ocratic, — self -governed. 



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We may now mention together two other 
characteristics of Congregationalism which 
we believe are also marks of coming social 
conditions, characteristic of the "Kingdom 
of God" that is to be on the earth. They 
are individualiam and socidh'sin. 

(a) The Congregational Church is man- 
ifestly individualistic. Each church is at lib- 
erty to develop along the lines of its own na- 
ture. Starting from one foundation — Christ — 
we may build such a structure as we are best 
able to build. No church is cast into a 
mould and told that it must conform to a 
certain fashion. This method of individual 
development is God's way in nature. It is 
the best method for the individual man. So 
each one may make the most and best of his 
own faculties. Ap}»lied to churches, it means 
the largest liberty in methods of worship and 
in the expression of the religious life. If, 
for example, in a certain church there is a 
desire for enrichment of worship, there is 
nothing to prevent that church from so order- 
ing its worship. In fact, many Congrega- 
tional churches do employ elaborate litur- 
gies. (_)ther churches, preferring the barest 
and simplest forms, are equally at liberty to 
follow their ideals. The same thing is true 
with reference to creeds and covenants. 
Faith in Christ and obedience to Him is the 
one essential. Beyond this some churches 
have elaborate creed statements, other 
eliurches have no creed as a test of membei-- 
ship — never have had — but only a covenant. 
Nor does a church hesitate to change its 
form of admission ci its creed, according to 
its increasing kmnvledge or understanding. 
This changeableness nuiy seem to be perilous. 
Possibly it is. Miff if is life. It is one of 
the manifestations of life. It is liberty. 
And, in the long run, it has proven its value. 
Individuality — lequire of the Christian that 
he believe in Christ, and from this belief 
(jrovi; so shall he make the most and best of 
liimself. DensaiKl of the church that it yield 
to no nuister and no teacher but Christ, and 
under that master}^ develop — so shall it 
make the best of itself. 

{h) I>ut Congregationalism is not simply 
individualistic. It is not content that the 
local church should look out for itself and 
consider only its own development. It recog- 
nizes the brotherhood of the churches. The 
balance of individualism is socialism, and 
these two must go together. Always they 
are so represented in the teachings of Christ. 
We are to love our neialibors as we love our- 



selves. It is as important that we seek the 
welfare of others as that we try to make the 
best of ourselves. We are to bear our own 
burdens; we are also to "bear one another's 
burdens." These are the true characteristics 
of all normal life. Extreme socialism is 
false. Extreme individualism is false. Con- 
gregationalism today recognizes the duty of 
co-operation. Democracy must manifest as 
one of its marks the spirit of fraternity. In 
the church it must seek not only all of like 
mind but a universal brotherhood. A demo- 
cratic church must be a missionary church, 
or be false to its ideal of faith in humanitv 
and its motive of brotherhood. So Congre- 
gational churches have been pre-eminently 
interested in missions. Thev have originated 
and pushed forward missionary endeavors, 
as hardly any other church has done. And 
it is safe to prophesy for the future that just 
as its conception of "the kingdom of God" 
becomes deiinite, and its own relation, as a 
self-governed church in that kingdom, be- 
comes apparent, its interest in the Christian 
Conquest of the world will be vastly in- 
creased. 

Christian unity, also, is another manifesta- 
tion of this spirit of brotherhood, which has 
been voiced by none more clearly than by 
the Congregational churches. Having never 
denied the churchly nature of any body of 
Christ's followers, it has been, of late years 
at least, most ready of all to co-operate with 
other Christians for the extension of the 
Master's kingdom. Its declaration in 1895, 
inviting a federation of denominations, is the 
clearest invitation yet given to the religious 
world, to this end. This also is prophetic. 
The cliurch of the future will certainly pos- 
sess these two traits of individualism and 
fellowship. 

I will name but one more characteristic of 
Congregationalism that is prophetic. It has 
always laid great stress upon the intellectual 
value of the Christian faith. It believes that 
the mind is one of the divinest of human 
endowments. It believes that the man whose 
qualities are intellectual rather than emo- 
tional is as well worth saving as the pul)lican 
and the outcast. It believes in worshipping 
(lod with the mind as well as with the heart, 
and in endowing the mind that is to wor- 
shi}) as richly as possible. It believes in an 
educated ministry and it seeks intelligence 
in its congregations. To this end it has 
always established schools and colleges by 
the side of its meeting-houses. It acknowl- 



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edges that the essential truths of Christiaiiity 
can he sufficiently understood by the ignor- 
ant and unintelligent. But it also believes 
that no philosopher, none of the world's 
great masters have ever given to mankind 
teachings more intellectually great than are 
the teachings of Christ and His disciples. 
The miiid of Christ, like the character of 
Christ, was the summit and crown of human 
capacity, and to mediate the mind of Christ 
to the minds of men, to unfold His great 
thought for the human understanding is as 
worthy a task as any t'ollower of Jesus can 
undertake. It is a magniticent eulogy, of 
which any church maybe glad that it should 
be called an intellectual church. Christianity 
is rational. Its teachings are every one of 
them reasonable. To so present tliem that 
men can see their leasonableness is a sub- 
lime privilege. The church of the future 
will surely be marked by this also, it will 
have a rational conception of Christ and of 
His kingdom, and will worship God with the 
heart indeed, but with the undeistanding 
also. 

Such, then, is our outlook for the C(»ngre- 
gational churches. They are in line with 
the manifest movements of human history. 
We will not venture to say that Congrega- 
tionalism is to be the church of the future, 
but we have no hesitation in saying that the 
trend of })resent affairs ])r<)])hesies that the 
church of the future will iiave these marks. 
It will be founded on Christ alone; it will be 
self-governed; it will be a united body — 
either a unit or a fedei'ation — yet so as not 
to destroy individuality; and it will be 
rational in its faith and teaching. 

I'AIMMS T. FAI!WKT.I,. 



THE BEAM IN OUR EYE 

THE thoughtful citizen realizes that the 
real problem confronting our govern- 
ment and people is not the Philippines, 
iu)t the Tuanaurement of tlie Army or Navy, 
nor the question of gold or silver money, but 
that of local and municipal government. 
We have it yet to decide whether our munic- 
ipalities, great and small, are to be controlled 
by a few for a few, or by agents elected by 
all for the good of all. 

In this matter a town like Wellesley should 
set a good example, for we enjoy many pecu- 
liar advantages. Nature has touched us with 
her magic hand; and our hills, groves, and 



waters charm the stranger and delight us 
most who know them best. Wealth has 
added something of the finish which only the 
intelligent co-operation of man with nature 
can give. Education, with its softening and 
refining influence, has come to dwell among 
us in the "College Beautiful." 

With such a basis foi- a model town, it 
seems as if our local methods of government 
ought certainly to be above reproach if not 
above criticism. What do we find? The 
principal executive policy of our town made 
to depend ujion the a])pointment of a com- 
))aratively unim[H)rtant official. 

For several yeai"s now this office has been 
"in politics," — openly, avowedly, and has 
practically been used as so much j)olitical 
capital and conferred as the reward for suc- 
cessful hustling in behalf of candidates who, 
if elected, were to have the appointing power. 

This state of thiiii^s is not the fault of 
either of the factions at present engaged in 
the same old struggle, — so familiar and so 
discreditable. It is a condition, and a bad 
one, into which we have gradually drifted 
without considering exactly what we were 
doing. We are all I'esponsible, — if not 
equally for its beginning, cei'tainly for its 
continuance; and it is the citizens as a whole 
who must soon take steps to end it. 

In the meantime considei-: — 

1. For whose sake are we following this 
unwise policy'' 

2. Which is it more likely to produce, 
better roads or better vot.' catcheis? Which 
do we need ? 

3 Who pays the bills which result from 
putting our Str«'et Department into politics? 

4. In what way is our ))resent method in 
this res])ect different from Tammany"'s? 

5. What will you do about it? 

: CIVIS. 



THE ANNUAL Town Meeting, to be held 
on Monday, March 6, will be of special 
im))()rtance on account of the number of 
new projects to be considered. Mr. Cun- 
ningham has pointed out in this issue the 
matters that need the most careful consider- 
ation. Certainly such a ])lan as that pi-o- 
posed by the Park Commissioners deserves 
the attention of every citizen, involving, as 
it does, the beautifying of the whole town. 
Another special matter is the question of the 
administration and care of the Public Li- 
brary. Mr. Ilunnewell, the donor, has 



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expressed the desire that tlie Town should 
now undertake this work, and surely no voter 
ought to hesitate to make the necessary ap- 
j)ropriations. In this day, when the large 
cities are rinding it witliin the scope of the 
municipal functions to serve tlie citizens in 
many different ways, it is fitting that the 
towns sliould also be ready to increase the 
number of public-s])irited enterprises under- 
taken by the body of citizens acting together 
tor the coining ijood. 



THE SEC'OXD article in our series on 
the denominations represented in this 
town appears in this issue. It repre- 
sents wliat C'ongregationalists have to say 
for their principles of self-government. 
Questions of ritu il and doctrine are not the 
foundation of the Congregational ('Inr.-ch. 
On these matters each individual cliui-ch is 
left to its own judgment. We believe all 
will be glad to reatl the statenuMit in the 
article jtrinted. 



Friendly Aid 

The ladies of the Friendly Aid Committee wish to 
bring Ijefore the public one or two items regarding 
their work among the poor. 

The first is the establishment of a llureau of Infor- 
mation. A room in Mcl.eod's Block has been kindly 
placed at our disposal ; a number of ladies have vol- 
unteered their assistance, and here on Monday and 
Thursday mornings, after March sixth, from eleven 
to twelve, one or more of these ladies will lie found. 
There has already been a demand for such work, and 
it is hoped that easy and direct communication may 
be established between women who will go out by the 
day or hour to do ])lain sewing and those desiring to 
obtain such help. 

Mrs. Charles E. Shattuck, of Wellesley, will be at 
her home on Grove street on Thiirstlays for the same 
purpose. Any persons desiring information concern- 
ing working women resident in the town, those who 
have clothing of any kind, especially children's gar- 
ments and shoes, to give away, or who have delicacies 
foi the sick, will confer a great favor upon us by re- 
porting the same, either to these ladies or sending a 
note to the Friendly Aid Committee, Bf)x 2S2, Welles- 
ley Hills. 

\Ve also ask for the names of any persons who 
may be known to need aid, or any who may be found 
soliciting help from door to door. .Several such cases 
have been already investigated by our district visitors 
and steps taken to remedy this evil. 

We have placed ourselves in communication with 
similar organizations in neighboring towns and have 
been cordially welcomed. If we can secure the con- 
fidence and co-operation of our own townspeople, as 
we surely hope to do, the value of the Friendly Aid 
Committee will be abundantly demonstrated. 

Eli.EN R. Robson, Chairman Committee. 



**For Student Days and Birthdays^* 

An interesting book with this title has just been 
edited by Miss Edith A. Sawyer, of Wellesley. 
While having the familiar look of a birthday book, 
with one page blank for recortls and the opposite page 
filled with quotations, there are several new features 
which give this book a marked individuality. 

The birthdays of all the presidents of the leading 
colleges are tioted, as well as those of many great men 
and women. Dates of the laying of the corner-stones 
of the colleges are also indicated. Prominent days, 
church days, and holidays are named. And the quo- 
tations are many of them new and selected from a 
wide range of writers, including authors, poets, states- 
men, professors, and preachers, with here and there a 
French sentence or a bit of German verse. Few col- 
lectioTis of quotaljle sayings are as readable and sug- 
gestive as this. The book would be valuable to 
anyone, either for the record of liirthdays or for the 
noting of appointments. There is ample room on the 
blank pages for a considerable record. The publish- 
ers are Benj. H. Sanborn & Co., of Pioston 



College Announcements 

THE consumers' LFACUE 

A special meeting in the interest of the League will 
be held in the College Chapel on Saturday, March 1 1, 
at 3.1 5 o'clock. All who are interested are cordially 
invited to attend. Miss Edith Howes, president of 
the Massachusetts League, will speak. Those who 
do not know of the League and of its extremely use- 
ful undertakings in behalf of better industrial condi- 
tions would do well to take advantage of this oppor- 
tunity for a better acquaintance. 

AN ILLU-STRATED KIRI) TALK 

Mr. Frank M. Chapman, well known as a lecturer 
upon birds, and as the author of several admirable 
ornithological works, will give an address illustrated 
bv stereopticon views in the Wellesley College Chapel 
on Saturday evening, March 4, at 7.45 o'clock. Resi- 
dents of Wellesley and Wellesley Hills will be cor- 
dially welcome. 



Education 

[From a Baccalaureate address by Dean Hodges, at Radcliffe.] 

" A second mistake is to assume that people are 
not well educated because they do not talk good gram- 
mar or because they do not care for poetry. That is 
but the airogance of the literary classes. It depends 
upon the fallacy that all things that are really worth 
know ing are printed in books. The people who live 
in the white houses and behind the green blinds are 
not only ever so much more interesting than the col- 
lege woman imagines, but they also are better edu- 
cated than she foolishly thinks. They may not know 
so much as she does about the arbitrary relation of 
the noun and the verb, but they know a great deal 
more than she does about matters much more valu- 
able and vital. !t depends upon the point of view. 
The college woman is at best but imperfectly informed. 
She can learn much more than she can teach." 



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Cdelleslep ConarcGational Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 
RF.V. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Wor.siiip. 

11.55 Sunday School and Adult Bible Class. 

3.30 Junior C. E. Society. 

6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 

7.15 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Woman's Union. 

FRIDAY 

7.30 Mid-week Service. 

AN APRON SALE will be held in the Chapel 
during the afternoon and evening of March 23. 

FRIDAY EVENINGS. Topics for the March 
meetings are as follows: March 10, "The Teaching 
of Jesus;" March 17, "The Compassion of Jesus;" 
March 24, "The Friendship of Jesus." 

THE LIBRARY of the Sunday School is to be 
renovated and replenished with new books. About 
$50 has been raised by private subscription for this 
purpose. The beginning of a teacher's reference 
library is to be made. 

DR. ALICE H. LUCE, of the College, spoke to 
the ladies of the Church on Wednesday afternoon, 
March i, on "Women in German Universities." 
Music was furnished by pupils from Dana Hall. This 
was the second of the series of "literary afternoons." 

"THE THREK BEARS." The cantata of "The 
Three Bears" will be given in the Town Hall, proba- 
bly on March 21, under the direction of Mr. F. L. 
Stone. Several soloists from Boston will assist the 
local chorus of about twenty boys and girls. The 
proceeds will go to the music fund of the Church. 

SUNDAY EVENINGS. The course of Sunday 
evening addresses on "The Triumphs of Christian 
Faith," begun by the Pastor in February, will be con- 
tinued through March, with topics as follows: March 
5, "Breaking through Formalism. Luther and the 
Reformation." March 12, "Publishing the Bible. 
Wyclif and Tyndale." March 19, " Founding a Nation. 
Puritan and Pilgrim." March 26, " Overcoming the 
World. 'The White Man's Burden.'" 

NEW MEMBERS. The Church will receive into 
its fellowship this month seven new members. By 
letter: Miss Helen T. Cooke, from the First Congre- 
gational Church, of Rutland Vt.; Mrs. Betsey H. 
Reed, from the Presbyterian Church of Delavan, Hi.; 
and Mrs. Robert K. Allen, from the Congregational 
Church in Natick. On confession of faith: Mr. Rob- 
ert K. Allen, Miss CJrace C. P'arnham, Mr. Frank S. 
Farnhani. and Mr. Henry C. Goulding. 

SPECIAL SERVICES. During the week before 
Easter, April 2, there will be services every evening 
except Saturday, with topics as follows: Monday, 
March 27, " The Day of .Sentence," Mark 11:12-19. 
Tuesday, "The Day of Controversy," Mark 11:27 — 
12:44; John 12:20-36. Wednesday, "The Day of 
Retirement," Matt. 26:1-5, 14-16. Thursday, "The 
Day of Communion," John 13:1 — 17:26. Celebra- 
tion of the Lord's Supper in the Church. Friday, 
''The Day of Suffering," John 18, 19. 



dfirst Congregational Cburcb in 
melleslep Ibills 

Organized, February 24, 1847 

REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

3.00 Junior Christian Endeavor. 

4.00 Adult Bible Classes. 

7.00 Union .Service in charge of Y. P. S. C. E. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

ONE DAY OF RFIST in Seven. A petition in 
behalf of a bill now before the Legislature to provide 
a rest Jay for conductors, motormen, and other em- 
ployees of transportation companies, will be circu- 
lated in our parish. It is hoped that as many as pos- 
sible will sign it. 

COMMUNION SERVICE on Sunday morning, 
March fifth. It is hoped that all members of the 
Church and congregation will be present. The Indi- 
vidual Communion Service, which the Church 
adopted at its annual meeting, will be used at this 
service for the first time. 

WOMEN'S MEETINGS. March 7, Foreign Mis- 
sionary meeting with Mrs. Perley B. Morse. There 
will be an address by a missionary, at 3.00 P. M. 
March 14, at the stnall vestry at 2.30 P. M. Topic: 
"The origin of the spiritual nature, the soul." March 
28, all-day sewing m.eeting with Mrs. Robson. Bas- 
ket lunch. Business meeting at 3.00 p. M. 

THE JUNIORS wish to thank all those who have 
so kindly given talks at the Sunday afternoon meet- 
ings. Parents and friends are always welcomed by 
the .Society, especially at these talks, which would be 
full of interest to them as well as to the Juniors, and 
at the debates, one of which will be given on .Sunday, 
March fifth. A sociable is planned for Saturday, 
March 11, at three o'clock, at which we would be 
very glad if all the parents could be present. 

FRIDAY i;VENINGS. March 10, Moses; "Law." 
The obligation of modern society to Moses and the 
Decalogue. Can we teach our children better ethics.' 
Exodus 3:14-15; 19:16-20; 20:1. March 17, David, 
"Conquest." The struggle and the victory over sin 
and self. Ps. 144:1. Heb. 4:14-15. March 24, Isaiah, 
"Reason and Conscience." How can we bring others 
to Christ.? Is. I:i8; 12:1-3; -6:3-4. March 31, "The 
.Suffering Saviour." A Good Friday service. Is. 
53. 2 Peter 2:19-25. 

SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES. March 5, 
"The Gates of Zion." Psalm 87:1-7. Ps. 100:1-5. 
The regular Consecration Meeting. (Reports from 
the Conference at Natick.). March 12, "Fellowship 
in Christian Service." Address at 7.30. Mar. 19. Tem- 
perance Meetings. Prayer meeting at 7.00 o'clock. 
At 7.30, service in the church. Address by Rev. Alfred 
Noon, secretary of the Mass. Total Abstinence Soci- 
ety. March 26, "True Penitence." 2 Cor. 7:1-11. 
At 7.30, sermon by the Pastor on "The Hermits of 
the Early Centuries." April 2, Easterconcert by the 
Sunday .School. 



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Welleslcp Ibills mnitarian Society 

Organized, 187 1 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

SATURDAY 

9.00 Junior Branch Alliance. 

TUESDAY 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues- 
day. 

Communion Service on the tirst Sundays of Jan., 

Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service. 

THE REV. MR. JONES, of Newton Highlands, 
will preach on .Sunday, March fifth. 

THE JUNIOR ALLIANCE is bright and active 
this winter, doing much good in its small way. It is 
already looking forward and ]:)lanning for its May-day 
festival, and perhaps some other entertainment. 

THE SUxVDAV SCHOOL is doing efficient work, 
is in good condition, and showing interest in all de- 
partments. Parents and friends are reminded that in 
no department of church work is their co-operation so 
much needed and so cordially invited. Teachers and 
children both need the help of your presence in the 
school and your interest in home work. 

A SOCIETY has been formed in Wellesley called 
the " Ramabai Circle," au.xiliary to the Ramabai 
Association, which after ten years efficient work has 
been reorganized. The object of the Association is 
to help pecuniarily the work of the I'undita Ramabai, 
in saving and educating the young widows of India. 
This work is of the highest importance and will help 
in the advancement of woman's life in India. 

The president of the Wellesley Circle is Mrs. Park; 
secretary and treasurer, Mrs. Rothery. The Associa- 
tion is strictly non-sectarian, all denominations being 
interested. 

The Alliance of the Unitarian Church will give 
some time to the account of the life and work of that 
noble woman and scholar, Pundita Ramabai. 

THE BRANCH ALLIANCE of the Wellesley 
Hills Unitarian Church has been much interrupted in 
its meetings this year, the last great snow-storm 
coming so near the date of meeting that there could 
be no one present. The meeting of Thursday, March 
2d, was necessarily a business session. We have been 
greatly disappointed in not healing Miss Rogers of 
\\' est Ro.xbury, who was to have read a paper at the 
postponed meeting. Reports from various commit- 
tees show the work of the Branch is going on very 
prosperously, and great encouragement is felt. 

The following resolutions were read by the Presi- 
ident and passed l>y a rising vote : "Resolved, that by 
the death of the Rev. Albert Buel Vorse, pastor of the 
Unitarian Society of Wellesley Hills, the Branch 
.Alliance has lost a near and dear friend, as well as a 
pastor and teacher. It wishes in this resolution to 
e.xpress its love for him personallv, and appreciation 
of his valuable aid and support. 

The members of the .Alliance desire nothing more 
earnestly than to emulate his virtues, his fidelity, 
gentleness, charity and truth." 

.\fterward a pleasant social hour was passed. 



St. ?ln&rew's Cburcb 

Organized, 18'ji 

REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Prayer 
12.00 Sunday School. 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the Month, 10.30 A. M. 
Third Sunday, 9.30 A. M. 
Other Sundays, 7.30 a. m. 

LEN TEN SERVICES. The program as printed 
in the February number will be carried out until Holy 
Week, when some changes will be made. The service 
on Mondays will assume the character of Intercession 
foi .Missions, with readings from Adeney's "Women 
of the New 'i'estament," the separate titles of which 
are: '-Dorcas," "Phoebe and Lydia," " Priscilla," 
and '' Mater Dolorosa." The readings at Vespers on 
Tuesdays and Thursdays will be taken from Miller's 
" Personal Friendships of Jesus." The address on 
Fridays will be on " The Prayers of Our Lord." The 
preaclier at evensong on Sunday, March 12, will be 
the Rev. A. E. George, of .South Boston. 

HOLY WEEK SERVICES. There will be daily 
services during Holy Week as follows: Monday, 
Tuesday, Wednesday, at 4.45 P. M., with brief address 
on incidents connected with the Passion of Our Lord; 
Thursday, 7.45 p. m., celebration of the Holy Com- 
munion ; Good Friday, services at 10.30 a. m. and 
7.45 p. M. Easter even, 8.00 P. M., G. F. S. service. 

WO.MAN'S AUXILIARY. Meetings will be held 
on Mondays at 2.30 p. M., at the following houses : 
March 6, Miss Hayes; March 13, .Mrs. Stan wood; 
March 20, Mrs. Rollins. The meeting of March 27 
w'ill be held in the Guild room, where the finished 
garments for the House of the Good Shepherd, Rock- 
land Me., and the Church Orphanage, .Memphis, Tenn., 
will be looked over and made ready for shipment. 

EASTER OFFERING. The offering at the morn- 
ing service on Easter Day will be used for the reduc- 
tion of the mortgage on the rectory land. The chil- 
dren's offering in connection with the carol service, at 
four o'clock, will be sent to the General Missionary 
Board in New York. It is hoped that all the Sunday 
Schools of the church may raise on this Easter Sunday 
3100,000 for the work of missions. 

THE PURPOSE OF LENT. A recent writer in 
" The Church" says: "There never was a time when 
there was greater need of opportunity for the exercise 
of co/jsc/ow.s religion, in order that the hidden life may 
be explained to itself and made effective,kept pure and 
intelligent, and granted sane and helpful utterance. 
It is just this opportunity which Lent supplies. It 
makes a study, as it were, of prayer and public wor- 
ship and meditation, and Bible study, and deeds of 
charity, and exercises of devotion, of self-denials, and 
self-examinations and self-culture, that it may bring 
these things to bear upon the lives of men, to purify 
them and strengthen them for service, to lend special 
expression to the spiritual ambitions and religious 
feelings which are silently supplying motives to a 
man's daily living." 



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St. /IDarvVs dburcb 

Organized, 1812 

REV. H. USHER MONRO, Rector 

Re ligio us Services 

SUNDAY 

9.30 Sunday School. 
10.45 Morning Prayer and Sermon. 
4.30 Evening Prayer and Address. 
Holy Communion 

First .Sunday in the month, 10.45 ^- ^'* 

All other Sundays, 8.45 A. M. 

Special Festivals, 9.00 A. M. 

Choir rehearsals, Tuesdays and Fridays. 

THE NEXT SPECIAL festival, the Annunciation 
of the Blessed Virgin, occurs Saturday, March 25th. 
There will be a service of Holy Communion, at 9.00 
o'clock. 

THE RECTOR is very much encouraged by the 
good attendance at all the Lenten services. The 
season is marked by quietness and good feeling among 
all, and a respectful attention by young and old to 
the serious duty of observing Lent. May ail have a 
joyful Easter ! 

LENTEN SI':RVICES through March will be as 
follows: Tuesdays at 4.30 r. .M.; Wednesday morn- 
ings at 10.30; Friday evenings at 7.30; -Saturday after- 
noons at 4 00 for the children of the parish. Parents 
are asked to encourage their children to attend this 
service, as it is especially for the little people, yet 
others are invited also. 

rilE LITTLE HELPERS' Circle of Kings Daugh- 
ters, with the assistance of Mrs. S. W. Cliffoid anti 
Miss Annie Pratt, will hold a sale of fancy and useful 
articles made i)y them, in the Parish House, on Easter 
Monday afternoon, from 2.30 to 5.30. It is hoped 
that friends of the children will attend the sale and 
encourage them in their work for 'he church. 

CHURCH CARPET. The carpet of the church is 
very badly worn, especially under and around the 
choir-stalls. The Parish Aid Chapter is making every 
effort to raise the required funds to meet the e.xpense. 
The plan is to ])ut in a hard-wood floor. This will 
dispense with a great deal of car]5eting, and the strips 
of carpet can be removed and cleaned oftener. The 
ladies have nearly $70 on hand, and will need about 
$130. They will be very glad of contributions for this 
object. The Parish Aid meets with Mrs. Dr. Free- 
man March 14. 

HOLY \YI-2EK. There will be services as follows: 
Tuesday at 4.30 p. M.; Wednesday, 10.30 and 7.30; 
Thursday at 7.30 P. M., with celebration of the Holy 
Communion, — " For in the night in which He was be- 
trayed, He took bread and break it." The parishion- 
ers of .St. Mary's have always been faithful in attend- 
ing this service. Let there be as large a number as 
in years past. 

OOOD FRIDAY. Services at 10.30 A. M. and 7.30 
P. M. 

EASTER DAY. There will be the usual early 
service at 7.30 A. M., with Holy Communion. Morn- 
ing Prayer and Holy Communion at 10.45. ^^^ Sun- 
day School Easter Festival will be held at 4.00 P. m. 
As is the custom, potted plants will be given to all 
the children after they have made their Easterofferings. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

AMONG THE EVENTS catalogued for March of 
especial interest is the Senate discussion of the Phil- 
ippine question, on the fourth, for which the Agora 
Society has issued invitations. A series of lectures 
by Miss Ruth Putnam, of New York, author of "Wil- 
liam the Silent," on "The Evolution of the Dutch 
Town," begun on February 27th with " Medieval Hol- 
land," extended through the week, with the following 
subjects: March 2, "Leyden, a Typical Dutch Town;" 
March 3, "Municipal Housekeeping;" March 4, 
"Municipal Finance." 

AT TH E SER VICE held Monday evening, February 
20, to mark the anniversary of the birthday of Henry 
Fowle Durant, an able address on "The Reasonable- 
ness of the Christian College " whs delivered by Dr. 
Charles Cuthbert Hall, of New York. " F>om the 
experience of this and other colleges," said Dr. Hall, 
"three great principles stand out distinctly, — that a 
college may be Christian and not be denominational; 
that a college can be Christian and not infringe upon 
the personal liberty of its students; that a college 
must be Christian if it is to represent the best forces 
of .American protestantism." Dr. Hall then spoke of 
the unfortunate influence of the irreligious woman, 
and emphasized the fact that the greatest danger 
which comes to a community of women living and 
studying together, is what too often happens — the 
casting aside of the belief of girlhood, and the going 
over into agnosticism, the result of shallow thinking. 

FEBRUARY has been an eventful month in the 
college world. Mme. Gadski was the guest of the 
Wagner Club on the afternoon and evening of the 
4th. and, to the delight of the College, sang several 
selections from Wagner and two Pjavarian folk-songs; 
the students showed unbour.ded enthusiasm in their 
appreciation of the great singer's kindness. On the 
afternoon of the 6th, the Shakespeare Society gave a 
large reception in the nature of a house-warming for 
their new quarters — the Shakespeare House, which 
is now so picturesque a feature in the College grounds. 
February 15th, in the afternoon, occurred the second 
of the series of receptions given by members of the 
faculty living in Stone Hall, the third and last of 
which will be given March 15th. The Ham|)ton 
Singers were here on the evening of Feb. i6th, and 
the annual Glee Club concert, held F""eb. 22d, was as 
usual the social event of the winter. 

THE RP^'ORT more or less current in the news- 
papers during the past few months, concerning the 
resignation of President Irvine, refers to no recent or 
sudden decision on her part. In accepting the presi- 
dency of the college, Mrs. Irvine expressed the expec- 
tation of remaining in office but a limited time. In 
November, 1897, she signified her wish to withdraw 
in June, 1898, believing that the exigencies which had 
called her into office no longer existed, and that the 
time had come when a successor should be appointed, 
in view of new demands which had arisen. At the 
request of the trustees, she agreed to change her de- 
cision in so far as it related to the time of withdrawal, 
and to remain in office until June, 1899. In losing 
Mrs. Irvine from this position. Wellesley loses a pre- 
siding officer of marked capabilities and rare personal 
worth, of scholarly attainment and high ideals. No 
announcement has yet been made regarding her suc- 
cessor in office. 



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APRIL, 1899 



Volume II Number 4 - - - {^o^emsVyrr 

CONTENTS 

The School Room Edward N. Fomeroy 3 

Miss Caroline Hazard -^^*^'<^ Freeman Palmer 3 

Organic Church Unity William E. Hayes 4 

A Talk on the Philippines Edioard A. Benner 5 

Wellesley Free Bed Mary C. Bachelder 6 

Editorial . . ♦ . ♦ 6 

A Genuine Philanthropist ... 7 
Church News 

Wellesley Congfregfational Church . . 8 

Wellesley Hills Congfregotional Church . 8 

Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society . ♦ 9 

St. Andrew^s Church . . ♦ 9 

St. Mary^s Church .... 10 

Wellesley College Notes ... 10 

CMA.RLES TsA. EA.TON, F*ut>llatior. 
Wellesley Mills, Xlass. 



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Attorney-at-Law 

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Boston. 

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Advertising Agents, Miss Mary Wiswall, Welleslev; A. K. 
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THE SCHOOL ROOM. 

Not on the bloody Held, 

When the wild figlit is on 
And foemen pre.ss and yield, 

Are greatest victories won ; 

But to the happy home 

And to this quiet room. 
Unseen of mortals, come 

The messengers of doom. 

'Tis here the mind gets strength 

And character matures. 
Until there comes at length 

The issue that endures. 

The great heavens well may bow 

And angels view the strife, 
For here commences, now. 

The struggle that is life. 

And some will overthrow 

And some be overthrown; 
But, earnest scholar, know 

The field must be thine own. 

KUWARD N. FOMEROY. 



MISS CAROLINE HAZARD 

AT the close of this academic year, Miss 
Caroline Hazard, of Oakwoods, in Peace 
Dale, R. I., becomes the president of 
Wellesley College. It is an event full of 
promise in every way. The College itself is 
in admirable condition. Mrs. Irvine's strong 
and able administration of more than five 
years is felt in all the details of organization 
and management. Every branch of the Col- 
lege government is in excellent order, and 
the finances are carefully managed by Mr. 
Hardy, whose work as treasurer, thoiagh of 
few years, is already of the highest impor- 
tance to the College. Miss Hazard has also 
the good fortune to come to her high posi- 
tion with the absolutely unanimous and en- 
thusiastic support of the Trustees, to whose 
urgent invitation she has yielded. She will 
be surroutided bv a carefullv selected fac- 



ulty, made up of scholars of advanced train- 
ing, of devotion to the interests of the Col- 
lege, of high-mindedness, generosity, and 
nobility of (.'haracter. Few presidents in 
entering on their duties find the conditions 
so prepared by predecessors and colleagues 
for their own suceess. 

.Miss Hazard brings an unusual combina- 
ti(»n of qualities and experience to hci- new 
work. All her life she has been closely 
associated with men of the liighest order in 
many walks of life. As a girl of fourteen 
she sat at tlie head of her distinguished 
grandfather's table, where such men as Pres. 
Porter of \"ale, Pres. Mark Hopkins, James 
Freeman (lark, and manv others were fam- 
ili ir visitors. Her uncles were professors at 
Colunibia and Prown Universities. Her 
father was in the government of I'rown, and 
among his most dear and intimate friends 
were IJrown's famous Prof. Diman, Dean 
Mu i-ay of Prineeton, and President Angell 
of Michigan. Her brothers were at Yale, 
and a sister married a brilliant y<^>ung Yale 
))i-ofessoi'. She herself studied for many 
vears with Prof. Diman and other Brown 
])rot'es8or8, before Brown gave degrees to 
women. Miss Hazard has had, therefore, as 
few women have had, the best results of the 
college training, both from the educational 
and the administrative side. She has lived 
with those who were taking an influential 
part in the government of widely different 
colleges; she has studied with some of the 
most able college men of New England, and 
she has had long periods of study abroad. 
Her publications in })hilosoi)hy and history 
are already notable, and she has wide inter- 
est in the fine arts, and is herself accom- 
])lished in music, painting, and poetry. Her 
hymns and Lenten sonnets are the natural 
expression of a deeply religious nature. Her 
"Narragansett Ballads" and novel "College 
Tom" — the story of her grandfather's 
grandfather — are the tribute of her patriot- 
ism and devotion to her beautiful old New 
England home and its traditions and history. 

About that home gathers every association 
of long and noble living. For generations 
her family has been prominent in affairs, and 
no less noted for large and generous sym- 
pathy with the public welfare. Miss Hazard 
has been her father's comrade in all the 
interests of the community that surround 
her home and the factories of the Hazard 
family. She has shared with him his aifec- 
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causes, and her influence is felt in churcii 
and hospital, in library and hit^h school, in 
missions at home and abroad, in the 
Y. M. C. A. and the King's Daughters, in 
music and in beauty, and in charity every- 
where. Such cares and such long service 
for others are a happy inheritance and triiii- 
ing for the work that lies before her at 
Wellesley. 

ALIOK FUKKMAX TALMKi;. 



ORGANIC CHRISTIAN UNITY 

IDEALS are not necessarily delusions. 
Though we niay not reach them ulti- 
mately, we may reach them approxi- 
mately. The fact that they are fo ever 
beyond us keeps us forever progressing t>u - 
ard them. If we had no ideals t)r if our 
ideals were easy of attainment we siiould 
make no moral pi-ogiess. 

Organic Christian Unity is an ideal. So 
far as the present generation is com-enied, 
it seems to be an utter impossibility. And 
yet there is no i-eason to give uj) ho])inii' that 
it may come sometime, nor can there be any 
harm in indulging in a little specul ition as 
to the form it will i)robablv assume when it 
does come. Such s})eculation will st'ivt.- at 
least to emphasize tiie agreements and mini- 
raize the differences among Christians, and 
thus foster the growing spirit of brothei'ly 
love. 

No man has probably labored more zeal- 
ously for the cause of Christian Unity than 
Dr. Huntington, of (4race C-hurch, New York 
City. Although his picture of the church of 
the future may be looked upon with susi)i- 
cion by some, because it is written from an 
Episcopalian point of view; yet, even so, it 
is worth examining candidly, as an honest, 
broad-minded contribution toward the solu- 
tion of a vexing problem. In a work enti- 
tled "The Peace of the Church," at the close 
of a chapter on "A Church by Love Estab- 
lished," speaking on the possibility of mak- 
ing room for different types of worship, he 
says: "The really desirable thing is, not 
the destruction but the conservation of any 
and all types that are good. But what is to 
hinder that within the pale of a consolidated 
church various methods of worship should be 
in use, side by side, — at least, until by gen- 
eral consent and in virtue of the law of the 
survival of the fittest, one or another of them 
had come to be recognized as the more ex- 
cellent way? A practical method of consti- 



tutionally carrying out this inclusive policy 
would be the classifying of local churches 
under such titles as Congregations of the 
Anglican Kite, worshipping in accordance 
with the l)Ook of Common Prayer; Congre- 
gations of the (Tcrman rite, worshipping in 
accordance with what are at present known 
as Lutheran forms; and Congregations of the 
Puritan rite, worship[)ing without any liturgy 
at all, except in so far as the sacramental 
words of institution may be said of them- 
selves to make a liturgy. This would not be 
absolute uniformity, I grant, but is any body 
expecting absolute uniformity? Is any 
body desiring it? To reduce the competing 
houses of worshi]) in our country villages 
even to three, would be a distinct gain, and 
with constitutional provision made for 'high 
ritual,' 'low ritual,' and 'no ritual,' such 
a reduction ought, in a LTnited Church of 
the United States to become possible. In 
that event no Episcopalian need lose what is 
most precious to him, nor any Preobyterian, 
Congregationalist, or Methodist suffer for- 
feiture of those precious associations that in 
his mind are indiss >liibly linked to what he 
acounts the simpler method of aj)proaching 
the throne of (iod. Meanwhile the whole 
village would be the stronger for knowing 
that one communion held both the Anglican 
and the Covenanter in its embrace, — noth- 
ing having been lost, mut-h having been 
gained." 

Var more troublesome to manage than the 
question of differences of worship, however, 
is the question of differences of polity. This 
is Dr. Huntington's solution, taken from 
another work entitled "A National Church": 
" Imagine a county church. The center of 
administration is the county-town. Here 
dwells the chief pastor of the Christians of 
the county. His position, although one of 
dignity, is not one of splendor. His duties 
are far more urgent than his honors are con- 
spicuous. He is simply the master mission- 
ary of the region, which, although large 
enough to keep him busy, is not so large as 
to make the personal care of souls impossi- 
ble. 

From time to time, at stated intervals, 
there gather about this leader his counsel- 
lors, clerical and lay. He and they consult 
together for the good of religion in the 
county, talk over the spiritual needs of the 
various towns and villages, plan anew the 
ever-shifting (^am])aigii, and make |)rovision 
for the sinews of \v;ir. 



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Have wc not here a inicrocosm of the 
United Church? What is hxcking? Any- 
thing? The home-rule principle has justice 
done to it; for the local ehurcli of each town, 
each village is, as respects the management 
of its affairs, the choice of its pastor, the 
handling of its revenues, autonomous. The 
synodal and conciliar principle has justice 
done to it; for instead of each little group of 
disciples living by itself and foi- itself, as if 
no other group existed, we see the rej)re- 
sentatives of the groups coming together 
once a year, or as much oftener as may be 
found desirable, to exchange ideas and inc-ite 
one anothei" to better things. The principle 
of leadership has justice done to it; for con- 
vinced that what is everybody's biisiiu'ss is 
nobody's business, the Christian people of 
the county have seated at tlie heart of things 
one whom they hold in a special sense 
responsible for the efHcieiit conduct of their 
affairs. What is there inherently absurd oi- 
chimerical in such a ]>icture as this? The 
very same three priiicipk's work together 
happily enough in ci\ i! polity; what is to 
prevent their doing so in ecclesiastical 
polity?'' 

Dr. Huntington goes on to show that the 
same system which obtains in the tow n may 
also be carried up into the state, and from 
the state into the nation. 

So much for worshij) and polity; there 
remains t<» be settled the dithcult question of 
ilogma. Dr. lliintington is of the opinion 
that the Apostles' Cieed, wiiich is genei-ally 
accepted by most e\a!igelical Christians, 
would answer fairly well as a basis. There 
are many good jieople who might differ from 
him in this. l'crha])s in the church of the 
futui-e we shall have S(»mething even sim)>ler 
than the Apostles' Creed. It will be noth- 
ing to cause alarm if we do, for after all, the 
essence of the Creed is Christ. So long as 
we keep fast hold of llim the form by which 
we declare our allegiance is a secondary 
matter. 

In the matter of dogma, however, the 
movement toward church unity finds a hope- 
ful sign in the shifting of emphasis from 
(juestions of belief to questions of social ser- 
vice. While the practical, every-day life of 
man keeps raising new problenis, we have 
not time to discuss scholastic quibbles about 
some fine point of doctrine, subjects more 
urgent and practical engaging our attention. 
Thus dogma is becoming more simplified, 
reduMuo- itself to those si'cat general tenets 



of faith which are held by all who ''profess 
and call themselves Christians." In this 
respect, organic Christian unity has already 
commenced to build a portion of its founda- 
tion. Who will dare to prophesy how long 
it must be before the completed structure 
shall emerge from the land of ])aper schemes 
into the land of visible realities? 

W. E. HAVES. 



A TALK ON THE PHILIPPINES 

ON the fourteenth of March the Tuesday 
Club and many guests met at Mr. 
Kothery's to listen to an address by 
Mr. Chas. Ij. Howard, of Boston, on "Life 
in the Philippines." 

The speaker modestly disclaimed credit 
for what proved to be a very instructive and 
entertaining talk. The following is a brief 
summary : 

There is no society outside of Manila, and 
even theie o})portunities are very limited. 
A few English ladies do their best to make 
life endurable for the few Americans and 
two or three score of Englishmen in the city. 
The English Club is the great meeting place, 
and one feels the monotonv of seeing the 
same persons and talking u])on the same sub- 
jects continually. F^acli man has his own 
l)ody servant who keeps clothing in order 
and waits upon his master for the sum of 
eight dollars a month, out of which he boards 
himself. 

Every house, in lieu <»f the cat, has its 
domestic snake, the j)ythoii of the I'hilip- 
jdnes, which sometimes grows to the length 
of thirty-four feet. an<l is able to crush and 
swallow a deer. This snake does not appear 
in the living rooms, but is often heard, espe- 
(•ially at night, moving about in the walls, 
))reying upon rats or mice. At night he 
goes away to drink, and his trail is plainly 
to be seen in the daytime. 

Innumerable A'crmin engage the careful 
attention of the inhabitant. The tarantula, 
an enormous hairy spider that would nearly 
fill a cup, wall jump upon a chair and occupy 
the best place. The servant knows how to 
seize him without danger and bears him 
away, jn-esumably to eat. The centipede, 
when stepped u])on, bursts with a sort of 
explosion. Scorpions are numerous and 
their sting is often fatal. An important duty 
of a body servant is to empty them carefully 
out of a gentlemen's l^oots in the morning. 
The lizard, a harmless and beautiful re])tile. 



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is a favorite in every house for the service it 
does in ridding it of much of its insect life; 
but it is sometimes startling to be reading a 
newspaper and have a lizard, intent upon 
his prey, suddenly plop from the ceiling 
upon the paper. 

The speaker alluded to the Jesuits, who, 
not being connected with the Roman church 
of the Islands, have done much valuable 
work. Especially praiseworthy are their 
meteorological observations for the past 
three hundred years. From their observa- 
tories they note a slight depression in the 
appearance of the hoi'izon, and understand it 
means a typhoon. They observe its direction 
and promptly telegraph the news to the 
locality threatened. At Manila, when such 
a storm is ex])ected, all vessels in the bay 
are driven in to a safer jilace, and tlu' houses, 
even, are anchored. At such a time, tlie 
waters i-ise and the lower parts of the city 
are flooded. For several months in the year 
malaria, feve?*, and smallpox are {)revalent; 
but when the N. W. monsoon begins to blow 
all these diseases disa])j)ear as by magic. 

An American or Englishman may endure 
the climate tlie fii'st year, but is not likely to 
survive the second. Every soldier of our 
army must be replaced tlie second year. 
The enormous ex]»ense of this constant 
movement of large armies by sea, and the 
annual change of officers and i-ank and tile 
may be imagined. 

With respect to Aguinaldo and his fol- 
lowers, Mr. Howard declared that they do 
not I'epresent the best element of the Fili- 
])inos. .\guinaldo is a Chinese mestizo, well 
educated iMid capable, but among the most 
selfish and unscrupulous of an untrustworthy 
and treacherous race. Mr. Howard expj-essed 
no opinion upon the political aspects of the 
I'hilippine situation as related to this eoun- 
try, but it is evidently his view that the Fil- 
ipino is inea])able of any honest and i-cspcct- 
able form of si'lf-o-overninent. 

The address described was but one of 
many very profitable meetings of the Club 
during the past season. The subjeets stud- 
ied have been connected with Spanish his- 
tory, literature, conquest and colonial admin- 
istration. i:i)A\Ai;i) A. I'.KNXER. 



WELLESLEY FREE BED 

MUCH interest is being taken in raising 
funds for a free bed for Wellesley in 
the Newton Cottage Hospital. Some 



one may question whether there is the de- 
mand for a free bed. Those who have inves- 
tigated the subject and who feel the greatest 
interest are confident of the need. The 
amount required for one year is three hun- 
dred dollars, and if all citizens who are in- 
terested will contribute for this object, the 
sum can be easily raised. During the month 
the different churches of our town will take 
a collection for the free bed, and, after this 
year, we hope that a regulai' Hospital Sun- 
day may be established here, as in man}' 
towns and cities. It may be inquired 
whether, in case the bed is not occu])ied all 
the year, it would not be better, from a fin- 
ancial point of view, to pay the Hospital for 
caring for needy citizens, when such cases 
arise. As the chaige for a patient from 
Wellesley is ten dollais per Aveek, it is apj)ar- 
ent that if the bed should be used only a part 
of the year, we should receive our money's 
woith. But should we regard the subject 
from this standpoint? Should we not feel 
that having the privileges of a hospital, so 
easy of access and so finely equipped, to 
whicli we can turn in an emergency, is a 
great consideration ? 

Let us hope that health and good fortune 
may smile upon our town, so no one will be 
obliged to use the bed. But if one life is 
saved or one person is benefited thereby, 
shall we not consider that the undertaking 
has been a success? No one need feel that 
the contribution will be wasted, for if the 
need of a fi'ee l)ed for Wellesley is not as 
great as we fear, the contribution will be 
used in aid of the Hospital, which all will 
agree is a worthy charity. 

MAi;V ( . KACHELDEi;. 



ONE of the refoims foj- which this State 
is looking most eagerly to the present 
Legislature is the transfei'of the county 
pensions to State contiol. The change is 
very obviously in the line of improvement 
and in kccjiing with Massachusetts policy, 
but it is one difficult to bring about in the 
face of the political interests involved in the 
maiiitenaiici' of the present system with its 
many convenient offices. No piece of legis- 
lation will more surely betray the character 
of the present Legislature — its relative sen- 
sitiveness to intelligence and public spirit on 
the o?ie hand, and to "•])ulls'''' and '"politics" 
on the other. 

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result t'roin the proposed ehaiige are sum- 
marized in the report of the commission ap- 
pointed by Governor Wolcott in 1896, as 
follows: 1. The abolition of unclassified 
prisons. 2. The initiation and development 
t)f reformatory measures for a larger number 
of prisoners who are suscejitible to reform. 
8. Uniformity in the management of the 
prisons and the prisoners. 4. Unifoi'mity in 
tlie terms of sentences and in the granting of 
permits to be at liberty. 5. The better reg- 
ulation of labor in the [x isons. 6. The more 
complete separation of the sexes. 7. The 
abandonment of prisons now quite unfit foi- 
their |)urpose, as for instance the House of 
Correction at South ISoston, and wiser pro- 
visions for relieving our over-i-i-owded ])ris- 
ons. S. The more intelligent study and 
treatment of tlie problem of <lrunkenncss. 

St:ite management lias been I'ecommended 
by Governor Wolcott aixl by two c Jinmis- 
sn»ns appointed by him, by tlie Conmiis- 
sioners of Pris )ns, an<l by well-known prison 
exi>L>its. The system has been under trial 
foi- twenty years in England, and has accom- 
plished precisely tliose I'csults in the diininu- 
ti >!i of' crime, in the conscMiuent disninution 
(if expense, in tiie I'et'ormation of pi'isoners, 
a!id in the very great redu -tion in the num- 
ber of prisons, which wei'e ])i'i'dieted foi- it 
in Kughunl. 

A GENUINE PHILANTHROPIST 

JUST at this time thi' people of Wellesley 
are anxious to know as much as possible 
about the newly-electe<l pi-esideiit of the 
C\)llege and her fainily. ^J'he life and ser- 
vices of her father, Mr. IJowland Hazard, of 
I'eace Dale, Uhode Island, are widely known. 
I>ut it is [possible that the achievement of 
Ml'. Hazard in building uj) the town of ^line 
La Motte, in Missouri, is not so well known, 
and the following desci'iption is rt'printed 
trom a letter written in December last and 
I'ea'l at the services held to dedicate the 
memorial tablet erected in the I'eace Dale 
church : 

•'[n April, 1875, ■^'''- Hazard came into possession of 
I iarg^ ir.ict of land, comprising some twenty-four 
t'lousintl acres, situated in the southeastern part of 
Missouri. This was known as the Mine I,a Motte 
lead mine. Near the centre of this tract lies the little 
minins town which hears the same name and has a 
population of ahout one thousand. Probably in no 
instance has the sound Ijusiness judgment and true 
kindness of heart and Christian spirit of Mr. Hazard 
been more clearly shown than in the management of 
this large property. While this mine has been known 
since [717, and has been worked extensively the most 



of the present century, it was still in an undeveloped 
state when Mr. Hazard became its possessor. Up to 
this time no intelligent prospecting had been done, 
and the mining and treatment of ores was being car- 
ried on in the most primitive manner, 'the first step 
was to have a thorough geological survey made, in 
order to conduct the prospecting intelligently. He 
introduced the most approved methods of mining, 
dressing and smelting ores. In fact he was the 
pioneer of the most advanced practice of the day, and 
continued in the front as long as he retained the 
property; and the lead manufactured here, known as 
the " Anchor Brand," named from the shield of Rhode 
Island, soon made iis own reputation. 

L'p to this time nearly all of the houses in town 
were built of logs, after the old southern plantation 
style, "two decks and a passage." In addition to 
the>e weie a few board and batten houses not ceiled. 
1 he people had little and cared for little, anything 
would do for a house, and their surroundings were as 
slovenly as their houses. Scarcely any road around 
was [passable. The men were a dissipated, quarrel- 
some, shiftless set, and it w;is iic)t uncommon to see 
nie;i with cut and bleeding l'<iCfcS, standing around the 
stole on pay-day, the result of one of the lights so 
frefpient on those days. Ihider his control and teach- 
ing, they learned to appreciate good houses and clean 
Immes, Perhaps in nothing was the elevating and 
imiiio\ing of the people more plainly shown than in 
this desire for better homes, and with the better 
h 'U'-es came the improved surroundings. The roads 
were made |)assable, and the formerly dilapidated, 
although naturally pictuiesqur town, became for dis- 
cipline, order and neatness, an ideal mining town, and 
was known and lecognized as such all over the coun- 
try. To this pietty little spot came visitors and rep- 
resentatives from many of the works of similar nature, 
from all parts of the United States, each one carrying 
away with him a pleasant recollection and a multitude 
of ideas to be used at some future time Mr. Hazard 
built three school houses on the piojierty and always 
favored good teachers and long terms of school. 

From the first he had been a large contributor to 
t!ie churches, althouph ]5revions to 1886 this had been 
a missionary oost. At this time Mr. Hazard came to 
the relit f of the Missionary .Sorietv and took full con- 
trol of church affairs, establishing a Congregational 
church, himself assuming all church e.xpenses. This 
included even the liberal salarv of the minister. In 
addition to maintaining the Congregational Church, 
Mr. Hazard contrilnrted largely to the suj^port of two 
other churches. He was universally kind and his 
visits to the mines w'ere always a source of pleasure 
to every one. After his departure a feeling of good 
will seemed to ]5revail everywhere. 

Perhaps the appreciation of his efforts, and the 
high regard which was entertained for him by the 
citizens, was as fully and touchingly shown, as ever, 
on the occasion of his last visit to the mines, when 
the miners in a body, and with the brass band, came 
to offer an ovation to him, and through one of their 
own numlier to thank him for his past kindness and 
express the wish that no change might ever come to 
break the pleasant relations that had bound them to- 
gether so many years. The love and respect which 
was felt for Mr. Hazard by those people, from the 
superintendent to the poorest miner, is beyond any 
words of mine to express. But those pleasant mem- 
ories and that deep affection will remain, and that 
influence be felt, as long as any one of that little com- 
munity shall live. 



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Cdlcllcslcp (lonoreoatioiial Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 

RKV. KDWARI) II. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SU.\I)AY 

10.30 Morning Worship. 

11.55 -Sunday School and Adult Bible Class. 

3.30 Junior C. E. Society. 

6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 

7.15 P^vening Worship. 

TUKSDAY 

3.00 Woman's Union. 

FRIDAY 

7.30 Mid-week Service. 



A MUSICALE will be held at Mrs. R. W. T. 
Crowell's, probably on April 27, to raise the amount 
pledged by the Woman's Union to Whitman College. 

MR. W. L. RUSSELL, JR., has been elected pres- 
ident of the Y. P. S. C. VI. in the place of Miss Marion 
Anderson, who is teaching in .Stamford, Conn. 

EASTER SUNDAY. There will be Easter music 
and an Easter sermon at the morning service, antl an 
Easter Sunday-School concert at six o'clock in the 
afternoon. 

REV. E. E. BRADLEY, of Lincoln, who addressed 
the special service of March 28, will exchange with 
the Pastor on Sunday, April 9, for Ijoth morning and 
evening services. 

THE SEAMAN'S FRIEND SOCIETY of Boston 
has received frequent help from the C. E. Society in 
past years and is to have an evening's entertainment 
furnished this year. The Church will make a con- 
trilmtion to this .Society on .April 30th. 

LOSSI-IS. On the tirst Sunday in March, Mr. Rob- 
ert K. Alien was received into the fellowship of the 
Church and in less than three weeks was lemoved by 
death. Mrs. Carolyn lienner Whitney has been granted 
a letter of dismission to Holvoke. 

FRIDAY EVENINGS. Topics for the April 
meetings will be as follows: .April 7, -'Fitness for 
Spiritual Service"; April 14, "The Young Life Now 
Devoted to Missions"; .April 21, "Luxury and 
Necessity"; April 28, "The Holy Spirit;" May 5, 
" Neigh borliness.'' 

ITTLRAKV AFTERNOONS. Plans have been 
made by the Literary Committee of the Woman's 
Union for further talks as follows: April 12, a liter- 
ary talk; April 26, an art talk iiy Miss Hart. In May 
talks are expected from Miss M. E. Woollev, Miss 
EUor v.. Carlisle, and Miss A. E. Blount. 

THI': SPRING SESSION of the Middlesex South 
Conference will beheld at Northboro during the after- 
noon and evening of .April i8th. In the afternoon, 
in addition to the regular reports, there will be ad 
dresses by Rev. E. E Bradley, of Lincoln, on the 
subject: "How can the chinches of the Conference 
be more helpful to each other.?" and by Mr. E. H. 
Walcott, of Wellesley. on the subject: "How can the 
churches of a commimity co-operate most efificientlv 
for the advancement of the kingdom of God.?" In 
the evening Rev. J. B. King will speak on "The 
Progress of Church and Christian Unity," and Dr. 
F. E. Emrich on "The Common Unitv of Belief." 



jfirst (loncireaatioiial Cburcb in 
Melleslcp fbills 

Organized, February 24, 1847 

REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning .Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

4.00 Mrs% Fuller's Class for Adults. 

6.30 Y. P. S. C. E. 

7.30 E^vening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 



EASTER SERVICES. Sunday, April 2, in the 
morning, with Easter sermon and special music. 
Easter concert by the Sunday School at 6.00 i'. M. 

WOMEN'S MEETINGS. April 11, at 2.30 at the 
vestry, "The Home Making of Character." April 25, 
Annual Business Meeting of the Home Missionary 
Society, at 3 v. m. with Mrs. Thomas. Afternoon tea. 

FRIDAY MEETINGS. April 7, "The truth shall 
make you free," John 8:32. April 14, "Enthusiasm," 
Rev. 3:1 t-22. April 21, "The Quiet Hour," Matt. 6:5-6. 
April 28, "The Jew." His jiast, present and future. 
What we owe to him," Gen. 22:15-18. Hebrews 1:1-2. 

i;.KS ri;K sale and supper. Apr. 4, afternoon 
and evening. Bag table, apron table, fancy table, 
Auld lang syne table, etc. Musical entertainment in 
the evening, including "The Electric Warblers." Ad- 
mission 10 cents ; with supper ticket, 35 cents. 

HOSPIT.AL SUNDAY. It is a common and ap- 
propriate custom in many places to ol)serve Easter as 
Hospital Sunday, the churches taking a collection on 
that day for the benefit of free hospitals. The col- 
lection offering in our church this Easter will be for 
the benefit of the Wellesley Free Bed in the New ton 
Hospital. 

SU.XDAY EVENING SERVICES. April 2, at 
6.00 1^ M., an Easter C(nicert by the Sunday School 
and special talent. April 9, Rev. E. S. Porter, of 
Bridgewater. April i6. Missionary Concert, some 
special speaker to be announced. April 23, histori- 
cal sermon by the Pastor on ''The Monastic Move- 
ment." .April 30. Praise Service. 

Y. P. .S. C. L. A new Christian luuleavor Soi;itty 
has been organized on the usual plan. Committees 
have ncjt yet been appointed. The following officers 
have been elected: Miss Isabella Fiske, president; 
Miss Marion Robscni, vice-president; Mr. Waller 
Wright, treasurer ; Miss luhel Putney, recording sec- 
retary; Miss Emily Blight, corresponding secretary. 
The evening of organization was stormy, but there 
was a good attendance, and twenty-one members 
signed the constitution; 19 active members and two 
associate members. Since that evening a number 
more have joined the .Society. Meetings are to be 
held on Sunday from 6.30 p. m. to 7.15. The to])ics 
will be those of the regulai organization. The Soci- 
ety adopted for its pledge a simple jnomise to attend 
and participate in the meetings, "iniless prevented by 
absolute necessitv." 



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Mellesle^ Ibills xauitarian Society 

Organized, 1S7 i 
Relig'ioiis Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
t2.oo Sunday School. 

SATURDAY 

9.00 Junior Branch Alliance. 

TUESDAY 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues- 
day. 

Communion Service on tlie first Sundavs of Ian., 
Apr., July, Oct., immediitely after morning service. 

DURING THE LAST MONTH the pulpit of the 
Unitarian Church lias been filled bv Rev. ^Ir. Jones 
of Newton Highlands, Rev. Mr. Mott of Wavland, 
and Rev. Dr. Young of W.ilthaut. 

THE ENTERTAINMENT given in the church 
parlor on Wednesday, March 22, was well attended in 
spite of the disagreeable weather. Mrs. I'ark spoke 
on "Customs of Child life in India," illustrated In' 
four children in costume. Mrs. Park Nhould he heard 
more widely in her inreresiiiisj liulit papers. 

THE BRANCH ALLIANCE held a very pleasant 
meeting on March fourteenth. .Miss Rogers, of West 
Roxbury, gave a verv interesting historv of the first 
church in Boston. This church was founded in 
Charlestown but soon crossed the river to Boston 
proper, moving its place of worship at intervals, as 
population changed, to its present location on Boyl- 
stou Street. 

THE JUNIOR ALLIANCE will close its season's 
work with a May Market Sale aiul Entertainment, to 
be given in the church parlor on .April [5. There will 
be a number of tables in charge of the young people, 
who show great interest in preparing for this very 
pleasant event. 

Miss Alice DeSilva will have charge of the fancy 
table. Miss Ruth McClashan will trv to supply all 
with toys. The candy table will he in charge of Mi-;s 
Florence Hyde, while the popcorn table wiH be pre- 
sided over bv the young men associated with the Al- 
liance. There will be one table devoted especially to 
the sale of published sermons by Rev. A. H. Vorse, 
and his photographs, in charge of Misses Beatrice 
Hardy and Ruth Haldwin. The entertainment which 
is called the Nursery Maids' Drill will commence at 
three o'clock. 

Too much can hardly be said in praise of this soci- 
ety of the younger people, whose efforts are earnestly 
made and usually meet with the success deserved. 
Under the mana<jement of three ladies from the older 
Alliance, thev work every Saturday morning for an 
hour, and have this year finished six gowns and four 
skirts for infants in the Floating Hospital, as well as 
prepared scrap-books and sheets of pictures to enter- 
tain and amuse the invalid children in the hospitals. 
Every summer they send weekly contributions to the 
Flower Mission in Boston. This work, which for two 
years has been managed by Nicholas Smith, will next 
summer be looked after by Miss Cretchen and Mas- 
ters John and Clarkson Balch. 

The officers of the Junior Alliance for the past year, 
and to whom is largely due its efficient work, are, 
president. Miss Dillaway ; secretary. Miss Molly Hardy; 
treasurer. Miss .Alice De Silva. 



St. Hnbrew's (Iburcb 

Organized, iSgi 

REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Kelif^ions Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning I'rayer 
12.00 Sunday School. 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the Month, 10.30 A. M. 
Third Sunday, 9.30 A. M. 
(Jther Sundays, 7.30 A. .M. 



MIXISTLRINC CHILDREN'S LEAGUE. There 
has been a good attendance of the boys in the (Juild 
room on Wednesday afternoons, under the direction 
of the Misses Ely, Hastings, and Hall. The boys are 
making scrap-books for the House of the Good She]3- 
hcrd. Maine. 

EAS'I'ER SERVICES. The services for Easter 
Day will be as follows: Holy Communion, 7.30 A. M.; 
Morning Prayer and Holy Communion, 10.30 A.M.; 
Children's Carol Service, 4. 00 p. M, 'i'he music for 
the morning service will include a Te Deum by Hop- 
kins, Jubilate by Field, Kyrie and (iloria Til)i by 
Hayes, and Sanctiis by Stainer. 

Till'. ICASTLR OFFERING. I'he offering on 
Easter Dav this year is to reduce the mortgage on the 
rectory land. $4 co is required to lift us entirely out 
of debt. Let every conscientious church member 
contribute generously according the ability which 
God giveth. If good times are upon us the Church 
ought to feel the effects of them first. 

'THE LENTEN SERVICES. The daily services 
during Lent were very well attended, considering the 
numbei of bad days' we had. The experiment has 
proved such a success that it will probably be repeated 
in the future. Just how much benefit has been de- 
rived from these frequent services cannot be wholly 
determined. But it has certainly developed habits of 
church going among many who had been growing 
neglectful in this respect, \\hat the effect has been 
upon the inner life is something which God alone dis- 
cerns. But whatever it is it belongs not only to Lent 
but to our Christian life throughout the year. We 
are to be instant in season and out of season. 

GIRL'S FRIENDLY SOCIETY. The March 
number of the Church Militant devotes considerable 
space to the Girl's Friendly Society. In an article on 
the Holiday House at Milford, N. H., where all mem- 
bers mav spend a two weeks' vacation at the low rate 
of $3.00 a week, the writer says: "This year a long- 
cherished castle in the air has become a reality. Most 
unexpectedly an unknown friend offered us money to 
enlarge our work. A smaller house for delicate girls 
who are recovering from illness has been a need from 
the beginning. Each year our hearts have been wrung 
as application came for girls not well enough for a 
vacation house. Dr. Hutchins, hearing of this plan, 
gave us a small house on the opposite side of the road 
near the Holiday House, with the surrounding land, 
and the generous gift is sufficient to enlarge this 
house and put it in running order. The house will 
accommodate eleven girls and will be open this sum- 
mer. 



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St. /iDarp's Cburcb 

(Jrganized, iSiz 

REV. H. USHER MONRO, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

9.30 Sunday School. 
IG.45 Morning Prayer and Sermon. 
4.30 Evening Prayer and Address. 
Holy Communion 

First .Sunday in the month, 10.45 ■*• '^^• 

All other Sundays, 8.45 A. M. 

Special Festivals, 9.00 a. M. 

Choir rehearsals, Tuesdays and Fridays. 

THE AFTERNOON SERVICE heretofore at 
4.30 o'clock on Sundays will be changed to 4.15 p. .M. 
hereafter. 

THE RECTORY CLUli will resume its regular 
meetings at the rectory after Easter. Mr. C. B. Fille- 
brown, the well-known lecturer upon " .Single Tax," 
has promised to address the Club sometime in April. 

THE BOY'S FORTNIGHTLY CLUH is expect- 
ing to visit the Boy's Club of Waban in April, for an 
evening's outing. The badges of the Club of St. 
Mary's are very prettv. 

IHl-: A.MNUAL PARISH MELTING for the 
election of wardens and vestrymen, and the trans- 
action of other business of the parish will be held on 
Monday evening, April 3, at 7.30, in the parish house. 
1 he parishioners are cordially invited to be present. 

THL LITTLF HELPERS' CIRCLE of Kings' 
Daughters will hold an entertainment and sale in the 
parish house, on Monday afternoon, April 3, from 2 to 
6 o'clock. The children will offer for sale articles of 
their make and also refreshments. The friends of the 
children and all members of the parish are invited to 
attend and to assist them. 

EASTER DAY. There will be an early service 
\\ith the Holy Communion in the morning at 7.30. 
Service at the usual hour, 10.45 A. .M. The children 
of the Sunday School will have their festival service 
at 4.00 p. M. The classes will present their offerings 
for missions. Prizes will be awarded for attendance 
and care of lesson papers. Potted plants will be given 
to the children. 

PHE MLMHERS of the Vestry, with the assist- 
ance of a committee of women of the church, are 
making an earnest effort to reinove the deficit in the 
iieasury. They hope to do this by Easter Monday. 
The Committee are soliciting special subscriptions, 
and all the members of the parish are urged to give 
something, even with some sacrifice, that the debt, 
which is not large, may be met. 

NECROLOGY. The death of Mr. John Pulcifer 
occurred on Thursday, March 16. Mr. Pulcifer had 
been junior warden of St. Mary's Church for eight 
years, and a vestryman for a longer period. He had 
lived a quiet, exemplary life in this community for 
about fifty years, and the welfare of the parish was 
very dear to him. He was constant in his attendance 
upon worship, and both by precept and example proved 
a faithful and consistent member of Christ's church. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

EASTER VACATION. The twelve days' Easter 
recess, which began Wednesday, March 29, will extend 
to Tuesday, April 11. Comparatively few members 
of the College are remaining during the holiday. 

WELLESLEY'S NEW PRESIDENT. An- 
nouncement was made in chapel Wednesday morning, 
March 8, of the election of Miss Caroline Hazard, of 
Peace Dale, Rhode Island, to the presidency of the 
College, to succeed Mrs. Julia J. Irvine, whose resig- 
nation, which took place some time ago, as recorded 
in the last number of Oi;R Town, will go into effect 
at the close of this academic year. 

PROGRESS DURING PRLSIDENT IRVINE'S 
Administration. Looking backward over the five 
years of President Irvine's administration, a gratify- 
ing record of progress is seen. When Mr.s. Irvine 
entered upon the duties of president, in 1894, the Col- 
lege had just begun the transition from a curriculum 
largely prescribed to a curriculum mainly elective. 
Under her guidance, this and other changes attending 
improvement in academic « ork have been safely 
passed, the so-called schools of music and art have 
been organized into departments, and in addition the 
departments of applied mathematics, pedagogy, and 
Hiblical study have been established. During her 
administration the money matters of the College 
have been placed upon a strictly business basis, the 
svstem of domestic service has been abolished, and 
the lighting of the larger buildings and of the College 
grounds with electricity has been brought about. 

.'\moiig the additions to the material equipment of 
the College effected duiing Mrs. Irvine's administra- 
tion are the erection of the chemical laboratory, 
entirely apart from other buildings, and of the new 
lodge at the northern entrance to the grounds A 
general policy in regard to the building of society 
houses has been established, and the .Shakespeare 
House, attractively designed and advantageously 
located, has been erected. The number of buildings 
now in use for class-rooms, dormitory, and business 
purposes is eighteen. The Houghton Memorial chapel 
will be dedicated about the first of June, and it is 
expected that work will be begun on the astronomical 
observatory and on a new dormitory early in the spring. 

Intimately concerned and untiringly active in all 
these matters of progress. President Irvine retires 
with the gratitude of the College for her devotion to 
its interests. 

STUDENT'S AID SOCIETY. Much interest was 
manifested in the meeting of the College Student's 
Aid Society held last month in Association Hall, 
Hoston. Mrs. Alice Freeman Palmer, President of 
the Society, in opening the meeting, .referred to 
the object of the organization, which, according to its 
constitution, is, "to advance the cause of the Chris- 
tian education of women, to diffuse information, and 
to collect money for the purpose of assisting deserv- 
ing young women." Annual membership in the .Soci- 
ety is $5, life membership $100. Of the entire amount 
of money loaned during the twenty-one years of its 
organization, more than half has been returned. Mrs. 
Pauline A. Durant, treasurer, and Miss Mary Caswell, 
secretary, presented their reports for the past year, 
showing gratifying results in money returned and stu- 
dents aided; yet the demand far exceeds the funds, 
and, as a rule now, no student can be assisted by the 
Society until she has been at least a year in the College. 



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THE TEACHERS' EXCHANGE 

OF BOSTON, 258 WASHINGTON ST., 

Recommends Teachers, Tutors and Schools. Wellesley 

Students are invited to call. 



HRS. W. L. TAYLOR 

Teacher of Piano, 

Wellesley. 
Refer to 

Mr. G. W. Chadwick, Director New England 
Conservatory of Music. 

TUTORING 

In MATHEMATICS, GREEK and LATIN,— 
Entrance Requirements or College Conditions. Ad- 
dress : 

GRACE B. TOWNSEND, A. B., 

WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS. Tutor at Wellesley College. 



DANA HALL SCHOOL- WELLE5LEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

General Course for Non-Collegians. 

Special Advantages in English Literature, Art, 
History of Art, and Music. 
Miss Helen Temple Cooke, Principal. 
Mrs. Harriet E. Page, ^ 



Miss Jeannie Evans, \ 



Associate Principals. 



FRED W. ALLEN, D. M. D. 
.♦♦. Dentist 

SPECIALTY: Mondays and Fridays 

Crown and Bridge Work Shattuck Bldg. 

and Regulating Wellesley 

MISS M. L. MORAN 

DRESSMAKING 



Room 2, Shaw Building, 



Wellesley, Mass. 



BUTTERICK PATTERNS 

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WEJ^EESLEY HILLS SQUARE 

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Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 

Goods, etc. 

WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY. 

SCIENTIFIC HORSE SHOEING 

CARRIAGE IRONING 

Having had twelve years' experience Balancing 
and Shoeing Gentlemen's Roadsters, both pacers and 
trotters, I am prepared to give satisfaction. 

Your patronage is respectfully solicited. 



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WELLESLEY. 



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A postal will bring free samples of milk and cream to 
your door. TELEPHONE, 23-3. 

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Deposits and Surplus, 



$1,800,000 



Deposits go on Interest P'eb. i, 
Mav '. Aug. I, and Nov. i. 



Hank open 9 A. M. to 3 p. M. 



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Fancy Articles. Fine Teas and Coffees a 
Specialty. 

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Umbrellas repaired. 
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year. "Sorosis" are the best in the world at the price or anywhere near the price, which is 
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Volume II Number ^ - - - \lot"nLVy7ir 

CONTENTS 

Editorial 3 

Summer Camps for Boys . . Winthrop T. Talbot 3 

Vacation Schools 4 

Natural Attractiveness of Wellesley . c/ltex E, Wight 4 

Report on Sloyd ........ 6 

Wellesley Collegfe Notes ...... 8 

Church News 

Wellesley Congregfational Church . , , . 8 

Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society ...» 9 

St. Andrew's Church ...♦.♦ 9 

St. Mary's Church 10 

Iff 

CMA.RLES VI. EA.TON, F'ub.llatier. 
>Ai''ellesley Hills, Nlass. 



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O. A. BRUNEN, 
Baker 



CREAM IX ALL 
ITS VARIETIES 



21 So. Main St., 
Natick, Mass. 



Remember 

when in need of stylish and 
comfortable footwear go to 

PERKINS & WAIDNER, 

3 Clark's Block, Natick, Mass. 



We desire to call attention to our 
opening of shirt waists. We do not hesitate 
to say that this Store never exhibited so tine 
a stock or more dainty effects in Percales, 
Scotch Ginghams and Lawns in all of the new 
colors, also a full line of white goods in 
Lawns and Muslins. 

Our entire new line is now in stock. 
Do not wait until the best ones aie all picked 
out but buy early and you will wear the 
prettiest waist. 

Wn. H COLBY, 
Walcott Building, Main Street, Natick 

Successor to J. B. Leamy 

C. M. McKECHNIE 
Baker, Caterer and Ice C'i-eam Manufacturer 
Orders delivered in Wellesley 
Connected by telephone 

No. 10 Hain St., Natick, Hass. 



CHAMBER 5ETS in 
Mahogany. Bird's Hye 
Hapie, Curly Birch, "Oalc. 
Ash anJ White Hname!. 



Superbly Mandsome 
Highly Fashionable 



Cieland & UnderwooJ 

7 arid O West Central SStreet, ■Vatick 
Free Deiivery 



Natick Five Cents Savings Bank 



Deposits and Surplus, 



$1,800,000 



Deposits go on Interest Fel). i. 
May I, Aug. r, and Nov. i. 



Hank open 9 A. M. to 3 p. m. 



FREDERICK O. BASTON, 

Trkasurkr 



W. F. CLELAND, 

DRY GOODS, 

New lines Ginghams, Percales, Shirt Waists 

Full line of Ribbons in Satin, 
Taffeta and Grosgrain 

Dress Trimmings, Hosiery, Gloves and 
Underwear in reliable makes 

9 Clark's Block, = Main St., - Natick 

The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 
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Washington St., Wellesle\'. Superintendent. 

WOMEN ARC 
DELIGHTED with 




RIONPA 



LADIES' SHOE 



For.... 

$2.50 

We 

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Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the first 
of each month. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Edward H. Cliandler, Wellesley. 

Publisher, Charles M. E.iton, Wellesley Hills 

Advertising Agents, Miss Vinthia Ingiam, Welleslev; A. K. 
Tisdale, 30i) Washington Street, Boston. 

.Subscriptions may be left at Flagg's News Stand or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Welieslev: Mrs. Ilslev's, Welleslev Hills, or at the 
Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Wellesley Hills Post 
Office. 



EDITORIAL 

WE begin ill tliis issue wliat we hoj)e 
will prove to be an important and 
valualile series of articles, grouped 
under the general subject of " Wellesley as 
a Place of Kesidence." The effort will be 
to set forth, as it" for the iiiforniation of a 
stranger, all the points deserving mention in 
a description of the town. Thei-e are to be 
articles on "(Growth," " Ileallhfulness,'" 
"Water Supply,"" "•Educational, Social, and 
Religious Advantages," "Kate of Taxation, " 
"Relation to lioston," "Park Syslem,"" and 
other features of tlie co nmunity life. The 
writers will be citizens who are entirely 
familiar with the subjects on which they 
write, and whose words we shall be glad to 
hear. We lu)pe that the series will develop 
our loyalty to the town an<l make more reso- 
lute our determination to work for its 
highest interests. 



MUCH space is given in lliis nu:id)er to 
a report made by a special committee 
appointed by the Womairs Club some 
months ago to investigate the method and 
practical value of the system of manual train- 
ing called Sloyd. This Committee is unan- 
imous in its approval of Shiyd as a much- 
needed method of wholesome education and 
recommends its adoption in the public 
schools of VVellesley. With this opinion 
and recommendation the Editors of this 
paper heartily agree. While the present 
school hours are crowded full of useful stud- 
ies and exercises it would not be difficult to 
show that some of thein are not as useful in 
the development of personal efficiency as a 
course in Sloyd would be. Any boy or girl 
would be better off with the training of hand 
and brain acquired at the Sloyd bench, even 
though this were gained at the expense of 
the knowledge of a considerable variety of 
interesting facts. Let us have Sloyd in our 
public schools. 



IT is with pleasure that we announce that 
the Wellesley Free Bed is now secured 
and ready to be occupied. The generous 
response and the kind expressions of appre- 
ciation and good wishes for this worthy 
object have been most gratifying. The live 
churches in the town received collections to 
the amount of |155, while the willing offer- 
ings from private individuals amounted to 
|1"2S. The remaining $17 needed to make 
up the necessary $oOO were contributed by 
the Friendly Aid Committee from the pro- 
ceeds of the opei-etta. 'J'he ]>hysicians, also 
the pastors of the (diufches, have been noti- 
fied in regard to the bed, and we take this 
way of informing the public that applica- 
tions may be made to M\s Mary C. Lacliel- 
der, Wellesley Dircctoi'of the Ladies' .Aid of 
the Newton Hospital, Tele])hone No. O'i-ll?. 
The offerings of the chui'ches were as fol- 
lows: Catholic Church, ISO; St. Andrew's 
Church, $80; Wellesley Congregational 
Church, 125; Wellesley Hills Congregational 
Church, $25; Wellesley Hills Unitarian 
Society, $-5. 



SUMMER CAMPS FOR BOYS 

THE summer camp for boys seems to 
solve the problem of how to use the 
summer months most i)rofitably and the 
long vacation, spent often in idleness, some- 
times, ill unprofitable or bad company. At 
the end of many a boy''s summer the ques- 
tion "What have I learned?" will lie an- 
swered by "Nothing," or a positive "Some- 
thing," — which is not always desirable; in 
the best of cases, "To row and swim a little." 

At the cam]>, situated, as it must be, away 
from towns and, as it should be, with advan- 
tages of water and mountain climbino;. a 
boy — a number of boys — can best gain a 
knowledge of many practical and enjoyable 
things which will prove life-buig resources. 

()ne of the cam|t's.4-hief aims is to deveh)p 
the body. The stea<ty, daily practice undei' 
careful instruction that a boy can get best 
in cam]) turns out swimmers, ball players, 
oarsmen and climbeis, who can more than 
hold their own in tests of endurance, method, 
and resource. 

A modern boy has schooling enough from 
books in winter. The study of animal and 
plant life, the stars as they are seen nightly 
from the cam]>-fire, surveying, carpentering, 
farming, the art of handling horses and cows, 
the scientific growth of vegetables. These 



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interests developed by daily talks and em- 
phasized by living in an atmosphere of prac- 
tical work will supplement the winter's the- 
ories and add greatly to a boy's power of 
usefulness and accomplishment. 

The close association of boys out of doors, 
under strong and healthy leadership, is one 
of the most wholesome sides of camp life, 
especially for only sons, and through it are 
created the pleasantest memories of the 
camp. The atmosphere of willingness, good 
tem])er, activity, and generosity which per- 
vades camp life must needs leave a lasting 
impress on any boy to his great happiness 
and advantage. 

Along these lines four camps have been 
started in the lake region of New Hamp- 
shire, and it is hoped that ere long there will 
be many moi-e made necessary by the increas- 
ing needs of boy-life. The time is fast com- 
ing when the summer of most boys will 
include a few weeks -of this profitable camp 
life. 

W. T. TAM50T. 



VACATION SCHOOLS 

Editors of "Our Town," 

Dear Sirs: I beg to enclose a clipping 
from an editorial in the "iioston Transcript," 
concerning "vacation scho(»ls," which is 
woi-thy of the consideration of our citizens. 

"The real value of the vacation school has now 
been so widely demonstrated that it is coming to be 
considered an indispensai)le annex to the "public 
school system. People are now looking upon the 
long vacation as productive of much injury The 
summer school not only keeps children off the street, 
but also raises the standard of home life and relieves 
overburdr.'ned mothers. Its advantages to the com- 
munity are obvious. It opens up the way for superfluous 
energy to be turned to good account. It inculcates 
law and order without the haste and onerous disci- 
pline of the ordinary public school. And it inspires 
self-respect, honor, and a desire for usefulness in 
those whose lives have not been allotted in helpful 
environment." 

•' The secret of the success of the vacation school 
lies in the fact that work is made so fascinating that 
It is more attractive than play. It appears almost 
inci edible, but the most lawless and disrespectful are 
transformed through the pleasant diversity of occu- 
pation. Seldom is a child expelled for bad behavior 
from a vacation school. The combination of manual 
and mental training, of nature study, of occasional 
out-of-door excursions, and the afternoons spent upon 
the playgrounds, is irresistible." 

"Just as the output of the kindergarten is never 
found later in police court, so the vacation school 
means lives preempted for good citizenship and use- 
ful service to the community." 

Though manual training is mentioned first, 



1 believe there are other subjects which are 
important and equally interesting. For 
instance there is the study of the names and 
characteristics of the common trees, their 
uses, etc. The useful ornamental shrubs, 
certainly the grains, deserve study. Geol- 
ogy, the names and habits of the birds, the 
wild flowers, are still other desirable subjects. 
Take the construction of a house, for instance, 
a thing which is never taught except to those 
preparing to become architects. We all 
have to live in houses; many of us hope to 
build one some day. Why should not we 
be instructed in the matter of house construc- 
tion ? Another matter is the construction of a 
good road. The children that are noAv 
attending our schools are going to run the 
town some day; why shouldn't they improve 
on our ignoiance by learning how to build 
and maintain a thoroughly good road? It 
will save them uiuch money in the tax levy 
and help them to turn down the jiolitical 
street commissioner and elect none but com- 
petent men for offices in which ability and 
business methods should prevail. 

A WELLESI-EV l'AIii:N I. 



WELLESLEY AS A PLACE OF RESI- 
DENCE 

L The Natural Attractiveness of Wellesley 

IT happened that from Tupelo Point, in the 
early morning, a certain college student 
fi-om Iowa had her first glimpse of the 
Italian Gardens of the llunnew ells. Her 
exclamation of delight astonished the staid 
Massachusetts Junior by whose side she 
stood as she eagerly took in every detail of 
lovely scene, — the parapet, the dark 



the 



green bas-relief of curiously trained and 
trimmed evergreens, the footway to the 
water, the rustic summer-houses, the bright 
green of the typical New England woods at 
the right, and the pellucid waters of the lake, 
extending without a ri])ple to her very feet. 
No wonder she was delighted, for the scene 
was totally unlike anything she had ever 
known in her home on the western prairie. 
The difference in the emotions awakened in 
the two girls, under precisely the same con- 
ditions, was not altogether to be accounted 
for by the contrasted expressive western and , 
repressive eastern types. Familiar from 
childhood with similar scenes, the easteiii 
girl's aesthetic sense was but slightly appealed 
to by one of the most beautiful natui-e s]>ots 



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ill New England, while the westerner, 
acquainted onl}' with rolling prairies or end- 
less vistas of treeless levels, went into trans- 
ports of ecstasy in the presence of the simple 
combinations of water, wood, and the art of 
man that produced so charming an effect. 

The Point itself is one of those rare spots 
which bring delight to the soul every time 
they are visited. A wooded pathway near 
the water lures the visitor on, revealing lit- 
tle by little the beauties of the lake. Of a 
sudden the path stops right at the water's 
edge, and the discovery is made that one is 
standing at the end of an unexpected pro- 
jection of land, with the quiet water on both 
sides and an uninterrupted view of the 
greater jiart of the beautiful lake shore wind- 
ing in and out for several miles. 

The name "Waban" indicates the charac- 
teristic prevalence of Indian names and deriv- 
atives in the nomenclature of New England, 
and carries one back to the time when the 
red man of the forest was the onh' represen- 
tative of humanity to contest with the beasts 
and birds for a proprietary interest in the 
waters and woods of Wellesley. Lake 
Waban lias both an inlet and an outlet. 
The outlet is Waban l>rook, a pretty stream- 
let which runs into the Charles Kiver on the 
Diver boundary ; and the inlet is a strea?ii 
from a little pond near by, which, in turn, is 
connected by a short creek with a larger 
pond, called Morse's. Morse's Pond, excejit 
on the side next the railroad tracks, is almost 
as pretty as Lake Waban, and for purely 
natural scenery is a little su|)cii(»r. It is 
fed by brooks which How through The IIuii- 
ilreds. 

The Hundreds, let it be exiilained, have 
nothing to do with algebra. It is a name 
given to the largest tract of woods in Welles- 
lev, so larjije that it misjfht be called a forest. 
It covers about all of the township north of 
the Albany Railroad tracks, and extends 
into Natick and Weston. On the Weston 
line, in The Hundreds, is a hill called Mt. 
Pennell, from which a splendid view of 
Wellesley, Natick, and Weston may be had. 

Make the trip to Mt. Pennell and you will 
return with a new sense of the beauty of the 
world. You have discovered that peculiar 
rock called the "Devil's Slide," and also the 
"Indian Spring." You have climbed over 
mossy knolls, and seen steep and jagged 
ledges giving shelter to delicate and graceful 
ferns, examined glacier-polished bowlders 
and protruding rock masses, come unex- 



pectedly upon miniature ponds edged by 
berry-bushes, and immense green bogs over 
which butterflies idly flit, pulled bark 
from paper birches and made cups to drink 
from winding, ribbon-like brooklets, reclined 
upon crackling leaves beneath tall oaks and 
chestnuts, or sat upon terraced rocks in the 
shadows of queer red cedars, looked down 
from Mt. Pennell upon the tops of the trees 
in the valley below, which seem as though 
the}^ might be walked upon, such is the 
denseness of their growth and the uniformity 
of their height, looked out u])on the rural 
scenes stretched in the middle distance and 
mellowed by the yellow rays of the descend- 
ing sun, looked off to the inistv-blue horizon 
of distant hills, irregular as waves in a trop- 
ical storm, but quiet as the sea in a summer 
calm, pierced here perhaps by Monadnock, 
there by Wachusett, and elsewhere as 
abruptly by nearer and lower hills. 

A novel and interesting excursion by 
bicycle may be taken by wheeling up the 
Worcester Turnpike, nearly to the Natick 
line. Then follow the Cochituate aqueduct 
through The Huiidre<ls, north of Morse's 
Pond, across IMossom street, jiast tiie beauti- 
ful gi-ounds of the Tow n Hall and Librai-y, 
through Wellesley Hills, around the curve 
at the Indian Springs Park, near Wellesley 
Farms, thence off to the east and a mmss Wal- 
nut street to the Charles Piver viaduct. 
With a little walking and lifting of light 
wheels over fences, the trip may be easily 
accomplished, and one is well re])aid for the 
glimjise of woodlmd vist:is and charming 
bits of scenery which are to be seen, espe- 
cially at the beginning and iieai' the end of 
the trip. 

Hetrace the jiath as far as the Inilian 
Springs l*ark, and make your way down the 
bank and across the stream, wheel along the 
winding drives, stop at the water-way, and 
from the entrance look back and see the 
whole in perspective, with the wooded hill- 
side in the background. 

The stranger is sure to be delighted with 
the little Farms station and its jnetty pond 
surr(Uinded by flowers and native shrubbery. 
The Wellesley stations are all most attrac- 
tive, and surpass in the beauty of their 
grounds stations in any other portion of 
Massachusetts. 

A visit may well be made to the Sudbuiy 
River aqueduct and Echo Bridge, where are 
the puddingstone ledges, the opaque, green 
hemlocks and the gray-trunked beeches. Of 



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course the story of the puddingstone must 
be told; how a long time ago the giants had 
a feast and then a tight, and threw plum pud- 
ding at each other, which hardened into 
rock where it fell. 

The Charles River can be best explored 
in a canoe. It skirts the Wellesley border 
twice, once on the south and once on the 
north. The continual panorama of graceful 
trees, fertile fields, and well-kept estates, 
brought to view by every turn and twist of 
the winding river, is a constant source of 
wonderment and pleasure. 

A camera need be seldom idle in Welles- 
ley. Many points furnish views which are 
particularly pleasing. Glimpses on Wash- 
ington street at the Hills, from the bridge at 
the Farms, at the Lower Falls station, trom 
Maugus Hill, here and there on the Worces- 
ter Turnpike, from the grounds of the Acad- 
emy of the Assumption at the Hills, of the 
magnificent red cedar tree on Foi'est street, 
and at Longfellow's Pond and vicinity, 
make artistic and attractive pictures. 

It may be that many of those who live in 
our town do not know what nature luis pro- 
vided for their enjoyment. If this short 
description serves to awake in any such 
a desire to search out their sui-roundinos, it 
will have served a useful purpose. 

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REPORT OF WOMAN'S CLUB COM- 
MITTEE ON MANUAL TRAIN- 
ING IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS. 

BY manual training we mean Sloyd a 
system which is not technical l)ut edu- 
cational in its motive. 

We have found the following arguments 
in favor of the ado])tion of Sloyd in our pub- 
lic schools. 

L Theory is in its favor. We should 
educate the whole man. That boy or giil is 
best educated whose faculties are 'most" full v 
and naturally developed. Manual training- 
calls into play a large area of motor brain 
energy which the ordinary systems leave 
untouched. If this part of a boy's brain 
power has been developed hitherto it has been 
outside of the school, by haphazard method,-) 
due to his environment. In the nuijority of 
cases, especially in homes like ours, it has 
received almost no judicious guidance. The 
normal child enjoys creative work with the 



hand. Sloyd calls out and trains this nat- 
ural capacity. The present system, except 
in the work of drawing, which is limited 
manual training, neglects it. 

2. Practice is in its favor. Where it 
has been employed it has been found to 
result as follows (and in every case we give 
the testimony of teachers): 

(a) As an intellectual stirnulus. Man- 
ual training has a definite and plain educa- 
tional value, because it arouses and stimu- 
lates the whole mental activity. It is a com- 
mon testimony that scholars who have been 
dull in some particular study or studies have 
been greatly helped in those studies b}' the 
stimulus of manual work, the fact seeming 
to be that in developing tlie motor activities 
of the brain the sensory activities and other 
areas are also quickened. It is the common 
testimony, also, that where manual training 
is added to the regular course as much is 
accomplished in the shortei' periods given to 
other departments as before in the longer 
periods. The child who is given this work 
does quicker and better work in history and 
geography, as well as in the coi-related studies 
of writing and arithmetic. 

(b) It has also a good phijsical ejftct. 
Manual training offers a remarkable degree 
and variety of physical exercise combined 
with purpose. It cultivates the larger mus- 
cles of arm, chest, and back in the work of 
planing and sawing, and also the smaller 
muscles in the more delicate work of 
drawing, designing, and finishing. It has 
been called, by one educator, "one of the 
most perfect tonics for the nervous system 
of both children and adults." This is in 
itself a strong argument in its favor as com- 
pared to nearly all other lines of study jn 
our public schools. 

(c) The social influence of manual 
training is good. It is labor and it gives a 
healthy respect for labor. Foi- this reason 
it is greatly needed by those who may enter 
upon a professional life. It is a healthy in- 
flixence against the present tendency of our 
schools to create a false and pernicious sense 
of intellectual aristocracy, a tendency of the 
man of books to look down oji the man of 
tools, of the man of leisure to claim supe- 
riority over the man of labor. It cultivates 
a right understanding and respect for work 
and tends to stamp the idler with the ignom- 
iny which he deserves. 

{d) This training is practical, also., in- 
asmuch as, while its aim is not primarily to 



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prepare men for manual labor, it does effec- 
tually do so. Surely this is a strong argu- 
ment in its favor. If pre])aring a man for 
the industrial life upon which he is to enter 
is not a part of rational training in good cit- 
izenship we know not what is. Incidentally 
it does this. It is not thereby a species of 
class education. Indeed, it is that system of 
education whicli is in line with a collegiate 
education only which is class education. 
Manual training is just as much needed by 
the boy who is to study for a profession as by 
any one. Ibit it also lias the added value for 
the boy who is to be a mechanic (jr day 
laborer, that it will give him a little practi- 
cal assistance in the use of his hands. 

(c) The moral ejfect of manual training 
is universally acknowledged. It cultivates 
habits of independence, oiiginality, self-con- 
trol, accuracy, observation, truthfulness, 
neatness. We know of nothing in the school 
system, except drawing, which es])ecially 
cultivates so numy moral activities. Foi' this 
reason manual training is employed in all 
reform schools and is urgently i-ecominejided 
as a part of the common school system l>y 
all special students of moral ])i'obleniS. It 
is a distinct influence for the prt'ventioii <if 
immorality and crime. 

8. 'IMiese are some of the arguments in 
favor of the introduction of numual training 
into our public schools. 

On the other side we have discovered oidy 
three arguments: 

{ (( ) K.i-pense. It would cost perhaps ^400 
to lit up a room. This would last foi- years, 
and the cost of replenishing wood, tools, etc., 
would be small. \ skilled instructor can be 
obtained for $800 a year, or less. Our an- 
swer to this objection is that in a wealthy 
town like ours the question of exi)ense slnuild 
not enter. We have no doubt also that we 
could easily find private citizens who would 
meet the first cost, ])rovided the town would 
engage a teacher. 

{h) N'o room in an overcrowded cuitIcu- 
lum. A sutficient answer is that what has 
been accomplished in the ))est schools of the 
cities and townis of Massachusetts can l)e 
accomplished here. It has been intrcxluced 
in about forty such places, in schools where 
we should be glad to have oui' children edu- 
cated. We do not believe tiiat the courses 
of study employed in such schools are infe- 
rior to that followed in oui- own. It is dem- 
onstrated that the curriculum can be so 
arranged that the schools and the scholars 



may be profited even with manual training 
introduced. 

(c) The oidy other argument against 
manual training which we have heard is that 
the poor children do not need it and the 
well to do can hire private instruction if 
they desire. To which we answer that we 
do not know such classes in our public school 
system, that all should be treated alike, as 
all children alike need this instinct ion. 

4. In conclusion your Committee would 
report that we have corresponded with vari- 
ous schools, examined reports, aiul made 
inrpiiries of the State and local authoi-ities, 
and have found everywhere ap])roval of the 
system, if it has been given a true and fan- 
trial. In contrast to a statement which has 
been circulated, we have inquired diligently 
and have failed to find a single instance of a 
community which has adopted Sloyd in its 
schools and afterward abandoned it. On the 
othei- hand, we have found indiffei-euce only 
whei-e some imperfect or incomplete make- 
shift has l)een adopted, and enthusiasm 
wherever manual training has been given a 
genuine test. The State has set the seal of 
its approval upon it by requiring instruction 
in manual training in all cities of "ilM^^'O pop- 
ulation or over. Students of education, rec- 
ognized everywhere asauthority, almost umm- 
imouslv recommend it, for sniail conununities 
as well as great. And the State Federation of 
Women's Clubs, through its E(bication Com- 
mittee, urges upon the clubs '^that they de- 
vote at least one session during the year to 
the consideration of this topic, with the view 
of co-opei-ating with the local school anliior- 
ities in establishing and maintaining instruc- 
tion therein." 

We therefore unanimously recommend the 
adoption of Sloyd for our public- schools, at 
the same time advising that it be not intro- 
duced until a time when the Superintendent 
and School Committee can heartily endorse 
the course and give it the best chance to 
indicate its efiiciency. We consider that it 
would be folly for citizens, however much 
they may desire any change in the schools, 
to insist" u])on that change against the ener- 
getic protest of their leading educatit)nal 

officers. 

I'AUKis T. FARWELT,, Chaimuiv^ 
>ri;s. .loiix p:. OLDHAM, >>t'crftary, 

MKS. .1. .r. E. ROTHEUY, 
MRS. ARTHUR E. BROWX, 
HOWARD n. (iROSE, 
ERWIX H. WALCOTT. 



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WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

COMMENCEMENT DAY will fall on Tuesday, 
June 27, approximately a week later than usual, owing 
to the readjustment of college term time and the 
later date of opening in September. 

A FIELD DAY. The members of the Athletic 
Association are planning a field day, and Monday. May 
29, has been set apart for an athletic carnival. Golf, 
basket-ball, tennis, lacrosse, running, and probably the 
Greek game of discus-throwing, will be the main 
features of the day. It has been thought best to make 
class honor the basis in giving the championship prize 
at the close of the field day. This means, of course, 
that one member at least from each cla-ss shall compete 
in every event. Already the lists are well filled. 

CHANGES IN THE FACULTY. Miss Helen 
L. Wibsier, Ph. D., professor of comparative philol- 
ogy, has accepted the position of principal of the 
Wilkesbarre Institute, of Wilkesbarre, I'a., in place 
of Miss Elizabeth N. Rockwell, who has held the 
position of principal for twenty-two years Professor 
Webster will enter upon her new duties at the open- 
ing of the next school year, in September, having 
been in charge of her department at Wellesley Col- 
lege since 1890. Known as a woman of high schol- 
arly attainment and wide culture, the loss to the Col- 
lege, through Professor Webster's change of position, 
occasions much regret. 

The College will lose another valued member of the 
Faculty next year, ihroush the withdrawal of Miss 
I'Mith J. Claypole, instructor in zoology for the past 
five yeirs. Miss Claypole will begin tlie sti.dy of 
medicine at Cornell University in the autumn. 

EFFORT TOWARD RAISINt; COLLECii: 
Debt. The alumnse of the College are vigorously 
prosecuting a concerted plan for raisirg the existing 
debt. As is generally known, the College was at the 
outset supplied by its founders with ample buildini's, 
spacious grounds, and costly apparatus. Later donors 
added other buildings and equipment, and endowed 
the library; but the College has remained nractically 
without endowments which could be used for general 
purposes. Receipts from tuition fees have- n;iturally 
not equalled the outlay necessary for salaries, repaiis, 
and additions to the material equipment, and a debt 
of over $96,000 has been incurred. A part of this 
debt is owed to the scholarship and library funds, and 
interest upon this part is paid annually by the Col- 
lege, the remainder being carried as a floating debt. 
It is the hope of the alumnae that the whole sum can 
be raised by 1900, — the year which will close the first 
quarter century of the College history. 'The plan 
originated with Mrs. Winifred Edeerton Merrill, a 
member of the class of ^8^' '*"'^ ^" alumna ti ustee of 
the College. It was warmly supported by William 
H. Lincoln, chairman of the Finance Committee, and 
by other members of the Board, as well as by the 
President and officers of the Alumnre Association. 
Mrs. Merrill becomes national chairman of the organ- 
ization. The State chairmen will circulate appeals 
and receive contributions from their respective states. 
Former students of the College are reminded in these 
appeals that the sum raised by a contribution of $35 
from each former student, or her representative, will 
cancel the debt and leave a balance for other pur- 
poses. Mr. Alpheus H. Hardy, treasurer of the Col- 
lege, will act as treasurer of the organization. 



Gmelleslep Conareoattonal Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Worship. 

11.55 Sunday School and Adult Bible Class. 

3.30 Junior C. E. Society. 

6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 

7.15 Evening W^orship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Woman's llnion. 

FRIDAY 

7.30 Mid-week Service. 

WE WELCOME into our membership this month 
Dr. Winthrop T. Talbot and Mrs. Edith A. 'Talbot. 

EXCHANGE. The Pastor will exchange on Sun- 
day, May 21, with Rev. Nicholas Vander Pyl, of Hol- 
liston. 

A CONCER'T by the choir-boys of Grace Church, 
Newton, is being planned by the C. \:. Society for 
Wednesday, May 17. 

A. M. A. The annual offering to the American 
Missionary Association will be made on Sunday, May 
28. Some description of A. M. A. work will be given 
at the Friday evening meeting of May 26. 

THE NEW FORM for the Reception of Members 
has been printed in a handsome pamphlet with the 
Church's Statement of Belief and the Form for the 
Baptism of Children. 'I'his pamphlet may be ob- 
tained in the vestibule of the Church or on applica- 
tion to the Pastor. 

LITERARY AFTERNOONS. Two more talks 
will be given in this series before the Woman's 
Union and its friends. Prof. Ellor E. Carlisle will speak 
on Wednesday, May 10, at four o'clock, concerning 
'• Conditions of Education in Elementary Schools." 
Prof. Mary E. Woolley will speak probably on Mav 
24 on an (Jld Testament topic. 'These "afternoons" 
have proved of great interest and profit. 

THE MID-WEEK SERVICE. Subjects for the 
next four weeks: May 12, "The College Settlement." 
An address is expected from some resident in one of 
the Boston Settlements. May 19, "The Holy Catholic 
Church." May 26, "'The American Missionary As.-o- 
ciation." June 2, "Books that Help." 

WHITMAN COLLEGE. The Woman's Union 
has raised the $20, which it pledged for the year tow- 
ard the endowment of Whitman College, by a most 
successful musicale, held at the house of .Mrs. R. W. 
T. Crowell, on April 27th. 'The C. E. Society will 
also be able to pay its pledge for the year from a 
portion of the proceeds of the Glee Club concert held 
on April 18. No Christian college in the land has 
any better opportunity to do genuine service for its 
state and country than Whitman, and money invested 
there will yield abundant return. The fact that a 
member of this Church, Mr. S. H. Lovewell, is Pro- 
fessor of Music at Whitman gives an additional 
reason why we should be glad to help the college 
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Melleslei^ Ibills llnitarian Society 

Organized, 187 i 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 ^lorning .■:)ervice. 
[2.00 Sunday School. 

SAT Uk DAY 

9.00 Junior Branch Alliance. 

TUESDAY 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues 
day. 

Communion Service on the tirst Sundays of Jan., 

Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service. 



REV. HERBERl' H. MOTT of Wayland preached 
on Sunday, April 30. He will also lill the pulpit on 
Sunday, .\lay 7. 

ANNUAL MLLTi-NG of the Wellesiey Hills Uni- 
tarian Society met on April 18, organized with Col. 
Albert Clarke as Chairman, and adjourned to April 
24. New members admitted: Arnold Livermore, 
Faith S. Livermore, Ldward \V. Perkins, Clarence 
iJuiiker, Mary Bunker, Henry .S. Lawrence, \\ illiam 
J. Osgood, Schuyler S. Baitlett, .Mrs. E. .\1. Smith. 
Otticers elected: Treasurer, Edward Lawrence; 
Clerk, Henry L). W'lntou. .\ew niemijers of Stand- 
ing Committee for three years: .Mr. Isaac Sprague, 
.\lr. Heurv L Hvde, Mrs. l:,inma 1. I'owne. 

BRANCH ALLE-VNCE. The annual meeting of 
the Branch Alliance of the Unitarian Society was 
held at the Church parlor on April 25. Reports of 
officers and heads of committee^ were given and ac- 
cepted, all showinsi an increase of zeal and mteiest 
in denominational work. I'lans of work for a new 
year were freely discussed, great, good feeling pre- 
vailing. After a vote of thanks to the etiicient Hos- 
pitaiity and Literature Committees, the meeting ad- 
journed for afternoon tea. The ne.\t meeting will be 
on the tirst Tuesday in October. Ihe following olh- 
cers were elected : President, Mrs. Mary C. Smith; 
\'icc-Presiderit, Mrs. Anna B. Park; Secretary, Mrs. 
Annette H. Purdie; Treasurer, Mrs. Sadie E. Hardy. 

THE JUNIOR ALLIANCE held its annual festi- 
val and may-basket sale on the afternoon of April 15. 
All enfered with great interest into the preparation 
for this affair, and the Society responded so cordially 
to the children's efforts that S70 were realized in a 
very short time from the various tables. .A pleasing 
entertainment was given including music, .Miss Molly 
Hardy rendering a solo on the violin; also a "Nur- 
sery .Maids' Drill" by ten little girls, who manoeuvred 
their dollies in right motherly fashion. They w-ere 
Misses (Iretchen Balch, Ruth and Deborah Baldwin, 
Elsa Richardson, Margaret Brooks, .Mary Hartly, 
Dorothy Cunningham, Marion Colburn, Helen Mc- 
intosh, and Flossie Young, the small colored nurse. 
The songs were well rendered, especially the solos 
and duets. The Junior .Alliance has established a 
reputation for delightful entertainments. Something 
even more original will be looked for ne.xt vear. 



St. HnDrew's Cburcb 

Organized, 1S91 

REV, WILLIAM E. HAVES, Rector 

Religions Services 

SUNDAY' 

10.30 Morning Prayer 
12.00 Sunday School. 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the Month, 10.30 A. M. 
Third Sunday, 9.30 A. .vi. 
Other Sundays, 7.30 A. M. 

WOMAN'S AUXILIARY. Nearly sixty garments 
have been prepared by the women during the winter 
for the children of two orphanages. The value of 
these garments is placed at $25. The Girls' Friendly 
Society and the Ministering Children's League have 
also worked for the same object. 

THE NEW RECTORY. It is probable that 
ground will be broken for the new rectory sometime 
about the middle of the month. The plans submitted 
by Mr. S. D. Hayden, of Newtonville, the architect of 
the Chapel, have been unanimously approved by the 
vestry and the parish. The house will not only be 
attractive to the eye, but will be thoroughly well built 
and replete with all modern conveniences. A water- 
color sketch of rectory, church, and chajiel will be on 
exhibition in the vestibule as soon as the working 
plans and specifications have been decided upon. It 
is hoped that the rectory will be ready for occupancy 
sometime in September or October. 

(rlRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY. During April 
the weekly meetings have been well attended and of 
special interest. An l'2aster eve service was held on 
.\pril 1st. Miss lidith J. Claypole, instructor in zool- 
ogv at the College, gave a talk on "Hygiene" April 
8. The entertainment Saturday evening, April 15, 
was in charge of Miss Bennett and Miss Drury, of 
Dana Hall, associate members of the Society. April 
22, Miss Maude Hudnul played several delightful 
selections on the violin during the hour devoted to 
the meeting. 

Miss I-.. M. Hoppin, of Cambridge, State Secretary 
of the Society, will visit St. Andrew's Branch May 13 
to give a talk on the general work of the Society. 

The annual service and sermon will be held in Trin- 
ity Church, Boston, May 25. The sermon will be 
preached Jjy Rev, Father Osborne, of the Society of 
St, John the Evangelist. 

OFFERING FOR MISSIONS. Loyal members 
of the Church are reminded of their obligation to con- 
tribute to the support of the missionary work of the 
Church. No matter how small it may be, let it be 
presented at the offertory on Whitsunday, May 14. 
In this year of our prosperity we cannot better show 
our gratitude to God for the blessings He has show- 
ered upon us as a parish than by helping some other 
parish to stand on its feet and do more effective ser- 
vice in the spread of Christ's kingdom. The assess- 
ment upon this parish is S35. We must raise at least 
that much on Whitsunday if we can do no more 
Should any desire a special object for their contribu 
tion, let them read in the April number of the Church 
Militant the account of the tire which destroyed St. 
James' Church. .Amesbury. May we nor help a little 
toward the erection of a new church? 



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St. /iDar^'s (Iburcb 

Organized, 1812 

REV. H. USHER MONRO, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

9.30 Sunday School. 
10.45 Morning Prayer and Sermon. 
4.30 Evening Prayer and Address. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the month. 
All other Sundays, 
Special P'estivals, 
Choir rehearsals, Tuesdays and Fridays. 

ST. MARY'S CEMETERY. The same Commit- 
tee that has served the past two years was re-elected 
for another year, viz.: The Rector, as Chairman, 
S. H. Warren and C. H. Spring. 

THE LITTLE HELPERS' SALE on Easter Mon- 
day was very successful. The young people made 
nearly $20, the most of which they have kindly given 
towards the new carpet for the Church. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL made an Easter offer- 
ing for missionary work of $16. This will be divided 
between the "Domestic Missions " and " F'oreign 
Missions." There was a contribution of $1.00 from 
one of the parishioners to be devoted to the same. 

THE MONTH OF MAY brings to us some of the 
most important festivals of the church year. .Mav 1, 
St. Philip and St. James Day; nth, Ascension l)'a\ : 
14th, Sun lay after Ascension; 21st, Whitsun-I )av ; 
28th, Trinity Sunday. 

THE ALTAR CHAPTER held a special meeting 
on the 15th of April at the call of the Recior. The 
following members were appointed by the Rector for 
the year: Head of the Chapter, Mrs. Norcross; 
.Assistants: Mrs. H. F. Curtis, Mrs. H. i\ Pronk. 
Mrs. S. W. Clifford, Mrs. D. S. Pratt, Miss Susan C. 
Pulcifer, Miss Eva G. Wiswall, Miss Ella G. Pulcifer, 
Miss Spring. Miss Miller, Miss Fannie S. Seaverns, 
Miss S. A. Jordan. 

THE DIOCESAN CONVENTION of the Church 
in this State will hold its sessions in Trinitv Church, 
on Wednesday and Thursday, May 3 and 4. The 
Bishop of the Diocese, Rt. Rev. William Lawrence, 
D. D., will deliver his sixth annual address on the 
afternoon of the first day. The public are cordially 
invited to visit the Convention. The delegates from 
the parish are: Edward Jennings, S. H. Warren, 
and S. W. Clifford. 

THE ANNUAL PARISH MEETING was held 
on Monday evening, April 4. The following officers 
were elected for the ensuing year : Senior warden, 
Samuel H. Warren; junior warden, Charles 11. 
Spring; treasurer, Frederic C. Leslie; parish clerk, 
William P. Morse; vestrymen, Edward Jennings, 
S. W. Clifford, Daniel S.' Pratt, W. C. Norcross, 
Frederic C. Leslie, and Frank W. Freeman, M. D. 
The report of the Treasurer showed that the deficit 
for the year had been cancelled with the exception 
of a small sum. Responses to the Finance Commit- 
tee by the many parishioners and friends of the par- 
ish, were generously made, and the Rector desires to 
express his grateful acknowledgments to all who gave 
to clear the parish from debt. 



By-Laws of the Wellesley Friendly Aid 
Committee 

Art. I. The name of this organization shall be 
the Friendly Aid Committee. 

Art. II. The object shall be to investigate cases 
of need, give relief and counsel and co-operate with 
town and church officers. 

Art. III. The Committee shall consist of three 
members appointed annually by the Executive Board 
of the Wellesley Hills Woman's Club and of at least 
six others chosen by these three. The present Com- 
mittee shall serve until May, 1900. Vacancies in the 
number chosen by the l''xecutive Board shall be filled 
by the Elxecutive Board; other vacancies by the 
Committee. 

Art. IV. The officers shall be a Chairman, Secre- 
tary, Treasurer, and District Agents. These agents 
shall investigate all cases brought to their attention, 
and report upon the same at the regular meetings of 
the Committee. Each agent shall have at least one 
assistant who shall co-operate with her or act in her 
place in case of necessity. 

Art. V. The Committee mav, at discretion, 
appoint an Advisory Board from the townspeople at 
large. 

Art. VI. Regular meetings of the Committee 
shall be held at stated intervals. .Special meetings 
of the Committee and Advisory Board may be called 
at the discretion of the Chair. 

Art. VII. The Committee shall report annually 
to the Executive Board. The Treasurer's repoit 
shall be duly audited by the Club Auditor. 

Art. VIII. Five members shall constitute a cjuo- 
rum. 

Art. IX. These By-Laws may be amended at any 
regular meeting of the Committee by a two-thirds 
vote of members present and voting, provided at 
least two weeks written notice has been given to each 
member of the Committee. 



The Committee is in need of a larger supply of 
children's clothing, especially garments for little chil- 
dren from four to eight years of age. Material for 
making baby garments, and shoes and hats for both 
boys and girls, are also wanted. Bundles of such 
articles, with lists attached, may be left with Miss 
Lally, Worcester street, or Mrs. Arthur 1'^. Brown, 
Washington street. The Committee also desires to 
know of ladies who are willing to help in sewing or 
mending. Anyone knowing where help is especially 
needed is invited to report at once to the Friendly 
Aid Committee, P. O. Box 282, Wellesley Hills. 



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DR. M. O. NELSON 

DENTIST 

Crovrn and Bridije Work a Specialty 
ROOn 4, WALCOTT BUILDING, NATICK 

O. J. WASHBURN 

DENTIST 

Boom 26, Clark's Block, Natick 
Established 1872 Office Hours : 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. 

TUTORING 

In MATHEMATICS, GREEK and LATIN,— 
Entrance Requirements or College Conditions. Ad- 
dress: 

GRACE B. TOWNSEND, A.. B., 

WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS. Tutor at Wellesley College 

DANA HALL SCHOOL -= WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

General Course for Non-Collegians. 

Special Advantages in English Literature, Art, 
History of Art, and Music. 
Miss Helen Temple Cooke, Principal. 
Mrs. Harriet E. Page, i 



Miss Jeannie Evans, ^ 



Associate Principals. 



FRED W. ALLEN, D. M. D. 
.... Dentist 

SPECIALTY: Mondays and Fridays 

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THE DANA HALL SCHOOL 



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AMONG the various influences which 
liave ccvoperated for the upbuilding of 
Wellesley during the ])ast eighteen 
years one of the most potent is the Dana 
Hall School. Its power for permanent good 
has been felt far beyoml its walls. It has 
not only brought pupils of high personal 
character to live temporarily in the town ; it 
has also brought I'esidents who have made 
homes here. More than that it has freely 
given of its intellectual and social privileges 
to very many of the townspeople. A con- 
siderable number of the women of Wellesley 
have been pupils in the school. The town 
life has been the puier and more vigorous 
because of the presence of such a school in 
its midst. 

With the present month the adniinisti-a- 
tion of the school passes from the hamls of 
Misses Julia and Sarah Eastman, the founders 
and the only principals hitherto. It is an 
ai)propriate time to record what the school 
has been and now is, both to its pupils and 
to Wellesley. We therefore take great 
pleasure in sending out this si)ecial Dana 
Hall number. 



THE BEGINNINGS OF DANA HALL 

TIIEY were very sinn^le beginnings. 
There was no Clematis Cottage in those 
days, nor Ferry Cottage, nor grand 
School Building. There was the original 
Dana Hall, transformed fi-oni a College dor- 
mitory, which, in turn, had been fashioned 
from a boarding house, which, by way of 
climax, was a degeneration of the village 
church. The Misses P]astman were gratitied 
to hear, one day, at a White Mountain Hotel, 
the tale of an extraordinary boarding school 
near Boston, — a boarding school whose edi- 
fice w^as made over from the meeting-house, 
the sounding-board being suspended, so ran 
the legend, in the chaml)er of the principals, 
above their very bed, where it duly repeated 
to them the faintest disloyal whisper from 



the remotest corner of their realms. 

Dana Hall was the gift to Wellesley Col- 
lege of the eminent citizen whose name it 
bears, but Mr. Durant, coming more and 
more to feel the need of better preparatory 
training, proposed, in time, to rent the build- 
ing as a fitting-school, on condition that the 
Misses Eastman would undertake the task. 
Delightfully characteristic was the way in 
which these "two blossoms on a single stem" 
received his suggestion. Each was sincerely 
convinced of her own unworthiness and con- 
sented to listen to his arguments and plead- 
ings only because of the confidence she felt 
in her sister. Miss Julia, whose delicate 
health had interrupted a most promising 
career as a writer, pinned her laith to Miss 
Sarah's educational experience, and Miss 
Sarah, who had been a favorite member of 
the College faculty from the outset, put all 
reliance on Miss Julia's creative and control- 
ling ability. Mr. Durant made fun of their 
personal modesties, warmly endorsed their 
sisterly enthusiasms, and, in short, would 
not take a denial. 

In those eager ))reparations for that first 
flock of the eighteen which have now passed 
into their fold, the sisters naturally put so 
much thought on the home that the class- 
room piovision was somewhat slighted. 
Those earliest Dana Hall girls found await- 
ing them the brightest of welcomes and the 
cosiest of rooms, l)Ut the first day of school 
was an occasion of unexpected hilarity. I 
forget whether it was the Young Men's 
Christian Association or some other band of 
Wellesley ])roprietors, who, at the last min- 
ute, had offered the Misses Eastman a dumpy 
little one-roomed building for a schoolhouse, 
agreeing to "run u)) partitions." l>ut these 
])artitions, setting youth a bad example, 
paused midway in the climb, with the result 
that, while the Latin class could not see the 
.\lgebra class, nor the Bible teacher meet 
the o-lance of the History teacher, a l>abel of 
education floated cloudily overhead. "The 
cube of — hie, haec, hoc, — seemed to the 
King of the Goths — vanity of vanities." 
The tutnult became intolerable, and the class- 
room work of Dana Hall opened auspiciously 
with a half-holiday. 

In this emergency, a peculiar genius of 
the Misses Eastman bore its early fruit, — 
their genius for neighborliness. We all 
know the hospitalities of Dana Hall, from 
the pucker of Miss Ferry's spring bitters to 
the intellectual sweets of the best addressed 



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and concerts. The sisters have thriven on 
generosity. It would take no less subtle a 
mathematician than Miss Smith to explain 
how they manage to give away twice their 
income and save the other half. Bred in a 
country parsonage, they have the beautiful 
habit of synipathy with all the life about 
them, and this, supplemented by their con- 
stant and inconspicuous helpfulness, has 
endeared them to this community more than 
we shall ever make them understand. The 
utmost that even this happily-devised issue 
of Our Town can ho})e to do is to convince 
Miss Julia that Miss Sarah is appreciated 
here, and assure Miss Sarah that Miss Julia 
is duly revered. 

Finding themselves with a school on their 
hands, and no school rooms, the sisters did 
as they would be done b}', — asked help of 
their nearest neighbor. This, fortunately, 
was Mrs. Clark, whose heart is as full of 
kindness as her cupboards are of cake. She 
promptly placed what rooms she had at their 
disposal, and for the first year of Dana Hall 
the girls recited Geometry in a denuded par- 
lor and read Homer in a chamber where the 
mice, excited by the talcs of ancient valor, 
used to race across the fioor as if it were the 
windy plain of Ilion. For prayers, the school 
gathered every morning in the reception 
room of Dana H:ill, Miss Plimpton, the 
beloved music teachei', at the piano, and 
Shot, that elegant water-spaniel who headed 
the illustrious line of Dana Hall dogs, sitting 
piously on his haunches, with his paw in Miss 
Sarah's hand. He was a beauty, but a sad 
hypocrite, dashing away the moment his 
devotions were concluded to chase Mr. Shat- 
tuck's cliickens. His successor, Don, dear, 
clumsy old Don, with his rude way of bark- 
ing amen when he thought the service had 
been sufficiently prolonged, and his unfor- 
tunate habit of utilizing praver-time by wor- 
rying the boots of the kneeling family, had a 
far more genuine gleam of heaven in his 
eyes. The house was a-frisk with cats, too, 
who not only lived in peace with the dogs, 
but made it their mission to notify all feline 
tramps of this earthl}^ paradise, so that more 
than once the sisters, on returning from 
church or drive, found a new pussy taking 
her ease on their softest chair-cushion. 

Truly the beginnings were simple, yet 
two elements touched them to greatness, — 
purpose and personality. The Misses East- 
man were intent from the first, never on 
making money, but always on making char- 



acter. Often and often would they pace up 
and down in the twilights, talking now 
together, now with some earnest teacher, 
now with some enthusiastic girl, of the true 
scope of woman's life, and the best shaping 
of studies, the best allotting of responsibili- 
ties, toward the end of her noblest develop- 
ment. All their convictions and aspirations, 
too, they were unconsciously transfusing into 
the very being of the school through the 
medium of their own spirits, — how finely 
fashioned, how sorely (-hastened, how deli- 
cately and richly fulfilled in woman's graces, 
is known to the multitude who love them. 
Circumstances have been propitious, coun- 
sellors wise, and the corps of teachers able 
and devoted, but, when all is said, high ideals 
and two potent peisonalities, rarely mated, 
have wrought the great success of Dana Hall. 
May the sisters, in their new Wellesley 
home, with Miss Ferry ever beside them, 
enjoy long years of rest and love and honor, 
and may those who succeed to the burden 
and the opportunity find their own labors 
no less fortunate! 

KATHARINE LEE BATES. 



THE GROWTH OF THE SCHOOL 

TO say that the essential principle of life 
is growth, is to give an epitome of the 
story of Dana Hall. Stroiigly alive in 
its beginnings its evolution was as inevitable 
as that in nature itself. 

Through that first year of limited I'esources 
in the way of room, the numbei's knocking 
at the door for admissi(»n increased so much 
that the necessity for enlarged borders be- 
came evident. In the following September, 
a more than doubled school took possession 
of an addition containing a fair-sized school- 
room, a gymnasium and recitation loom. 
The added members soon revealed to the 
always wide-open eyes of the Principals that 
an increase of the teaching corps was desir- 
able. As with them the good thought is 
ever the forerunner of a corresponding deed, 
in the third year the cottage now bearing 
the name of one of Dana Hall's most hon- 
ored friends, opened its doors to receive the 
newcomers. Ferry Cottage, while not sejia- 
rating the teachers from the girls, has still 
afforded them ample opportunity to enjoy 
the restful life which gives to the teacher so 
much of vigor and freshness for her work. 

Three years later the sand bank adjoining 
began to show signs of yielding its stubborn 



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nature to the mellowing influence of human 
care, and a new cottage, destined to be the 
home of Miss Julia and another teacher, rose 
upon the ruins of the scattered spears of 
coarse grass which had until that time 
adorned the spot. Perhaps, now that the 
beautiful clematis vine has so taken posses- 
sion of that cottage as to stamp its name 
upon it, it will not be wrong to whisper to 
the world the secret of its early naming and 
reveal the reason why it seemed so long to be 
nameless. At a christening party when its 
age was told in weeks, some of the former 
pupils to whom the selection of a name was 
assigned, enthusiastic and fresh from a course 
in Wagner, decided upon Valhalla. The 
feelinus of the resident teachers can be better 
imagined than described. Wotan — Brun- 
hilde, — who could sustain the role? Being 
ordinary mortals, and having to do with 
their kind, it is no wonder that they shrank 
from the suggestions which the name offered. 
Time passed, and the crow^ded schoolroom 
made a pathetic a]>peal for air and elbow- 
i-oom. The small recitation rooms refused 
to expand their walls to receive the enlarged 
classes, and the imperfectly lighted gymna- 
sium, necessarily used for class-room work, 
was entirely inadequate. The former geom- 
etry classes well remember their peripatetic 
recitations when the class in ^o?o was obliged 
to walk about the room to see those com- 
binations of lines in which the near view was 
sufficiently occult, the dim distant one an 
incojnprehensible mystery. 

To the great delight. of all concerned the 
present school building became the Siamese 
twin of the old Dana Hall. The advantages of 
expansion were not questioned then, and no 
one trembled with the fear of im])erialism as 
a result. The long, well-liaihted corridor 
formed an atti'active path to the airy school- 
room, which ])roved a challenge to work; 
the large recitation room gave to the teachers 
an ()])portunity to use freely the tool so dear 
to the teachers' heart, — plenty of black- 
board; the abundant floor space of the gym- 
nasium was a fine incentive to the enlarge- 
ment of the scope of the already well-man- 
aged physical training. 

From strength to strength has been the 
essential motto of the school. The Princi- 
pals had in view in their aims and desires 
only the best that education had to offer. 
Dana Hall must stand for excellence in work 
as well as iji moral tone. They knew no 
other word, they conceived no other thought. 



and all that generous deeds and broad sym- 
pathies could do to accomplish that end was 
not wanting. No teacher was ever obliged 
to do more than suggest a reasonable want, 
none were ever made to feel that they lacked 
support when help was needed. When a 
teacher's place was vacant, the same broad 
policy came into play. Both East and West 
were*^ the gleaning flelds for a new incum- 
bent. Dana Hall, too, has stood for trust- 
fulness and consequent honor among its 
])Upils. It has had the usual number of 
saints and sinners, very human girls, and far 
from perfection, but in looking at the results 
of the system after a test of eighteen years, 
no one who has followed the outcome can 
question the wisdom of the principle. It is 
no wonder that such a spirit has wrought 
success, and the best success, — the success 
that bears fruit in lives made stronger and 
better for its influence; the success that 
brings from far and near constant testimony 
to its enduring qualities as a power that 
uplifts and ennobles the lives that it has 
touched. 

M. VIirOINIA SMITH. 



DANA HALL ALUMNAE 

THERE are more than six hundred of us 
Dana Hall girls scattered all through 
this big continent, even into China, 
India, Spain, and home again via the Queen's 
domains, who would like to say a word on 
all these topics. "The beginning," — don't 
we each remember one, when Miss Sarah, 
out of a strange, home-sick world which had 
stranded us on the school piazza, swept us 
into the new life which was Dana Hall? As 
for the school from the inside and the out- 
side who knows it as we do, we old girls 
whose world was for a time all inside Dana 
Hall, and who still measure the outside 
world agrainst the school lintel and find it 
small? l^ut we are not going to say it in 
print. We are all coming home this June to 
stand around our school mothers and tell 
them of the life they fitted us for, to thank 
them for opening our eyes to the work of 
the world and strengthening our hands to 
do it. 

One hundred and thirty of us came back 
two years ago this June and formed a Dana 
Hall Association, and we have tried to get 
word to every one of the six hundred urging 
them to join us in this reunion in June. 
Letters and pictures are expected from those 



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who cannot be with us, and the classes are 
hard at work preparing a School Census for 
exhibition in the Long Corridor. 

The Misses Eastman have asked the girls 
to spend Wednesday night at the Hall. 
Tliursday morning, June 22, the regulai- 
meeting of the Association will be held, and 
after the Alumna' luncheon we hope the 
Misses Eastman will let us go with them to 
their new house and help to christen it 
before we scatter out into the wide world 
again. 

Ft)r one day Dana Hall will be larger than 
ever before, when like the sea- wife's sons: — 

"Home they come from all the ports 

The living and the dead ; 
The good wife's girls come home again 

For her blessing on their head." 

AXNIE BEECHER SCOVTLLE. 



DANA HALL FROM THE INSIDE 

NOW that I have come to the last part of 
my last year at boarding school, I real- 
ize how much these four years at Dana 
Hall mean to me. From tlie beginning I 
loved Dana Hall, for I had always longed to 
live the life of a real boarding-school girl, 
and so when I came here it was tlie realiza- 
tion of my dream. I remember that one of 
the greatest surprises to me at first was the 
rules. I had expected a great many, but 
there were only a few, and those very simple 
plain ones; but how much these meant T 
found afterwards. The school life was all 
that I had hoped and more. To be sure, it 
was a little hard to get up promptly at qw.xv- 
ter of seven every morning, especially on 
cold winter days, and it reqnii-es practice to 
dress in just half an hour. I used to lontr 
then, too, to enjoy all the privileges of the 
older girls, and I watched the Seniors with 
envy as, during the morning study houvs, 
they walked up and down with theii- books 
in the warm sunlight. Now that I am one 
of those who can study outside I appreciate 
this and all our other privileges the more, for 
the very reason that I was deprived of them 
before. 

But even that first year when I was a "new 
girl" there were good times in wdiich T had 
a share, and there was one especially which 
we all enjoyed. During the week we are 
not allow^ed to buy candy, but on Sunday it 
is given us at the table; and after dinner it 
is a curious sight to see eighty girls file from 
the dining room, each carrying a blue plate 



of fruit and candy. When we get upstairs 
there is a grand exchange, and everywhere 
you can hear, "Who wants a caramel?" 
"You can have this orange for a chocolate 
cream." By half-past three — as the next 
hour we spend in our rooms — the girls usu- 
ally have a collection of their favorite pieces. 
If one is so fortunate as to save her candy 
and fruit, they may be seen on the table at 
the Sunday night tea which we have in our 
rooms. This is a very enjoyable time, for it 
is great fun to cook things in the chafing 
dish and eat them cosily with your especial 
friends. 

At the beginning of each fall term all in- 
terests centre in the "new girls," and it is 
the task of the "old girls" to learn their 
names, dance with them in the gymnasium 
before evening prayers, and to try to keep 
them from getting homesick. To help along 
this good woi'k, on the second Saturday 
night of the term, a sheet and pillow-case 
party is given in their honor. Later on, 
tow^ard the Christnuis vacation, is the mas- 
querade to which come both teachers and 
girls masqued in fancy dress. 

The great event of every school year, that 
is to the girls at large, is the Glee Club Con- 
cert. This comes the last part of the second 
term, and it is to this that the girls invite 
their friends, if they have any near enough 
to come. More important still to the Seniors 
and Juniors are the spreads. There are two 
each year; one given by the Juniors, the 
other by the Seniors. For two years I had 
been allowed to look at the beautifully deco- 
rated gymnasium, had helped the girls to 
dress, had watched them go down, but Avhat 
happened after they gave their class cheer 
on going in, remained a mystery. Therefore, 
how much I enjoyed my first spread can be 
easily imagined. I do not think it possible 
for girls to have much better times than we 
do on these important occasions, when the 
two classes are brought together round the 
long tables to sing songs and drink toasts. 
But at the Junior spread, in spite of all the 
fun and gaiety, deep down in each Senior's 
heart, there is the consciousness that this is 
the last time the two classes will be together 
and that her four happy years will soon end. 
It is hard to think that the girls with whom 
we have such jolly times — dancing in the 
gymnasium eveiy evening, such exciting 
games of basket-ball and tennis — will soon 
be scattered far and wide. 

Surely it would be impossible to know 



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anyone better than the girls I liave known 
here in Dana Hall, and nowhere else are 
girls thrown together more constantly. The 
life at school is mostly a hnrried one, full of 
work and study, but if m our despondent 
moments we think we "never want to see a 
book again," we soon realize how much we 
are gaining, even if we do have to work 
hard for it. It is such a comfort to feel that 
Miss Julia, Miss Sarah, and our other teachers 
understand us, and are always ready to sym- 
pathize with us. If the girls improve during 
the years that they spend at Dana Hall, it is 
through the influence of those who are over 
them, and it is to them that we turn to thank 
them for making us what we are. 

MARGARET FREXCH, CLASS OF '99. 



DANA HALL FROM THE OUTSIDE 

THE story of the Dana Hall school would 
be incomplete without mention of the 
close relationship that has always ex- 
isted between the school and the people of 
Wellesley. Dana Hall, while it has gath- 
ered into its family life representatives from 
widely separated portions of the woi-ld, has 
ever been and still is distinctively a Welles- 
ley school. '^I'he village peo])le feel foi- it an 
attachment akin to the family tie; "Oui- 
Dana Hall" is the familiar way in which 
they often refer to and assume a sort of pro- 
prietorship in an institution that occupies so 
large a place in their hearts. 

This kindly feeling is due to the loyalty 
of the Misses Eastman themselves to Welles- 
ley; to their intelligent public spirit; to 
their lively interest in eveiy movement look- 
ing to the upV)uildiiig of a better Christian 
and municipal life, and to the cordial wav 
in which they have so often shared the social 
advantages of the school with the people of 
the village. 

Of hardly less im})ortance has been the 
hearty co-operation on the part of the pupils 
of the school in the cultivation of a spirit of 
neighborliness with the village residents. 
So warmly have the students always sec- 
onded their Principals in this endeavor that 
they have won not only the confidence and 
respect but the hearts of the people. The 
writer does not recall a single instance of a 
breach of decorum in village relationships by 
any one of the pupils of Dana Hall, notwith- 
standing the constant changing of faces and 
personalities, in all these eighteen years of 
active school life. 



Greatly to be desired as is good scholar- 
ship and the art of wielding a facile tongue 
or pen, of far greater importance, as all be- 
lievers in true womanhood must maintain, is 
sterling Christian character. The gentle 
manners, kindly bearing, and many sweet 
graces of our young friends of Dana Hall are 
thoroughly appreciated by those who know 
the significance and value of what is termed 
good breeding. The complaints that are fre- 
quently heard of later-day education and 
educators — that the mind is cultivated at 
the e.vpense of the heart — have never applied 
to the methods adopted and so consistently 
maintained by the founders of this institu- 
tion. 

It is Wellesley's rai'e good fortune that in 
relinquishing control of the Dana Hall school 
the Misses Eastman become identified with 
the life of the village in even a nearer and 
in a more intimate personal relationship than 
ever. They do not need any other welcome 
from a community of which they already 
foiin so essential a })art than the assurance 
that it shall be the pui'pose of the people of 
Wellesley in every way in their ))()wei- to 
pay the large debt due these noble women 
and public benefactors. 



As has already been announced the Misses 
Eastman relinquish the active management 
of Dana Hall with the close of the present 
academic year, when tlie school passes into 
the hands of Miss Helen Temple Cocdve and 
hlM' associate ])rincipals, Mrs. Harriett E. 
Page and Miss Jeannie Evans. 

Wellesley has cause for still further con- 
gratulation, inasmuch as it is believed that 
under the new administration the traditions 
of the school will be maintained, and its 
scope enlarged m progressive dii-ections. 
The home of the Misses Eastman is to be in 
the village of Wellesley and their assurance 
is given that "so far as constant social inter- 
course with its teachers and pupils is con- 
cerned, their withdrawal does not detach 
them from the school." 

Miss Cooke and her associates are not 
strangers to Wellesley, having been for some 
time among us in intimate connection with 
both the College and village life. 

It is with great pleasure that Wellesley 
extends the same pledge of good will and 
co-operation to the new tliat has always been 
accorded the retiring administration of the 
Dana Hall school. 

EUWIX TI. WALCOTT. 



OUR TOWN 



SPECIAL NOTICE 

Subscribers desiring to have their pajyers 
sent to any special address during the sum- 
mer months are requested to send icord to 
that effect to the Publisher of " Our Town,'''' 
Wellesley Hills, Mass. 

Subscriptions to this paper vrill be re- 
ceived for the balance of 1899, beginning 
'with the .Tune number, at twenty-five cents 
each. 

WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

FLOAT DAY. June 20th has been set apart as 
the date for the annual "Float." The class crews 
are doing exceptionally good work in rowing this year. 

COMMENCEMENT EXERCISES. The pro- 
gram for Commencement week is announced as fol- 
lows: June 22, Class supper; June 23, Reception at 
Wood Cottage and Carden-party ; June 24, Presi- 
dent Irvine's reception to .Senior class; June 25, l!ac- 
calaureate .Sunday, sermon by Rev. William R. Rich- 
ards, of Plainfield, N. J.; June 26, Class Day, includ- 
ing afternoon Glee Club concert, Class exercises, 
dances, and evening concert; June 27, Commence- 
ment Day, address by Mr. Hamilton W. Mabie, asso- 
ciate editor of "The Outlook"; June 28, Alumnae 
Day. 

THE POMEROY BEQUEST. By the will of the 
late Martha S. Fomeroy, provision is made for the 
sale of all property not otherwise bequeathed, — as 
soon as this can be advantageously accomplished, — 
until the proceeds equal $60,000. This sum is then 
to be paid over to the Treasurer of Wellesley College 
for the erection of a suital)le dormitory; the College 
is also made residuarv legatee. No steps will be 
taken at present towards building the dormitory for 
which Mrs. Pomeroy's bequest provides, as it is hope^ 
that the the new Wilder dormitory will be ready for 
use in September, '99. 

CONCERNING NEXT YEAR'S ADMINIS- 
tration. A new distribution of executive responsibil- 
ity is announced for the coming college year. The 
duties of President Irvine have included both the bus- 
iness and academic relations of the College, while the 
duties of Dean Stratton have been the taking charge 
of the students and of the religious and social life of 
the College. On assuming her office at the opening 
of the College year 1899-1900, Miss Hazard, the 
newly-elected pre^^ident, will take for her share in 
executive duty the business and social relations of 
the College; while Prof. Kathnrine Coman, of the 
department of history and econorr.ics, who will .serve 
as Dean, will oversee the academic business connected 
with the work of students, and matter of similar 
administration. Prof. Coman's course on the French 
Revolution, which she has usually given, will be carried 
by Miss Julia S. Orvis, the newly appointed instruc- 
tor in history. Associate Prof. Woolley will enter 
upon her appointment as full professor next year, and 
will take charge of College Hall, — the administrative 
building and largest dormitory of the College; for 
this purpose. Miss Woolley will relinquish, next year, 
an elective course in the history of Christianity, and 
a substituted course will be carried by Prof. Rush 
Rhees, of the Newton Theological Seminary. 



St. /iDar^'s Cburcb 

Organized, 18 12 
REV. H. USHER MONRO, Rector 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL will close on Sunday, 
June 25th, for the summer months, opening again on 
the second Sunday in September. 

THE PARISH AID CHAPTER of St. Mary's 
Guild held a very successful supper and festival on 
Thursday evening, June ist. The proceeds will be 
devoted to the new floor and carpet in the church. 

THE RECTORY CLUB will hold its last meeting 
for the season on Tuesday evening, June 6. There 
will be the election of officers for the ensuing six 
months, the receiving of reports and other necessary 
business. 

THE BOYS' FORTNIGHTLY CLUB holds its 
last meeting for the summer on Tuesday, June 13th. 
The Club is planning for a week's camping out at 
Nonesuch Pond in July. 

THi: NEW FLOOR for the chancel of the church 
will be of quartered oak, and will be put in early this 
month. Ihe Parish Aid Society is woiking to extend 
the improvements to the aisles of the church later on. 

THi'! ARCHDEACONRY of Lowell held it^ ses- 
sion in St. Peter's church, Salem, Thursday, June ist. 
The annual meeting occurs at this time for the elec- 
tion of missionary officers, reading of reports of Secre- 
tary and Treasurer, and hearing of addresses from 
missionaries throughout the district. 



St. HnDrew's Cburcb 

Organized, iSyi 
REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

RI'XTORY. The contract for building the recio:y 
has been awarded to Mr. Parker who will begin work 
just as soon as the foundation is completed. 

CONFIRMATION. The Bishop of the diocese 
will visit the parish to administer the rite of confirm- 
ation to six candidates on Tuesday, June 6. at 4.45 p. m. 

M.-W BREAKFAS'l". A tent on the church lawn 
in which good things to eat were served from noon 
till late in the evening attracted many last Saturday. 
The receipts were about $40. The Breakfast will 
probably be an annual feature. 

MISSIONS. The offering on Whitsunday for the 
missionary work of the church together with sums 
that were handed in later amounted to $115.30. It 
was distributed as follows: For rebuilding of .St. 
James Church, .Amesbury, $10.00; F"resh Air Fund 
■episcopal City Mission, Boston, $10.00; towards Miss 
Wheeler's salary. Southern Pines, N. C. (colored 
missions), $5.00; Archdeaconry assessment, $35. 
The balance was sent to the General Board, New 
York City, with a recommendation that ten dollars 
each be sent to Archdeacon Ware for his work among 
the miners of the Black Hills, So. Dakota, and to 
Bishop Wells of Spokane, Washington, for the hospi- 
tal of All Saints Cathedral. 



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GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY. On Wednesday 
evening, May 31, the annual service for members and 
associates of the Girls' Friendly Society for the Mas- 
sachusetts diocese took place in Trinity Church, l!os- 
ton, the address being given by the Rev. Father Os- 
borne. Previous to the evening observance, tea was 
served in the main hall of Mechanics' Building, on 
Huntington Ave., after which members and associates 
joined in a social reunion, until the signal was given 
to form the line of procession to Trinity Church. The 
Wellesley branch of the G. F. S. was represented by 
an attendance of ten members. On Monday, June 26, 
the Girls' Friendly Holiday House, in Milford, N. H., 
will be thrown open for an "at home" day to the 
officers of the branches all over the State, as has been 
the custom of late years. An es]3ecial feature of 
interest this year will be the opening of the Convales- 
cent Home, recently added to the Holiday House. 
Furnishings for this new building are being contrib- 
uted in large part by individual branches of the Soci- 
ety, and the Wellesley branch is planning to send its 
quota. 

Mellcsle^ Ibills lanitariaii Societv? 

Organized, 187 i 

MRS. CLARA \\. BEATTY of lioston will speak 
to the children and friends of the Unitarian Sunday 
Sc'hool on Children's Sunday, June eighteenth. Ser- 
vices commence at 10.45 ^- '^^ ^ cordial invitation 
is e.xtended to all. 

AMONG THE INTERESTING MEETINGS for 
Unitarians in Anniversary Week were the annual 
meeting of the National Alliance at Church of the 
Disciples Monday, the Unitarian Association's meet- 
ings in Tremont Temple all day and evening Tuesdav, 
the Unitarian Festival Thursday evening presided 
over by Secretary John D. Long. The Sunday .School 
Society and Young People's Union also held .m inter- 
esting meeting. The speakers were manv and of note. 
Wellesley Hills was well represented. 

(lOellcslcY) (lonorciiational Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, F"eb. 16, 1891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 

LET US CONTRIBUTE, on Sunday, June ir, 10 
the support of the Congregational Sunday School and 
Publishing Society. 

THE CHURCH COMMITTEE will meet any who 
desire to unite with the Church at the July Commun- 
ion on Friday evening, June 23, at 8.30 o'clock. 

CHILDREN'S DAY. Sunday, June 11, will be 
observed as Children's Day. Parents desiring to 
have children baptized are requested to notify the 
Pastor as soon as possible. 

GENTLEMEN'S NIGHT. The mem!)ers of the 
Woman's Union generously invited their husbands (if 
they had them) to join with them in a reception on 
Thursday evening, June ist. A social event of this 
sort adds much to the interest of church work and 
stimulates fellowship in the parish. 



THE MID-WEEK SERVICE. Subjects for the 
Friday evening meetings for the ensuing month are 
as follows: June 9, " The Appeal of Childhood to 
the Missionary Impulse." A talk concerning Sunday 
School missions. June 16, "The Communion of 
Saints." June 23, "Personal Communion with God." 
June 30, " What Makes a Christian Nation.'" 

A NEW HOME. It is a matter of deep interest to 
the whole parish that before the end of June the 
Misses Eastman will take up their residence in the 
delightful house which is now being completed for 
them. Such a home is a rich blessing to any com- 
munity and this Church may well be thankful that it 
can hope to enjoy even in still fuller measure in the 
days to come the generous service which these ladies 
have rendered in its activities. 

THE EXTENSION DEBT has at last been cov- 
ered by pledges and special contributions and will 
probably be entirely paid off within a short time. 
The Church, as a whole, is indebted to the Woman's 
Union for this most welcome achievement. The Union 
made u|) its mind a few weeks ago to close up the bus- 
iness. When women make up their minds a good 
many things are permanently settled. And it only 
took a few days of systematic canvassing to secure a 
special contribution of $235. This amount with out- 
standing ])ledges covered the whole amount remaining 
due on account of the extension finished and occu])ied 
in April, 1S97. 

FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS. There is always 
something ahead for a church to spend money on. 
Its plant needs renovation even whein no enlargement is 
necessary. Our church building requires attention at 
several jioints. It iieeds to be i:)ainted on the outside. 
This is desirable quite as much on account of its pos- 
sible esthetic influence on the village life as for its 
preservation. The Chapel is much in need of chairs, 
of a better floor, and of a more suitable platform 
equipment. How shall we accomplish these things 
without running into debt again .' The answer is easy. 
Let every member of the congregation, young or old, 
become a regular contributor to the church support, 
either by payment of a pew rent, or by a voluntary 
pledge, or by both methods, and let each do the most 
and not the least that he can, and we shall have money 
ahead. 

Jfirst (loiioreoational Cburcb \\\ 
melleslep Ibills 

Organized, February 24, 1847 
REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 

YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY of Christian 
Endeavor. The meetings of the Society are to be 
continued regularly throuchout the summer at half- 
past six on Sunday evenings. The Society is begin- 
ning to settle into its regular work, and it is hoped 
that the list of members will soon be increased. The 
Consecration Meeting, June 4th, is to be led l)y Miss 
Alice Hopkins. On June 18, the monthly programme 
meeting is to be held. The Society is very desirous 
of increasing its funds, and early in June expects to 
give a lawn party for that purpose. The meetings are 
open to all, and young people are especially welcome. 



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SUNDAY SCHOOL. As the Sunday School will 
follow its usual custom of closing through July and 
August, it is hoped that we may have a full attend- 
ance during the month of June. The Pastor hopes 
that the children will not relax their diligence in writ- 
ing the answers to their questions during the warm 
weather. The work of the early part of the year was 
admirable. 

CHILDREN'S SUNDAY. The morning service 
of the eleventh of June will be devoted as usual to 
the children. The Sunday School will have charge of 
the service with especial music and appropriate exer- 
cises. It is hoped that there may be, also, the usual 
presentation of Bibles and service of infant baptism. 
The Pastor requests that the names of all baptized 
children who are seven years of age be sent to him by 
parents or Sunday School teachers, also that parents 
who desire to have their children baptized send word 
to him as soon as convenient. 

THE PASTOR'S VACATION. On Friday, May 
26, at a meeting of the church, it was unanimously 
voted: "That Mr. Farwell be granted three months 
leave of absence, beginning June i, 1899; and that the 
church extend to him and his family our warmest sym- 
pathy and best wishes for their speedy and complete 
recovery." For this action of the Church, in addition 
to the constant tokens of sympathy and the generous 
check received from his people during the past month, 
the Pastor and his family are deeply grateful. No 
action could have been more generous or more timely. 
It is not possible for the Pastor to announce as yet 
his plans for vacation as they all dejiend upon future 
events. He is glad to report that every day seems to 
mark the progress of his daughter toward health and 
strength, and tliat sometime in June the family may 
be able to undertake the journey to some place at the 
seaside. His address will be left with Mr. C. C. 
Thomas and Mr. J. K. Richardson. 



Dana Hall Alumnae Association 

On June 18, 1897, one hundred and thirty of the 
old students of Dana Hall met and formed a School 
Association. The following officers were elected : 
President, Annie Beecher Scoville, Stamford, Conn.; 
Vice-President, Edith Howland, Boston, Mass.; Sec- 
retary, Mary li. Stranahan, Mercer, Pa.; 'IVeasurer, 
Clara Keefe Gardner, Chester, Mass. 

Anvone who has honorably completed one year at 
Dana Hall is eligiljle for membership, and is asked to 
join the Dana Hall Association by sending her name 
and fee ($1.00) to the Treasurer. 



Kitchen Furniture 

We have at hand all the necessary kitchen 
furniture one needs to make a kitchen complete. We 
wish to call your attention to our line of 
Granite Iron Ware 

Electric and steam 
cars stop in front of 
our store. Call and 
see us. 

Fiske & Co 

Hardware, Plumbing and Heating. 




DR. M. O. NELSON 

DENTIST 

Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty 

ROOn 4, WALCOTT BUILDING, NATICK 

O. J. WASHBURN 

DENTIST 

Room 26, Vlar-k's Block, Natick 
Established 1872 Office Hours : 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. 

TUTORING 

In MATHEMATICS, GREEK and LATIN,— 
luitrance Requirements or College Conditions. Ad- 
dress: 

GRACE B. XOWNSEND, A. B.. 

WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS. Tutor at Wellesley College 



D.\NA HALL SCHOOL == WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

General Course for Non-Collegians. 

.Speciil Advantages in English Literature, Art, 
History of An, and Music. 
Miss Helen Temi'LE Cooke, Principal. 
Mrs. Hakkieit E. Page, 1 






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Miss Jean.nie Evans, \ 



Associate I'rincipals. 



FRED W. i^LLEN, D. M. D. 
.... Dentist 

SPECIALTY: Mondays and Fridays 

Crown and Bridge Work Shattuck Bldg. 

and Regulating Wellesley 



READINGS 

From Mrs. Annie Besants ''Ancient Wisdom" 
will he held every Tuesday evening, at eight 
o'clock, at 

Mr. Partridge's Photo. Studio, 
Wellesley - - - Mass. 



OUR TOWN 



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PICTURESQUE 

BUILDING 

LOTS 

AT 

Oakhurst 

A FINE, HEALTHFUL. 

RESIDENTIAL 

NEIGHBORHOOD 

OAKHURST meaning 

OAK HOME 

This is the most desiraljle property in 
the State of Massachusetts. 

It is only ten miles southwest of the 
State House, and accessible to Boston 
\)y electrics and steam. 

I'he Needham and Boston Street Kail- 
way Company, of which Mr. Hicks is 
President, is now laying tracks between 
Needham and the Spring Street Station 
of the Providence Railroad, passing 
through a boulevard i)uilt by him on 
this property. 

The town has every natural advantage 
and modern improvements, such as pure 
water, electric light, e'c. 

It is on hi':;h ground, dry and health- 
ful, very picturesque and desirable to 
build upon, i)eing partly wooded and 
partly open, some level and some undu- 
lating, so that all tastes can be satisfied. 

We want customers who will buy lots 
and build homes at Oakhurst. 

This is not an ordinarv real estate 
enterprise. 

We are building a suburban neighbor- 
hood for intelligent, refined and progress- 
ive citizens who can appreciate su(ih a 
community. 

This propertv is very carefully re- 
stricted in its title deeds. 

C. Atherton Hicks 

CIVIL ENGINEER AND 
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT 

501 TREHONT BUILDING 

BOSTON. MASS. 

TELEPHONE: 87O HAYMARKET 



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WITH CHOICE FRUIT FLAVORS, IN NATICK 

Burke & Dolan noisclark'sblock 
Natick 



F. A. COOLIDGE 



O. E. STEVENS 



F. A. COOLIDGE & CO., 



DEALERS IN 

Choice .. Meats .. and .. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 

Goods, etc, 

WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY. 

RIDGE HILL FARHS DAIRY 

For Four Months, commencing June i,foi 
the convenience of their customers, the' 
Ridge Hills Farm Dairy will make a Morn- 
ing and Afternoon delivery of milk and 
cream at Wellesley and Wellesley Hills. 

Wn. Q. SMITH. Supt. 

GEORGE C. BUEL 
Insurance 

Boston Office, 85 Water St. Telephone, Boston. 43 

BEST COTPANIES, CAREFULLY PHRASED POLICIES, 
LOWEST RATES. WILL CALL ON REQUEST. 

F DIEHL & SON 



Dealers in Coal, Wood, 
Hay and Grain. 



Telephone No. 16-4 
Wellesley, Mass. 



Carter & Peabody 

Negotiators of Mortgages 
Real Estate in Wellesley Hills a specialty 

Insurance in First-class Companies 
at Minimum Kates. 

73 Tremont St., Tremont Building, Room 74-9, 
BOSTON, MASS. 



S. B. Carter 

J. W. Peabody, 

Abbott Rd., Wellesley Hills. 



Telephone, 
Haymarket 277 



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NATICK MUSIC STORE 



Pianos, Sheet Music 

and Musical Merchandise. 

Tuning, Repairing 

and Polishing. 
Stock of Second Hand 
Pianos always on hand. 



A. P DERBY 



Room 3. Clark's Block, Natick 



BUTTERICK PATTERNS 

Any pattern or Butterick pub- 
lication may be obtained at 

MRS. E. W. ILSLEY^S 

W ELLESLEY HILLS SQUARE 

J. TAILBY&50N 

THE WELLESLEY 
FLORISTS 

Artistic Floral Decorators. Choice Cut Flow= 
ers and Plants 

LINDEN STREET, OPPOSITE B. & A. P. R. STATION 
TELEPHONE CONNRCTION 



JAMES H. McNeil, 

Baker and Caterer 

LADIES' AND (IImXTS" 1)ININ(; ROOM 
Ice Cream, Wholesale and Retail Open Sundays 

47 Main Street - - Natick 

Connected by Telephone. 

RICHARD CUNNINGHAM & CO. 

RUSSET SHEEP5KINS 
No. 61 South Street - - Boston 



STATIONERY, 

PERIODICALS, 

WELLESLEY PHOTOGRAPHS, 

CONFECTIONERY, 

DRY GOODS, 

FANCY ARTICLES, 

LADIES' RUBBERS, 

for sale by 

Mrs. H. E. CURRIER, 
Grove Street = Wellesley 



H. L. ROLLINS 



Attorney and Counsellor at i.aw 



728 Tremont Bldc, 



Telephone, 
Havmarket 603 



FLOUR 



Brands to be found at 

W. W. HcLEOD'S 
Wellesley Hills 



King Arthur Swan's Down 

Pillsbury Washburn & Crosby Surprise 

Prices Guaranteed 



GILBERT M. ST. CLAIR 

Agent for Bicycles. Sundries on Sale, 
Repairing and Renting 

Clocks and Violins Repaired. Lawn Mowers and .Scissors 

Sharpened. Locks and Keys Repaired. 

Violin, Banjo and Guitar Strings and Fixtures For Sale. 

ncCLELLAN'S BLOCK. WELLESLEY SQ. 



Residence at Wellesley Hills 



The Wellesley Cycle Co. 



Partricl,2:e Blk., near Depot, 

WELLESLEY. 

Open from 8 A. M. to 10 P. M. 



BEG TO AWOUACt: thnt tbcv me now open for 
hufiiness unci carry in stock a full line of all the 
leading wheels, includins^ the ORIENT, DAYTON, 
B. & D. SPECIAL, U.\TON, I Vl-.R JOHNSON & 
CO., TRINITY, A. FEATHERSTONE X- Co.. and 

^^'^ ~ REPAIRING neatly and promptly 

WHEELS CLEANED AND ADJUSTED FOR $1.00. WHEELS TO RENT BY THE 
HOUR. WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF BELLS, CYCLOMETERS, 
SADDLES, AND ALL OTHER SUNDRIES. 




attended tu. 

DAY O.^ 



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JULY, 1899 



Volume II Number 7 - - - {lo^tVay^r 



CONTENTS 

Editorial ♦ ♦ » ♦ ♦ 3 

"Wellesley as a Place of Residence 

11. Relation to Boston . J, E, Fiske 3 

Summer Reading: . Edivard H. Chandler 4 

The High School Graduation ♦ . ♦ 5 

"Woman's Club Officers ... 6 

Wellesley Collegfe Notes . ♦ ♦ 7 

The Wellesley Churches . . * 7 



CHARLES WL. EA.TON, Publisher, 
"Wellesley Hills, Mass. 



OUR TOWN 



O. A. BRUNEN, 
Baker 



CREAM IN ALL 
ITS VARIETIES 



21 So. Main St., 
Natick, Mass. 



Remember 

when in need of stylish and 
comfortable footwear go to 

PERKINS & WAIDNER, 

3 Clark's Block, Natick, Mass. 

We desire to call attention to our 
opening of shirt waists. We do not hesitate 
to say that this Store never exhibited so fine 
a stock or more dainty effects in Percales, 
Scotch Ginghams and Lawns in all of the new 
colors, also a full line of white goods in 
Lawns and Muslins. 

Our entire new line is now in stock. 
Do not wait until the best ones are all picked 
out but buy early and you will wear the 
prettiest waist. 

Wn. H. COLBY, 
Walcott Building, Main Street, Natick 

Successor to J. B. Leamy 

C. M. McKECHNIE 
leaker, Caterer and Ice Cream Manufacturer 
Orders delivered in Wellesley 
Connected by telephone 

No. 10 rtain St., Natick, flass. 

Summer Goods 

Porch Chairs, Hammocks, Window 
and Door Screens, and Ice Cream 
Freezers. 

CLELAND & UNDERWOOD, 

7 and 9 West Central Street, NatlcU 



Natick Five Cents Savings Bank 



Deposits and Surplus, 



$1,800,000 



Deposits go on Interest F'eh. i, 
May I, Aug. i, and Nov. i. 



Hank openlg a. m. to 3 p. m. 



FREDERICK O. BASTON, 

Treasurer 



W. F. CLELAND, 

DRY GOODS, 

New lines Ginghams, Percales, Shirt Waists 

Full line of Ribbons in Satin, 
Taffeta and Grosgrain 

Dress Trimmings, Hosiery, Gloves and 

Underwear in reliable makes 
9 Clark's Block, = Main St., - Natick 

JAMES H. McNFIL, 

Baker and Caterer 

LADIES' AND GI;NTS' DINING ROOM 
Ice Cream, Wholesale and Retail Open Sundays 

47 Main Street - - Natick 

Connected by Telephone. 

WOMEN ARE 
DELIGHTED with 




RIONPA 



LADIES' SHOE 



For.... 

$2.50 

Wc 

Sell 
Them 

And give you our 
Shoe Book telling 
all about them* 

Footnote.— Tri-on-f» cork 
innereolcs are used in every 
pair, making the shoes flexible 
and waterproof. They are a 
new and great invention. 

Sold exclusively in Natick by 

W. F. Buffi ngton . 

Please patronize our advertisers — they are all 
reliable. 




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OUR T2WN 



Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the tiist 
of each month. 

Managins; Editor, Rev. Edward H, Chandler, Wellesley. 

Publisher, Charles M. Eaton, Wellesley Hills. 

Advertising Agents, Miss Vinthia Ingram, Welleslev ; A. K. 
Tisdale, 3(IU Was'hington Street, iioston. 

Subscriptions niav be left at Flagg's News Stand, or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Wellesley; Mrs. llsley's, Wellesiey Hills, or at 
the Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at die Wellesley Hills Post 
Office. 



EDITORIAL 

DrillNG the sumnior tlie publislier will 
\>c g'lad to t'orwiu'd subsfriljer^' papers 
to any special address tiiat may be 
turMislied. 



{N connection with the sug'fjestions for sum- 
mer readinu", made elsewhei'e in this issue, 
we desire to call attention to the story 
just publislied, by Miss Edith A. Sawyer, of 
Wellesley, and entitled "jMary Cameron; a 
Ilomance of Fisherman's Island." It is 
short and simple in plan, but thei'e is a fresh- 
ness in the treatment of the materials of the 
story which intej'ests the reader from the 
start. Without sti-aining after effects, either 
by extraordinary language oi' unreal emo- 
tional scenes, the writer tells us of a few 
very genuine people, who coTiimend them- 
selves to us as quite worth knowing. Welles- 
ley may well take })leasure in her new story 
writer. 



WELLESLEY AS A PLACE OF RESI- 
DENCE 
11. Relation of Wellesley to Boston 

WKLLESLEY is r,oston. The relation 
of this town to the capital is of the 
same nature as the arm to the body. 
It is a ])ai't of it. The heart throb is felt in 
the finger tips; the nerves are the telephone 
and telegraph lines; the veins and arteries 
are the steam and electric i-ailroad lines; the 
blood the men fiowing through them moi'ning 
and evening, and to the freshness received 
through this circulation is due the moral 
and physical health which is so necessary 
for vigorous life and action. 

It is not, I fancy, fully understood how 
much the business ability of the citizens of 
Welleslev does for the city. Without citing- 
individual illustrations we may call attention 



to the fact that many of the large corpo- 
rations of the city, including 15anks, Trusts, 
Insurance Couipanies, Railroads, l)ave on 
their governing boards citizens of this town 
who own largely in them, and in frequent 
cases direct the 0})erations of their compa- 
nies. Certainly the tinancial interests of 
the two nu;nicipalities sustain a close rela- 
tion to each other. Physically the two are 
closely allied. The Metropolitan Park 
System recognizes the vicinage by taking 
our lands and appro{)riating some of our less 
desirable buildings and so ultimately con- 
necting us directly with our sister by a suc- 
cession of })arks and boidevards. The 
Water Supply of Boston will soon be oui' 
own, if we need it, and it is evident that the 
Sewage System of the Metropolitan District 
will o|)en to us of necessity before long. 

Socially it goes without saying that the 
two ai-e in (dose connection. The theatre, 
the concert, the ball-game, the prize tight, 
are all within our reach. The clubs, whether 
of women, ministeis, or craid-:s, are sure of 
their devotees from Wellesley when they 
gather in the city. Really now, when the 
President came to Boston, did it not appear 
as though it was Wellesley which was 
detailed to welcome him? 

Professionallv, too, we assist in tilling the 
roster, for our neighl)or editors, artists, 
musicians, teachers, of no mean re])ute, have 
their home with us. 

If some of the history of State politics 
were known, it would appear that Wellesley 
nseii pulled some of the wires which have 
elected governors and mayoi'S. 

I am aware, however, that the main object 
intended by assigning this subject to me is 
that I may call attention to the desirability 
of Wellesley as a suburban I'csidence for 
Boston. One very essential advantage it 
has, — it is easy of access. Although in dis- 
tance it is somewhat greater than Ih-ookline 
and the Newtons, yet in time it is hardly 
farther than any of them, as our ex])resses 
run in in about twenty minutes. Cei'tainly we 
are not too remote from the business centre. 
The means of access, too, are very attrac- 
tive, especially when we compare ourselves 
with otlier towns and cities ecjually distant. 

The r>oston & Albany R. R., * with its 
artistic stations and their beautiful surround- 
ings, with its garden-like banks, its cleanly 
trains, its courteous employes, its close ad- 
herence to its time-tables, its reasonable 
fares, is without question the most desirable 



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means of communication with the city 
afforded to any community in the country. 
The difference between liolding to a strap 
for half an hour to an hour going; to Harlem, 
or even to Cambridge, and a comfortable 
seat in an Albany train, is enough to turn 
the tables in favor of our home if there were 
no other reason. The town is still rural, 
and will be for many years to come. It 
can hardly ever be as compactly built as the 
lower towns, and must continue to be a 
breathing place for the business men of the 
city. With us are good roads with some 
hope of future improvement, schools which 
are on a par with those of the city, the best 
of water, street lights which may and must 
be better, good sidewalks, and with all not a' 
high rate of taxation. 

Another advantage we offer to our friends 
of the city is the low average price of huid, 
an important item in our advantages, allow- 
ing the purchase of a large area for tlie 
same amount of money requisite for the 
ownership of a small lot in tlie lower towns. 
And finally we offer to any coming among 
us a completely organized community, with 
full choice of churches, clubs of all sorts, 
social, atliletic, business, with full equip- 
ment of municipal government, and in gen- 
eral a harmonious, pleasant community, 
small enough to escape cliques and large 
enough to allow all the advantages which 
numbers and wealth adinit. 

So we say to Boston: " Flere is your best 
bed-room, the cha;nber is well aired, the 
sheets are clean, the mattress comfort ible, 
the screens are in, the quiet invites jou to 
repose, and the singing of birds will wake 
you in the morning." 

.TOSEPH E. FTSKE. 



SUMMER READING 

READING in the summer time is a])t to 
become as aimless as all other ett'oi't. 
Heat compels relaxation, and relaxation 
is usually taken to mean the entire abandon- 
ing of all serious purpose. If man evei- 
shows signs of his descent from the primeval 
jelly-fish it is during July and August. 

But there is distinct liarm in letting the 
mind relapse into uselessness. The inertia 
thus developed is haid to overcome when 
cooler weather retui-ns. And we have 
learned that rest and recreation are not best 
gained by absolute inactivity. In fact the 
mind usually reasserts its own rights to be 



kept alive even in summer. It is bound to 
feed on something and will take a pretty 
coarse diet rather than nothint>-. 

A prominent newspaper editor once offered 
the following remarks on the reading habits 
of the people : 

" A great evil of the day is that so nuicli time is 
given to the desultory reading of periodicals. Every 
intelligent person will endeavor to keep informed in 
daily news and current events, but it is not necessary 
to read a newspaper entirely through to do that. 
Judicious skipping, wise selection, the art of glancing 
at headlines, and absorbing the salient facts where 
details are trivial and unnecessary, will enable one to 
get more information from a newspaper in a few- 
moments than an undiscriniinating reader will obtain 
in an hour. The same thing is true of magazines. 
The fact is, the magazines are too tempting. 'I'hey 
allure us to give them all or most of the leisure which 
is left after we are through with the newspapers. 
Read the newspapers and magazines, of course; but 
read also books, and books that are seasoned and 
tried. Emerson's idea that we ought not to read any 
book that is not at least a year old is an extreme view 
and would certainly be discouraging to authors; but 
there is a degree of truth in it. To read books that 
people are talking about simply because they are 
talking about them is to read from a trivial motive 
and with questionable profit." 

These remarks certainly have their appli- 
cation in the summer time. If tiiere is less 
mental energy at that season than in the 
winter, it is so much the more essential that 
such energy should be wisely directed. It 
is easy to give advice and still easier to 
refuse it. The following suggestions as to 
summer reading, therefore, will be of value 
only in so far as they formulate that experi- 
ence which but few men and women fail to 
gain for themselves: 

1, Do Jiot e.rpert to rend too much. If 
you do, you will surely fall shoi-t of youi- 
expectation. The quantity one reads does 
not measure culture at any season of the 
year. A few well-chosen books read during 
warm weather, a few good magazine articles 
thoroughly digested, and a sparing but very 
choice dessei't of a less nutritious but most 
palatable miscellany will prove at the sum- 
mer's end the most satisfactory diet. 

"1. Read something which is appropri- 
ate to tlie time and place. If you are in the 
mountains, under the trees, by the brooks, 
on the shore of the sea, take with you writ- 
ings that are full of Nature's secrets and can 
bring you into intimate friendship with her. 
There are those who have learned the ocean's 
moods; let them be your interpreters. There 
are travelers who know well the ])laces j^ou 
visit; let them introduce you. There are a 
few great-hearted Nature lovers who can 



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put you ill tuucli with Nature anywhere. 
Call upon them to inspire you. The poets 
are always at hand. Thoreau, and John 
Burroughs, and our own Bradford Toi-rey 
have offered to share with you the wealth of 
their observation. Both mountain and sea- 
shore, city and hill-town, have their romances 
and their individual charms. And a long list 
of genuine souls have written these things 
out for our reading. 

8. Read some book tliat is not light 
reading. Ii is an injustice to suppose that 
the Creatoi- has so blundered with the seasons 
as to make it impossible for the human mind 
to do serious work for nearly one quarter of 
the time. To let the summer go by without 
any real mental exertion is to waste time 
s:idly. It is not necessary to retui'ii to the 
text-books of the winter. There are always 
subjects awaiting our investigation. The 
constant grapple of the mind with subjects 
bigger than itself will some day make it 
strong enough to enter the company of the 
greatest thinkers. A summer is worth far 
more to anyone who during its months mas- 
ters at least one book which recpiires con- 
centration and vigorous effort. 

4. Read onlg irriters of acknoii'ledged 
merit. Life is too short for others. Few of 
us are called upon to pronounce upon un- 
known writers. And since we are not, we 
can well aff'ord to demand some credentials 
from those who would take hours of time. 
Nothing can be more vicious than the com- 
mon habit of the suiiuner traveler to allow a 
newsboy to select w. novel for him to read. 
There is some company which every right- 
minded person is ashamed to kee}). And 
there are many books which it brings one no 
credit to have read. 

5. Finally. rea<l so>netiiiitg. The raiiu'c 
of good literature is a wide one. There is 
no ground for refusing to read because there 
is nothing adapted to one's need. Litera- 
ture, today, meets every need, and it is our 
own loss if we lose out of our lives, even in 
the short summer, the stimulus and strength- 
ening which may be gained from books. 

EDWAKD II. CIIANDLKR. 



THE HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION 

AMONG the few local events which con- 
cern all the townspeople, regardless of 
age, creed, or bank account, the annual 
graduating exercises of the Wellesley High 



School are perhaps the most interesting. 
All the citizens feel a proi)rietorship in this 
occasion. It is their School. Evei-y family 
has either a past, present, or prospective 
interest in its progress. And the pupils 
gathered on the platform on this June even- 
ing are re])resentative of the whole town. 

It is not surprising, therefore, that the 
Wellesley Congregational Church, which is 
honored each year by the presence of the 
School, should always be crowded to the 
dooi-s. Fathers, mothers, maiden aunts, little 
brothers and sisters, past graduates, select- 
men, visitors, all come to see the "coming 
generation" begin its cai-eer and make its 
bow to the world. Harry's handsome appear- 
ance in his new graduation suit, Mary's 
pretty white dress, are the touches of nature 
which make the whole world kin. Then 
there is the sense of achievement which 
always touches the popular chord. The 
diploma is a sign of something actually done. 
The next l>est thing to being the successful 
one is to see such an one in the moment of 
his triumph and to a])plaud his success. 

The exercises this year illustrate the 
change in such occasions which has come to 
pass almost within a decade. Only a few 
years ago original oi'ations and essays were 
required of all the candidates for a diploma. 
It was customary then to hear nearly all the 
great questions which trouble the minds of 
men, both small and great, decided on the 
gr<uluatii>n platfoi'iii. It must be a sign of 
the increasing wisdom of those who finish a 
high school course todav that they have 
ikvliiied to cover the universe in ten-minute 
speeches and choose some form of exhibiting 
their talents which it will be more satisfac- 
tory for them to remember in later years. 

In the program of this year there was but 
one oration. That was np'on a live topic, 
"America's Duty to the IMiilippines," and 
given in a live way. The speaker, Mr. Ralph 
Tucker, felt his subject and made the audi- 
ence feel it. He deserves congratulation on 
having overcome the weakness of nearly all 
schoolboy orations, namely, the lack of 
reality. Usually the hearers, following the 
example only too often set 1)y the speaker, 
think nothing of the message of the oration, 
l)Ut only of the form in whiclt it is delivered. 
In this case it was not so. 

The noticeable characteristic of these mod- 
ern graduating exercises was the variety in 
the parts taken. Misses ()sl)Oi-ne and Fish 
gave dramatic recitations with a considerable 



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degree of genuine talent; Mr. Rotbery read 
a suggestive essay on "The Passing of the 
Ship"; Miss Pratt sang a group of songs; 
Mr. Sandstedt played a piano selection; Mr. 
Jennings, the efficient marshal of the occa- 
sion, presented a ten-volume set of Stoddard's 
illustrated lectures to the School; and Misses 
McLaughlin and Gilson, with Mr. Brown, 
foretold in a breezy conversation the future 
progress of their classmates. This varied 
program, introduced by an English (not 
Latin, thank fortune!) salutatory address, by 
Mr. Tenney, and closed by the history and 
valedictory address of Miss Butler, left a 
pleasant i!Hj)ression.on the minds of the audi- 
ence and gave each mensber of the class a 
chance to do something congenial. 

The whole school joined together in the 
nuxsic, which was exceptionally good. 

The names of the graduating class are as 
follows: 

Walter C'reighton Brown 

Annie Butler 

Grace Belle Fish 

Isabel Clethra Gilson 

George Hoyt Jennings 

Grace Mary McLaughlin 

Ethel Weston Osborne 

Lucie Clement Pratt 

John Loring Rothery 

Bertram Adolph Sandstedt 

Nathaniel Lewns Tenney 

Ralph Walter Tucker 



Mrs. Charlotte A. Rollins 
Mrs. M. Louise I'ronk 
Mrs. Harriet H. Oldham 
Mrs. Elfrida J. Weatherbee 



AUDITOR 



WELLESLEY HILLS WOMAN^S CLUB 

The Wellesley Hills Woman's Club announces the 
following olificers and committees for the year 1899- 
1900. 

PRESIDKN' r 

Miss .Sarah I'. P^astman 

FIRST VICE-l'RESIDENT 

Mrs. Rosamund Rothery 

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT 

Mrs. Kllen R. Robson 

RECORDING SECRETARY 

Miss Mary C". Sawyer 

CORRESPONDING SECRETARY 

Mrs. Helen B. Sibley 

TREASURER 

Mrs. Margaret A. Jones 

DIRECTORS 

Mrs. Margaret C. Farwel! 
Mrs. Josephine Spring 



Miss Leila B. Nye 



PROGRAM COMMITTEE 

Mrs. M. Louise Pronk, Chairman 
Miss Hannah A. Eaton Mrs Caroline 1!. Grose 
Mrs. M. Alice Wells Mrs. Margaret A. Jones 

Miss Sarah P. Eastman Mrs. F. E. Warren 
Mrs. C. P. Simpson Miss Sarah F. Whiting 

Miss Sarah Ferry Mrs. Mary A. Benner 

Miss .Susan S. Pratt Miss Olive Robson 

Mrs. D. !•:. Lauderburn Mrs. R. H. Reed 
Mis. Lydia W. Gould 

HOSPITALITY COMMITTEE 

Miss Mary N. Edwards, Chairman 
Miss Julia A. Eastman Mrs. A. E. Sanford 

Mrs. H. A. I'lympton Mrs. Mary H. Bunker 

Mrs. Alice C. Leslie Mrs. Ida A. Sanborn 

Mrs. W. H. Parsons Mrs. S. l'.. Hardy 

-Miss Tlieresa M.Lally 

TEA COMMITTEE 

Miss Ellen W. Hske, Chairman 

HOUSE COMMITTEE 

Mrs. Georgiana S. Livermore, Chairman 

PLA I lORM COMMI ITKK 

Mrs. Ellen R. Robson, Chaiinian 

CUSTODIAN 

Mrs. Caroline A. Emerson 

FRIENDLY AID COMMI PI EE 

Mrs. i^llen K. Robson, Chairman 

Mrs. Margaret C. Farwell. Secretary 

Mrs. Hannah M. Brown, Treasurer 

Mrs. Sarah K. Jennings Mrs. M. LoLiise Pronk 

Miss Mary C. Bachelder Miss Theresa M. Laliy 

.Mrs. D. E. Lauderburn Mrs. Helen M. Norcross 

Mrs. Emily P. Shattuck Miss M. C. Sawyer 

COMMITTEE ON MANUAL TRAINING 

Mrs. Rosamund Rothery 

Mrs. Hannah M. Brown 

Mrs. Harriet H. Oldham 

Rev. Parris T. Farwell, Prof. Howard B. Grose, and 
Mr. hi. H. Walcott have kindly consented to seive on 
this Committee, which has ori^anized with Rev. P. T. 
Farwell as Chairman. 

EVENING DEPART.VIENT 

Mrs. Mary N. Overliolser, Chairman 
Mrs. Belle I>. Tenney 

Members of the Club are reminded that the annual 
membership fee is now due. i'he Treasurer, Mrs. 
Margaret A. Jones. will he at home to receive fees and 
to issue membership tickets on Thursday afternoons 
during the summer. 



I 



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WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES McUc5le\? (loiuircciatioual (Ibuvcb 

MISS CAROLINE HAZARD, president elect, will ()|■oani^ecl, Sept. 6, 179S Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 

be inausiirated on Tuesday, October id. Presidents ,>,.,, ,., ,,,.,, . 

Eliot, of Harvard, and Angell, <;f Michigan Univer- ^^^'-^ ■ l^DWARD H. CHANDLER, I'astur 

sity, will deliver addresses. VACATION ARRANGEMENTS. The Pastor 

CLOSIO OF THE YEAR. ISt-ginning with the and his family will be away during the month of 

.Senior Classsupper, held at the Woodland Park hotel, August. Dr. J. P. Ciregg of Colorado Springs. Rev. 

Auburndale, Thursday evening, June 22, the events of D.M.Pratt, formerly of I'ortland, Me., and Rev. A. 

Commencement week came close together. On Fri- ^V. Vernon of Hiawatha, Kansas, have been invited 

day afternoon following, the .Seniors gave a reception 'o sup[>ly the pulpit on three of the four August Sun- 

and garden party on the ("oitage HiU campus: on Sat- days. 

urd ly evening. President Irvine and Dean Stratton Phe Sunday School will be continued in all depart- 

received the Seniors and their friends in the Stone ments, with the course of lessons now being studied. 

Hall parlor; and on Siimhiy tht- bai.calaureate sermon Sunday evening services in the church will be 

was preached by Rev. Willi, im R. Richards, of I'lain- omitted and a service, in charge of the Christian 

field. N. ].. who took his tt-xt from Philip]Mans 3: 10. Etideavor Society, will be held at seven o'clock, in the 

— "'I'liat I may know Him." 'i^ie hiial vesper service '■ hapeP 

of the year was heid on Suiulav evening, in the I'he Wotnan's Union meetings are susiJendcd until 

new chapel. The (llee Club concert and the Class September 



McUcslep 1btUs XHnitarian Socicti^ 



D ly e.xercises on Monday lironght together a larger EXCILANOE. On Suiulav Morning, July 16. the 

number of guests than any of the former occasions. Pastor will exchange pulpits with Rev. Frank's. Wes- 

aiul there was an equally large attendance at the ton, pastor of the Paptist Church in Natick. 

Commencement concert, given Monday evening, by KR 1 1 ) A Y E YEN 1 NCIS. The topics for the Friday 

the iJoston Instrumental Club. (-)n CommenremeiU evening meetings in July will be as follows: Julv7, 

Day, June 27, the address was delivered by Mr. Ham- •' The ChristiaiHuuleavor Sucielv '•; Iidv i4,'-Thefor- 

ilton Wright Mabie, editor of " 1 he Outlook. giveness of sins": July 21, " Opportunities for Chris- 

THI'; ANNUAL Fl'lTl-.S and Dramatic I'.nter- lian service in the summer " ; July 28, •■ The resurrec- 

tainments. Tree Day and Float, the two distinctive rion of the body " ; .\ug. 4. " The'souPs need that the 

annual fetes, need be given hardly more than passing Ixuiv rest." 

comment. Tree D,,y, which was effectively carried OU R S'lT' DEN T M I'lM Pl-.KS. It is a fact worthv 
out this year, was a g.igeous p igeant and a great sue- „f ,.^^.,^,^j j,^^( f^,^,. ,^^- „^g m^nibers of this church are 
cess. This IS essentially the students' day. Hoat, g.aduated this vear from Welleslev College. Miss 
the privilege of the outside world, suffered total e.x- (;,.j,^,^ ^ .Andr'ews, Miss Alice I'..' Chandler, Miss 
tmction on the app-mited night, l)y reason of the heavy j,;;,^^^, y^ Hu!)bard. and Miss Anna P. Kinsr, are mem- 
showers. I he three dramatic entertainments given h^rs of the Class of 1S99. Miss Annie Butler, another 
during the p.. t month have indicated a great devel- member of this church, was the valedictorian of this 
opmentoi insight into :nul appreciation of the spirit ^.^.„..^ graduating class from the Welleslev High 
of the literature studied and the characters person- Sehoo!.^ She will enter Welleslev Colleoe in the faU. 
ated. Jane Austen's '■ Pride and Prejudice," adapted 
by Miss Martha (Jauze McCaullev.of the Class of '92, 
was presented admirablv by the Zeta Aljjha .'~^ociety. 
early in the m.mili. For the Shakespeare Society's ( )rgani/ced, 1.S7 1 

plav, now an established annual event, "As You Pike 'pHl<: LADIES OF THI-: ALLIANCE will hold a 

It" wi-^ chosen this year, and was charmingly given. ^ale of cake, lemonade, candies, and ice cream at the 

in an out-door peif jrmance. on the afternoon of ihe parsonaue. on I ulv 4th, afternoon and evening, open- 

17th, and again on the 21st. Lastlv, the Senior dram- jj,,,,- ^^ half i^ast two 
atic entertainment, an innovation made three vears 

ago, was well carried out. the Elizabethan plav. Peau- CHILDREN'S SUNDAN'. The Sunday School 

mom and Fletcher's " Knight of the Burning Pestle." to"^ part in the morning service with singing and rec- 

with its old-time setting, being effectively presented itations ai^propriate for Flower Sunday. Mrs. Beatty 

on the evening of the 2^d. ' made an address to the school which was helpful and 

NOTAPLl'- EVEnVs and ANNOUNCE" "^""^'^ enjoyed. I'otted ])lants were distiibuted to 

,„ „(., 1,- ,. „, „, ; .1 , f ,1 ,1.1 members of the school at the close of the service, 
ments. I'oremost 111 the evenls of the month stands 

o It the dedication of the Houghton Memorial Chapel, SOUTH MIDDI.I'.SEX CONFERIiNCE. On 
June 1st, when an i^ipressive service was held and an Wednesdav, lune 14, a delegation, ten in number, 
address made by Rev. Charles Cuthbert Hall. D. D., attended the June meeting of the South Middlesex 
of .Vew York. ( )n the 19th. Dr, George Adam Smith. Conference, held at \Vest"n. It was the one hun- 
of the Free Church College. Glasgow, gave an inter- dredth meeting of the Conference. Rev. Mr. Del.ong 
esting lecture in the old chapel, on the " Poetry of of Medford spoke on the past of the Conference, and 
Wisdom: The ISook of Proverbs." To a Welleslev Rev. Mr. Pulsford, of Waltham. on "The F'uture It 
graduate student. Miss Lillian Brandt, has been Might Have." The devotional meeting, at noon, was 
awarded the annual prize of $roo, by the Massachn- conducted by Rev. W. I. Lawrence, of WTnchester. 
setts Society of Colonial Dames, for the best essay in In the afternoon, after the election of officers, Mrs. 
colonial history. Announcement is made of a second Mary Clarke Smith, of Wellesley Hills, spoke of the 
scholarship gift from Miss Helen M. Gould of New value of women's organizations in church work. Rev. 
York, with further provision also for the support of Minot O. Sitnons, of ISillerica, on "Young Peoples' 
needy students in the College. Miss Gould's first gift Unions," and Rev. lulward A. Horton on "Our Sun- 
to Wellesley was the Helen Day Gould scholarship. day Schools." The Conference was bountifully enter- 
founded in 1896. in memory of her mother. tained at noon by the Unitarian Society of Weston. 



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St. /iDary's Cbuvcb 

Organized, 1812 
REV. H. USHER MONRO, Rector 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL closed its sessions on 
June 25th and will open the second Sunday in Sep- 
tember. 

MR. LOUIS WESTON, of Cambridge, is the pres- 
ent organist, and his work is very acceptable to the 
parishioners. 

THE CHOIR will not sing during July in the after- 
noon. During the month of August a quartette will 
supply the singing 

THE VARIOUS CHAPTERS of St. Mary's Guild 
have closed up their work, which will be resumed in 
the fall. 

THERE WILL BE no afternoon service in July 
and August. The early services will be suspended 
also until Septemljer. 

MR. CHARLES J. BUEEUM has become the 
ciioir-master, and is giving entire satisfaction. Mr. 
Buffum has had years of experience in vested choir 
work, and brings a churchman's interest and love for 
our service, as well as technical skill to the position. 

St. HnDrew's ciLnircb 

Organized, iSyi 
REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

THE ANNUAL SUNDAY SCHOOL picnic was 
held at Norumbega Park, on Saturday, June 24. 
About sixteen attended. 

THE RECTORY is fast approaching completion. 
Much satisfaction is expressed at the thoroughness 
and solidity of the work. It is hoped that the house 
will be ready for occupancy about the first of October. 

EVENING SERVICES during July will be held 
at seven o'clock, instead of quarter past seven, as 
usual. The service will be very brief, with five min- 
utes address. 

THE RECTOR'S VAC.A.TION occurs in August. 
The Rev. P'rederick Lauderburn of Tamaqua, Pa., 
will have charge of the services for the month. Mr. 
Lauderburn is the son of our senior warden. He 
comes to us for the second time, and may be sure of 
a hearty welcome from those who remember his help- 
ful services last year. 

GIRLS' ERIENDLV SOCIETY. Owing to the 
absence of a large majority of its members, the Girls' 
Friendly Society will not meet during the summer 
months. The last meeting of the season was held on 
Saturday evening, June 24th. 

The report of the past year's work of the Wellesley 
branch, called for with that of each other branch, by 
the .Massachusetts Council, June i, shows the follow- 
ing facts regarding membership: Honorary members, 
2; working associates, 4; members now in residence, 
14; candidates for membership, 2. The Societv suf- 
fers somewhat from the loss of members, through 
removal, but this loss has been more than counter- 
balanced the past year by the incoming of new mem- 
bers. 



On Saturday evening, June 17, Mrs. Cieo. N. Lowe, 
an honorary member of the Society, opened her house 
and grounds at Wellesley Hills for a garden party. 
Refreshments were served out of doors, and an orches- 
tra, stationed on the veranda, played delightfully 
throughout the evening. About eighty people were 
present, and the proceeds from the sale of admission 
tickets, ices, etc., have been given to the Society tow- 
ard the purchase of a banner. 

jfirst Coiuircaational Gburcb in 
Mellcslep tbills 

Organized, February 24, 1847 
REV. PA KRIS THAXTER FAR WELL, Pastor 

COMMUNION SERVICE. ( )n Sunday morning, 
July 2, Dr. G. M. Adams will officiate. It is hoped 
there will be a full attendance of members of the 
church and congregation. 

OUR PASTOR AND FAMILY. We are glad to 
say that the health of our Pastor and his family is 
is greatly improved. The siege of sickness, which 
held them prisoners within the walls of theii home so 
long, has been raised, and they have escaped to the 
shores of Maine, where, in Sargentville, a quiet, rest- 
ful retreat, with pure air and invigorating sea breezes, 
there is every reason to expect their complete restora- 
tion to health. 

PULPIT SUl'PLY. During the past month it 
has been our privilege to have with us in the pulpii 
Dr. S. W. Dike, Dr.'' F. N. I'eloubet, and Rev. A. W. 
Kelly. During July we shall hear Dr. Cieo. ^L .Adams, 
Dr. Henry /\. ilazen, !\ev. C. P. Osborne, and Rev. 
S. L. B. Speare. Mr. <).^boriie will speak in the inter- 
est of the Boston .Seaman's I'riend Societv. 

TOPICS FOR FRIDAY EVENING meetings: 
July 7, "What maketh a Christian nation.''" Deut. S: 
Ps. 33:10-22; 2 Pet. 2:9-10. July 14, Praise Meeting, 
led by T. \V. Travis. July 21, '• How do good people 
set bad examples ? " Gal. 2:11-14; 4:6-11; 5:1-7; Rev. 
2:1-5. Ju'y 28, "'The gr^ce of luimilitv." Matt. 
i8:r-4; 20:20-28; Mark 7:24-30. 

TUTORJNG 

In MA'THEMA'TICS, GREI'.K. and LATIN,— 
luitrance Requirements or College Conditions. Ad- 
dress : 

GRACE B. XOVv^NSEND, A.. B.. 
Welleslsiy Mills, Vlass. Tutor ai Wellesley College 

[^itchen Furniture 

We have at hand all the necessary kitchen 
furniture one needs to make a kitchen comjileie. We 
wish to call your attention to our line of 
Granite Iron Ware 

Electric and steam 
cars stop in front of 
our store. Call and 
see us. 



Fiske & Co. 




Hardware, Plumbin;^ a id Heating. 



OUR TOWN 



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DR. M. O. NELSON 

DENTIST 

Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty 
ROOn 4, WALCOTT BUILDING, NATICK 

O. J. WASHBURN 

DENTIST 

Room 26, Clark's Block, Natick 
Established 1872 Office Hours : 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. 

The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 

EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D., Supt. 

Washington St., Wellesley. Tel.: Wellesley 38-3. 

DANA HALL SCHOOL- WELLESLEY 

CoLuses prep.iratory to college. 

General Course for Non-Collegians. 

Special Advantages in English Literature, Art, 
History of Art, and Music. 
Miss Helen Temple Cooke, Principal. 
Mrs. Harriei't E. Page, ) 



Miss Jean.nie Evans, K 



Associate Principals. 



FRED W. ALLEN, D. M. D. 
Dentist ... 

SPECIALTY: Mondays and Fridays 

Crown and Bridge Work Shattuck Bldg. 

and Regulating Welleslev 



READINGS 

From Mrs. Annie Besant's "Ancient Wisdom" 
will be held every Tuesday evening, at eight 
o'clock, at 

Mr. Partridg:e*s Photo. Studio, 
Wellesley - _. _ Mass. 



WB SERVE THE BEST ICE CREAM SODA, 
WITH CHOICE FRUIT FLAVORS, IN NATICK 

Burke & Dolan nqisclark'sb lock 

■ ' '^ — — - - — _-- 

Natick 



F. A. UOOLIDGE 



O. E. STEVENS 



R A. COOLIDGE & CO., 

DEALERS IN 

Choice ,. Meats .. and .. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 

Goods, etc. 

WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY. 

RIDGE HILL FARHS DAIRY 

For Four Months, commencing June i,foi 
the convenience of their customers, the 
Ridge Hills Farm Dairy will make a Morn- 
ing and Afternoon delivery of milk and 
cream at Wellesley and Wellesley Hills. 

Wn. Q. SMITH. Supt. 

GEORGE C. BUELL 
Insurance 

Boston Office, 85 Water St. Telephone, Boston, 43 

BEST COIPANIES, CAREFULLY PHRASED POLICIES, 
LOWEST RATES. WILL CALL ON REQUEST. 

F. DIEHL & SON 

Dealers in Coal, Wood, 

Hay and Grain. 

Telephone No. 16-4 
Wellesley, Mass. 

Carter & Peabody 

Negotiators of Mortgages 
Real Estate in Wellesley Hills a specialty 

Insurance in First-class Companies 
at Minimum Rates. 

73 Tremont St., Tremont Building, Room 749, 
BOSTON. MASS. 



S. B. Carter 

J. W. Peabody, 

Abbott Rd., Wellesley Hills. 



Telephone, 
Haymarket 277 



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NATICK MUSIC STORE 



Pianos, Sheet Music 

and Musical Merchandise. 

Tuning, Repairing 

and Polishing. 
Stock of Second Hand 
Pianos always on hand. 

A. P DERBY _ 

Room 3, Clark's Block, Natick 

J. TAILBY&SON 

THE WELLESLEY 
FLORISTS 

Artistic Floral Decorators. Choice Cut Flow= 

ers and Plants 

LINDEN STREET, OPPOSITE B & A. R. R. STATION 

TELEPHONE CONNECTION 



F. DIEHL, JR., & CO. 
Livery and Boardinj^ Stable 

Central Street, Wellesley 

Meet all trains Telephone No. 16-2 



Brands to be found at 

FLOUR W. W. HcLEOD'S 

Wellesley Hills 

King Arthur Swan's Down 

Pilfsbury Washburn & Crosby Surprise 

Prices Guaranteed 

RICHARD CUNNINGHAM & CO. 

RUSSET SHEEPSKINS 
No. 61 South Street - - Boston 




Soro6i6 



The 

Masterpiece 
of the 
Shoemakers^ Art 



The standard of the <zvorld and most advanced 
,,<Tvoman's shoe in existence,* 

Sold exclusively bv 

C.B. Buckley '^J^:^l: 



H. L. ROLLINS 



Attorney and Counsellor at Law 



728 Tremont Bldg., 

BOSTON. 



Telephone, 
Haymarket 603 



Just now we are paying special attention 
to vacation outfits. 

Ladies' and Misses' Linen, Crash, Duck, 
and P. K. Dress Skirts, and Ladies' Shirt 
Waists, Corsets, Ladies' and Children's Sum- 
mer Underwear, White Silk and Kid Gloves, 
Fans, Rihbons, etc. 

Our /Stock is vjell viorth an examination. 



wn. 

riain Street 



H. COLBY, 



Natick 



SUCCESSOR TO J. B. LEAHY 



The Wellesley Cycle Co. ^'''"w^el^lesley.^'^"'' 

—■ Open from 8 A. M. to 10 P. M. 
I EG TO AA'XOUNCE tlnit tlicy fire ;;oir open for 
business and carry in stock a full line of all the 
leading wheels, including the ORIENT, DA YTON, 
B. & D. SPECIAL, UNION. I FER JOHNSON & 
CO., TRINITY, A. FEATHERSTONE & CO.. and 

others ^ REPAIRING neatly and promptly 

WHEELS CLEANED AND ADJUSTED FOR $LOO. WHEELS TO RENT BY THE 
HOUR. WE CARRY A FULL LINE OF BELLS, CYCLOMETERS, 
SADDLES, AND ALL OTHER SUNDRIES. 




attended to. 
DAY OR 



ourTqwn 



AUGUST, 1899 



Volume II Number 8 - - - !'""\Va'vTr 



50 cents a year 



CONTENTS 

Editoral ,«.,... 3 
Wellesley as a Place of Residence 

III. The Healthf ulness of Wellesley Ed'ward E. Bancroft 3 

IV. The Wellesley Water Works Frank L, Fuller . 5 
Judge Georg:e White . . . . ♦ 6 
The Wellesley Churches . . ♦ ♦ ♦ 7 
In General .♦♦..♦ 8 



Iff 



CHARLES VI. EATON. Publisher, 
Wellesley Hills, Mass. 



OUR TOWN 



O. A. BRUNEN, 
Baker 



CREAM IX ALL 
ITS VARIETIES 



21 So. Main St., 
Natick, Mass. 



Remember 

when in need of stylish and 
comfortable footwear go to 

PERKINS & WAIDNER, 

3 Clark's Block, Natick, Mass. 

We desire to call attention to our 
opening of shirt waists. We do not hesitate 
to say that this Store never exhibited so fine 
a stock or more dainty effects in Percales, 
Scotch Ginghams and Lawns in all of the new 
colors, also a full line of white goods in 
Lawns and Muslins. 

Our entire new line is now in stock. 
Do not wait until the best ones are all picked 
out but buy early and you will wear the 
prettiest waist. 

Wn. H COLBY, 
Walcott Building, Main Street, Natick 
Successor to J. B. Leamy 

C. M. McKECHNIE 

Baker, Caterer and Ice Cream Manufacturer 

Orders delivered in Wellesley 

Connected by telephone 

No. 10 Hain 5t., Natick, Hass. 

Summer Goods 

Porch Chairs, Hammocks, Window 
and Door Screens, and Ice Cream 
Freezers. 

CLELAND & UNDERWOOD, 

T and 9 West Central Street, Naticlt 



Natick Five Cents Savings Bank 



Deposits and Surplus, 



$1,800,000 



Deposits go on Interest Feb. i, 
May I, Aug. i, and Nov. i. 



Bank open 9 A. m. to 3 p. m. 



FREDERICK O. BASTON, 

Treasurer 



REDUCED PRICES 

We have marked all our 

$1.00 Colored Shirt Waists to 75 cents 
$1.50 " " " " $1.00 

Low prices in Lawns and Muslins. Spe- 
cial good value in 121^ cent goods at 7 cents 

W. F. CLELAND 
9 Clark's Block, - Main St., - Natick 

JAMES H. McNEIL, 

Baker and Caterer 

LADIES' AND GENTS' DINING ROOM 
Ice Cream, Wholesale and Retail Open Sundays 

47 Main Street - - Natick 

Connected by Telephone. 

WOMEN ARE 
DELIGHTED with 

3 




RIONFA 



LADIES' SHOE 

For.... 

$2.50 

Wc 

Sell 
Them 

And give you our 
Shoe Book telling 
all about them* 



Footnote.— Tri-on-f« cork 
innersoles are used in every 
pair, making the shoes flexible 
and waterproof. They are a 
Dew and great invention. 

Sold exclusively in Natick by 

W. F. Buffi ngton. 

Please patronize our advertisers — they are all 
reliable. 




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OUR T2WN 



Edited by the Pastori> of Wellesley and published on tlie first 
of each month. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Edward H. Chandler, Wellesley. 

Publisher, Charles M. Eaton, Wellesley Hills. 

Advertising Agents, Miss Vinthia Ingram, Wellesley; A. K. 
Tisdale, 309 Washington Street. Boston. 

Subscriptions may be left at Flagg's News Stand, or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Wellesley; Mrs. Ilsley's, Wellesley Hdls, or at 
the Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class m.itter at ihj Welleslev Hills Post 
Office. 



EDITORIAL 

TO THOSE who go here and there vaca- 
tioning let it be said that whatever 
inspiration or strength they gain, be it 
bodily or spiritual, they are m duty bound 
to brino- back to the town in tuU measure. 
As citizens we are niernl)ers one of another, 
and it is our duty, as well as our opportunity, 
to share our ins])irations. It is a good thing 
for the town to have its people visit othei- 
places often. Every suggestion gained by 
any one of us from the success or failure of 
other communities in their co-operative 
efforts can be made of value in inHuencino; 
oui' own communitv life to the best results. 



A Fenceless Town 

IT HAS been popular for some years to 
decry fences. VVellesley has felt the force 

of this tide of sentiment and is a town 
largely without fences. Visitors and stran- 
gers are led, on this account, to comment on 
the garden-like appearance of the town. 
There is a hospitable look about it, as if you 
invited all out doors to surround you, and 
were willing to be scrutinized on all sides of 
your house. Even the great picket fence of 
the College has at last been compelled to 
yield to the new sentiment, and on all sides 
the College grounds are frankly open to the 
unobstructed vision of the passer-by. 

But there is another side to the question, 
as parents with young children well know. 
Now we have no enclosed back yards, and 
an enclosed back yard is a necessity to the 
highest civilization of any family. Your 
children play now on anybody's lot, or else 
they stay in the house because there is noth- 
ing smaller than the whole town to roam 
about in. A child's out-door confidences 
are not fully developed by an unending 
expanse of green lawn, broken only by an 
occasional flower bed or the painfully con- 
trasting display of clothes poles and the fam- 



ily wash. They tell us that a sand heap is a 
good thing for children. But if you have 
no back yard your sand heap, being hardly 
an ornament, is not deemed beautiful enough 
for the public gaze, and therefore the child's 
pleasure is sacrificed to the no-fence fetich. 

There must be some compromise in this 
matter. Unquestionably it improves our 
streets to see house-fronts open to the side- 
walk, and each house lot in friendly relations 
with its neighbor, separated by no barrier. 
But this does not require an unfenced enclos- 
ure behind the house any more than it 
requires that the curtains of your house 
should be taken down in order that the 
public may know how friendly you aie. 
Each family, especially the children, needs' 
an enclosed space, out-of-doors, where it can 
live a private rather than a public life. 
There is the children's play ground and spe- 
cial garden or flower bed. There the house- 
keeper may hang out her clothes, and do 
numberless necessary things which she would 
much prefer to do unexposed to the public 
gaze. There may be the out-door workshop 
for the male members of tne family. 

Then let the fences come down in front 
of the houses, so that every one who passes 
along the street may feel the householder's 
good will and genial neighborliness. Let 
the parlor curtains stay up oftener than is 
common after the lamps are lit, that light 
and good cheer may be manifest. There 
will be no doubt of the neighborliness of a 
community when its people have warm 
hearts and earnest lives. But such hearts 
and lives cannot be developed without a 
large degree of privacy. Fenceless homes 
are no guarantee of neighborliness: some- 
times their occupants are driven into a 
harder shell of selfishness for the very lack 
of the board enclosure. 



WELLESLEY AS A PLACE OF RESI- 
DENCE 

III. The Healthfulncss of Wellesle-yr 

SOME time ago there were only six towns 
in the State which had a lower mortality 
rate than Wellesley; an average, cover- 
ing a period of years, which gives some idea 
of what a healthful place our town is. We 
must thank nature, in part, for this good 
record, for the soil on which by far the 
larger portion of our inhabitants live is of 
the kind best adapted for residence — a sand- 



4 OUR TOWN 

and-gravel material covered with light loam, function. They are the guardians of the 

through which surface water rapidly dis- public health; their duty is not completed 

appears. Few realize the importance of when a card is nailed to an infected house or 

having a dry soil beneath the house, where a nuisance complained of abated. The}' 

nearly all pass about half of life and many should foresee dangers and obstacles to the 

nearly the whole. If you were to ask some healthfulness of a public unlearned and in 

of our best informed old residents about the some instances very careless in these matters, 

healthfulness of the town, they would reply and use the power given them by law. 

by saying that I)i'. Ik>wditch used to send As a town we are behind the times in 

his patients heie to live. His fame at home some things of importance. For instance, 

and abroad need not be mentioned here in we are entitled to reasonable assurance that 

support of the significance of this fact; and all milk offered for sale in the town is clean 

perhaps none of his works contributed more and produced by healthy cows. It is not 

to his fame than that wherein he proved that intended to imply that the contrary exists, 

soil moisture is contributory to the develop- but who knows? Some towns in the State 

ment of pulmonary tuberculosis, and that consider it of sufficient importance to enforce 

therefore its absence should be made certain such a requirement; why should not we? 

in the homes of those having weakness of Cows' milk is the sole food of many of our 

that kind. Other disease tendencies are also little ones, of some from the day of their 

established or iutensitied by soil moisture. birth. Yet we buy what is offered us and 

Of course Wellesley has no soil peculiar to feed it to those sensitive and delicate beings 

the town but we may fairly presume that Dr. — all the more exclusively when sick — with- 

Bowditch knew the town to stand high in out the slightest real knowledge that some of 

point of soil-dryness and to be not wanting the cows which produced that milk may not 

in other good qualities, else he would not be diseased, oi- the milk itself handled with- 

have entrusted his patients to her intiuences. out reasonable cleanliness. The question of 

We cannot be too grateful for the security healthy and clean milk is admittedly of j)ar- 

resting in a supply of water pui'e and abun- amount importance, and Boards of Health 

dant as that with which our people are pro- even'where can i-ender humanity an incal- 

vided. In no case known to the writer has culable service by following the best light to 

any well-grounded suspicion ever been be had in dealing with it. Then, too, we 

attached to our drinking water as a disease- should do as some otlier towns are doing, in 

carrier, and with our new source and new providing facilities for prompt bacteriologi- 

reservoir we may reasonably feel disease- cal diagnosis in cases where diphtheria is 

proof from that source. suspected. Such an opportunity would be 

We have plenty of pure air in Wellesley, of slight expense and would doubtless lead 

certainly out doors, and we should see to it to early discovery of cases which might be 

that it is as pure indoors. We are not undetected otherwise for days, and so per- 

obliged to inhale air contaminated with prod- haps save much exposure to this disease, 

ucts of manufacture, filth, or decay. Street Public health is a department of science, a 

sprinkling and street cleaning, in so far as field receiving study and research, in which 

they keep irritating dust and poisons out of valuable progress is being made. Every 

the air we breathe, modify the frequency town ought to have a Board of Health chosen 

and force of catarrhal conditions and thus from men interested in such progress, and in 

bear more or less upon the public health. its practical ai)plication. 

If this is doubted, let the doubter spend a The question of sewage dis])Osal is becom- 

windy, dusty day in the streets of any town iiig an important one, although j)resent con- 

which does not enjoy this advantage. ditions may not be said to have impaired the 

Every influence toward a higher standard public healtli. A satisfactory system of sew- 

of purity of whatever we take into our bod- erage will be a further guarantee of the 

ies, be it air, food, milk, water or what not, town's continued healthfulness and an added f; 

is an influence toward the attainment of the feature of attractiveness. 

highest degree of public health. To secure Let the principle that prevention is better 

this is the function of the Board of Health, than cure be the guide in all things pertain- 

and it must be apparent that to that end we ing to public or private health, and our pres- 

needa separate Board of Health, chosen with ent high position will be maintained, 

reference to adaptability for performing that edwakd e. raxcroft. 



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IV. The Wellesley Water Works 

IN 1888, or sixteen years ago, the first move 
was made toward a water supply for the 

town of Wellesley. The population at 
that time was less than three thousand, and 
we had hardly established oui-selves as a new 
town after our separation from the mother 
town of Needham in 1881. 

No doubt it seemed to many like a ven- 
turesome undertaking, something really 
beyond our needs, perhaps beyond our 
means. They may have felt that the idea 
emanated from the visionary l)raiiis of people 
who wei'e not satisfied with what they had, 
or with what their fathers before them had. 
However that may have been, the number 
who hold such ideas today is very small 
indeed. 

Hard work was done by those who be- 
lieved that a |)ul)lic' water su|)])ly would 
prove a blessing to the town. Much time 
and careful thought was ex])ended in i)lan- 
ning and executing, and the water works 
svstem was established. What seemed on 
its apparent completion as a finished thing 
immediately beuan to urow, and will con- 
tinue to grow with the increasing needs of 
the })eople. 

On the supposed completion of the works, 
in the spring of 1885, there' was one pumping 
engine, one reservoir, one filter gallery, from 
which the su[)]»ly was taken, and a little over 
thirteen miles of distribution pii>e, sui»plying 
the larger part of the citizens of the town. 

Today there are two pumping engines, two 
reservoirs, one filter gallery, one large sup- 
ply well at the "WUliams Spring," thirty- 
three driven wells from thirty to sixty feet 
deep, located near Koscmary Urook, and 
twenty-eight and one-half miles of distribu- 
tion pipe. 

The population has grown to about forty- 
three hundred, and the valuation, including 
bank andcorj>oi-ation stocks, to $8,866,888.11, 
an increase of 81 % since 1885. 

The cost of the water works system has 
increased from *1'25,000 in 1885 to $806,107.06 
at the beginning of the present year. 

The consumption of water increased stead- 
ily from 19,000,000 gallons in 1885 to 93,- 
000,000 gallons in 1890. On the introduc- 
tion of meters at this time, the consumption, 
or rather the combined consumption and 
waste, decreased to 64,000,000 gallons in 
1895, notwithstanding a large increase in the 
number taking Avater. 



In 1896, 71,000,000 gallons were pumped; 
in 1897, 65,000,000 gallons; and in 1898, 
which was a wet season, only 61,000,000 gal- 
lons were pumped. The meter system has 
proved almost entirely satisfactory, and is 
no doubt the only just and equitable method 
to be used in fixing water rates. 

What Wellesley will be at the end of 
another sixteen years, and what the extent of 
its water plant will be, is an interesting 
speculation. 

Oursupply is whatis termed a ground water, 
in distinction from a surface water supply; 
that is, our water, like that of Newton, Brook- 
line, Waltham, Foxboro, Mansfield, Webster, 
Needham, Dedham, and many other towns, 
is drawn from below the surface of the 
ground and is well or spring water. Being 
pumped to a covered reservoir, it is kept 
cool, and the light being excluded there are 
no ti'oublesome microscopic growths which 
require light for their development, and 
which impair the transjiarency of the water 
while alive, and upon their death and decay 
often impart unpleasant tastes and odors to 
the water. 

Surface water supplies ai'e from ponds, 
lakes or riveis. Such water is usuall}^ a lit- 
tle softer, not as clear, at certain seasons 
having more or less color, and sometimes a 
slight earthy taste or odor. When surface 
water of good (juality is stored in large, care- 
fully prepared artificial reservoirs, as will be 
the case with the new Metro])olitan Supply, 
the result is satisfactory. Surface water is 
perhaps a little more liable to contamination 
than ground water. The latter is generally 
thoroughly filtered in its passage through the 
earth to the point at which it is taken. 

Many surface water supplies are now fil- 
tered artificially, either through sand or 
mechanical filters, as they are called, before 
use. In this way comparatively poor water 
can be greatly improved, and rendered 
entirely fit for domestic use. 

Ground water supplies are more limited in 
amount than surface water supplies, and 
only the smaller cities and towns can be sup- 
plied with this naturally filtered water. Even 
these communities are not always fortunate 
enough to have within their limits the right 
conditions of soil and contour of surface to 
furnish such a supply, since a large area of 
porous gravel of good depth with a large 
water shed to feed it is required. 

The lower portion of the valley of Rose- 
mary Brook fairly well fulfils these condi- 



6 OUR TOWN 

tions, and with proper economy in the use of schools of Quincy, and for several years was 

water it will furnish aground water for some a member of the School Committee. He was 

years. In the future, whenever it becomes also a prominent member of the Unitarian 

necessary, we can increase our supply by Society of that town, acting on its parochial 

building a modern sand filter and tiltering committee, and serving for many years as 

the water of Kosemary Brook, which will teacher and Sunday school superintendent, 

give us an excellent supply of large amount. In 1S51, with Gideon F. Thayer, founder 

The quality of Wellesley water compares of the Chauncy Hall School, Boston, he pur- 
very favorably with that of other towns, and chased and edited the "Quincy Patriot." 
cannot fail to be one of the attractive features In 1858, Mr. White was elected a mem- 
of our town. One of the greatest blessings ber of the Constitutional Convention from 
to a community is an abundant supply of Quincy, with William S. Morton as his asso- 
pure water, and this Wellesley certainly ciate. As a member of this body, he was 
possesses. the author of the article in the proposed new 

The cost of the water system in proportion constitution relating to the House of Repre- 

to inhabitants, owing to the great length of sentatives. This article, together with all 

distribution pipe required to reach our scat- the others proposed, was rejected by the 

tered population, is probably higher than any i)eople at the election which passed upon 

town in Massachusetts. In spite of this fact, the work of the convention. Yet a few 

there is no doubt that the citizens are thor- years afterward its principle became a part 

ouirhlv satisfied with the investment they of the State constitution. 

have made. We should, however, carefully Mr. White was elected president of the 

guard our expenditures, that our water debt Young Men's Convention held at Worcester 

may not grow to undue proportions, for with in 1857, which nominated Gen. Nathaniel 

this, as with all other debts, there must be a P. Banks for governor. Gen. lianks had 

dav of reckonino;. been elected speaker of the National House 

F. T,. FULLER. of Representatives the year before, which 
was the first national triumph of the anti- 
slavery party in this country. 

In July, 1858, Mi-. White was appointed 



JUDGE GEORGE WHITE 



GEORGE WHITE, judge of probate and judge of probate A,nd insolvency for Norfolk 

insolvency for Norfolk County, and the County, which office he held at the time of 

oldest judge in Massachusetts in point his death. Since then, aside from his judi- 

of service, died at his home on Wales street, cial duties. Judge White was engaged in the 

late Saturday evening, July 29. The death management of a number of estates. 

was sudden and unexpected, although he had In 1863 he married Miss Frances May 

been ill for several weeks. Edwena Noyes, the only child of Edward 

He was born in Quincy, and was 77 years Noyes of l^oston, and granddaughter of Rev. 

of age. lie was the son of Nathaniel Thomas Noyes, first pastor of the Wellesley 

and Mehitable Curtis White. He received Congregational Church. Mr. Edward Noyes 

his early education in the schools of Quincy, was a prominent druggist, and a member of 

and fitted for college at Phillips Exeter the firm of Maynard & Noyes. Judge White 

Academy, then under the management of leaves a widow and three children, George 

Dr. Soule. Rantoul White of Phillips Exeter Academy, 

He was graduated from Yale College in Mary Hawthorne, wife of Clarence A.Bun- 

1848, where he was elected a member of the ker, and Edward Noyes White. 

Phi Beta Kappa Society. Later, he entered Judge White had been a resident of 

the Harvard Law School, from which he was Wellesley since 1868. 

graduated in 1850. He studied law with the 

Hon. Robert Rantoul, Jr., and on his motion 
was admitted to the bar in the fall of 1851, 

and immediately became his partner, with The stars come nightly to the sky, 

.1 /; "c T> i. 1 p \1lTi 'i * iTx 1 lie tidal wave unto the sea; 

the firm name of P.antoul & White. After ^or time, nor space, nor deep, nor high, 

the death of Mr. Rantoul, he formed a con- Can keep my own away from me. 

nection with the Hon. Asa French, with —John Burroughs. 
whom he continued in partnership until 1858. 
Mr. White took an active interest in the 



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Ifirst Conorecjational Cburcb in 
melleslep fbills 

Organized, February 24, 1847 
REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 

THE PULPIT will be occupied on August 6 and 13 
by Rev. Dr. Gerhart, of New Jersey. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Vacation will con- 
tinue through August, and work will be resumed the 
first Sunday in September. 

LAWN P.ARTY. On the evening of August 7, the 
Christian Endeavor Society will give a lawn party on 
the church grounds to raise money to meet the regu- 
lar expenses of the Society. Ice cream, cake, candy, 
and lemonade will be on sale. An entertainment of a 
musical character will be provided. Admission free. 
All are invited. 

FAVORABLE REPORTS continue to be received 
concerning the good health and improved condition 
of our Pastor and his family. They are still enjoy- 
ing the cool and refreshing ocean breezes at Sedgwick, 
Maine. We hope another month will see them at 
home again, Ijringing all the benefits of vacation with 
them. 

THE YOUNG PEOPLE'S SOCIETY of Christian 
Endeavor continues to hold its meetings through the 
summer at 6.30 on .Sunday evenings. The regular 
monthly " programme meeting"will be held on Aug. 
13, and a special missionary meeting on August 20. 
The consecration meeting, held as usual on the first 
Sunday in the month, will be led by Miss Putney. 
All the members are urged to be present or send some 
response to the roll-call. 

The meetings of the Society are open to all and 
every one is welcome, particularly the young people 
of the Church. 

QXIlelleslc\? Conorcoational Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, P^eb. 16, 1891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 

THK PASTOR and his family are to spend the 
month of August in Newburvport, Mass., occupying 
the parsonage of the Belleville Congregational Church. 

MISS VINTHIA INGRAM will play the organ 
at the Sunday morning services during the vacation 
of Mr. Stone, the organist. 

MISS ALICE STEVENS, a member of this 
Church, has become the assistant superintendent of 
the Branch Department of the Boston Public Library. 

MISS BARBARA MERRILL, a former member 
of the Class of 1902, Wellesley College, and at pres- 
ent a member of this Church, was married, on July 26, 
to Rev. Ernest M. Bartlett, pastor of the Rockdale 
Congregational Church, Northbridge, Mass. 

THE SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES have 
been well maintained so far this summer, and both 
young and old are finding it profitable to work 
together. A cordial invitation is extended to all 
readers of this item to be present and help make the 
summer Sunday evenings of special profit. 



AUGUST PREACHERS. Two of the ministers, 
mentioned in the last issue as expected to preach in 
August, were unable to accept the invitation extended 
to them. The arrangements finally made are as fol- 
lows: August 6, the Pastor; Aug. 13, Rev. A.J. 
Covell, of Lynn; Aug. 20, Rev. D. M. Pratt, formerly 
of the Williston Church, Portland, Maine; Aug. 27, 
Prof. Frank E. Woodruff, of Bowdoin College. 

THE NOYES TOMB. It is a matter of regret 
that after nearly a century since it was built in the 
Church cemetery, the front of the tomb in which the 
first pastor of this Church, Rev. Thomas Noyes, was 
buried, should have fallen down. We who have 
entered into the labors of this faithful man owe him 
more than we can estimate. Ought it not to be our 
privilege to pay our respect to his last earthly resting 
place, and make it a beautiful, rather than an 
uncomely spot .'' 



St. Hn^rew's Cburcb 

Organized, 1891 
REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 



REMEMBER that an open church during the sum- 
mer means additional expense. If you appreciate the 
services, show it by a generous contribution, so that 
we may end the year without a deficit. 

THERE ARE MANY STRANGERS who attend 
St. Andrew's in the vacation. Let the regular attend- 
ants show them they are welcome. A little thought- 
ful courtesy costs no effort, but it sometimes produces 
much fruit. 

THE RECTORY is fast approaching completion. 
The interior is now ready for the plasterers, who begin 
their work this week. Much satisfaction is expressed 
on all hands with the progress that has been made 
and with the general tastefulness of the building. 

THE RECTOR. Daring the first two or three 
weeks of August the address of the Rector will be, 
"The Red Rock," King's Beach, Lynn, Mass. He 
will be ready to return at a moment's notice in case 
any one desires his pastoral services. Otherwise, the 
Rev. Mr. Lauderburn may be called upon. 

THE SERVICES during August will be continued 
as usual, in the morning at half-past ten, in the even- 
ing at seven. Celebrations of the Holy Communion 
at half-past seven on the mornings of Aug. 13 and 20; 
at half-past nine on Aug. 27. The Rev. Frederick 
Lauderburn, rector of Calvary Church, Tamaqua, Pa., 
will take charge of the services in the absence of the 
rector. 

AS THE MUSIC during the summer is entirely 
congregational, it is hoped that the congregation will 
join heartily in all the hymns and chants as well as 
in the other parts of the service assigned to the con- 
gregation. Nothing encourages a minister more than 
good vigorous responses, particularly the " amens" at 
the end of the prayers. A listless people very often 
make a listless priest. Give your leader in the wor- 
ship of the church a strong support and he will serve 
you more effectively. 



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Wellcslci? Ibills Xllnitarian Society 



Organized, 187 1 . 

THE UNITARIAN CHURCH will 
until the second Sunday in September. 



be closed 



THE FOURTH OF JULY ice cream sale of the 
"Alliance" realized a satisfactory financial return. 
From this a liberal contribution to the "carpet fund" 
was made. 

AT THE PARISH MEETING of the Unitarian 
Church, held last 'I'uesday evening to take action on 
calling a pastor to succeed the late Rev. A. B. Vorse, 
after a short discussion it was voted that the matter 
be postponed until autumn, when there would be a 
larger representation of the parish at home. 



IN GENERAL 

DANA HALE is being extensively remodeled. 
The large attic of the school building, heretofore 
unused, is being opened up by eight gable windows, 
and will furnish half a dozen bed rooms in addition 
to a large studio and a good-sized class room. The 
studio will be in the center and light is to be admitted 
through a glass roof. 

In the older building many changes are being made. 
The front door will hereafter be on the north instead 
of the south side. Two large parlors will occupy the 
Grove street end, with a wide hall across to the for- 
mer entrance and the Principal's rooms on the oppo- 
site side. Electiic lights have been introduced into 
the whole building, and new paint and paper are 
freshening up rooms and corridors. 

With the two cottages on Colby street accommoda- 
tions will be provided for. one hundred and five 
boarding pupils. Present indications are that the 
school will be full next year. 

WELLES LEY CO F, LEGE. This certainly is a 
building era. Hard upon the dedication of the Hough- 
ton Memorial Chapel followed the beginning of the 
Wilder dormitory, next the .'\rt Building and the 
Observatory. Since then, the two oldest College 
societies, Zeta Alpha and Phi Sigma, have started on 
their picturesque houses, which will look out from the 
trees upon the open space between the lake and the 
Music Buildine, on the way to Tupelo. 

Wilder Hall will be of brick, and accommodate 
sixty students. The Observatory already attracts 
much attention as the white marble walls glisten in 
the sun. The site was carefully selected by experi- 
enced astronomers. From it a clear view of the 
heavens can be gained, especially towards the south. 
The building will be eighty-five feet long with a cen- 
tral telescope dome. New instruments of the finest 
make are already waiting for installation. The Zeta 
Alpha house will be of colonial style, and the Phi 
Sigma house in the style of an Italian country villa. 
Later on The Agora will build in the amphitheatre 
behind Norumbega, and Tau Zeta Epsilon on one of 
the knolls near Simpson Cottage. The entire lower 
floor of Norumbega Cottage is being fitted up for 
President's Hazard's occupancy. An unusual amount 
of repairing and refurnishing is being done in nearly 
all the buildings. There is promise of a larger enter- 
ing class and a general expectation of a period of 
great prosperity for the College. 



DR. M. O. NELSON 

DENTIST 

Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty 

ROOn 4, WALCOTT BUILDING, NATICK 

O. J. WASHBURN 

DENTIST 

Room 26, Clark'' s Block, Natick 
Established 1872 Office Hours : 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. 

The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

15aths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 

EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D., Supt. 
Washington St., Wellesley. Tel.: Wellesley 38-3. 



DANA HALL SCHOOL- WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

General Course for Non-Collegians. 

Sj)ecial Advantages in English Literature, Art, 
History of Art, and Music. 
Miss Helen Temple Couke, Principal. 
Mrs. Harriett E. Page, ^ 



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Associate Principals. 



TUTORING 

In MATHEMATICS, GREEK, and LATIN,— 
Entrance Requirements or College Conditions. Ad- 
dress: 

GRACE B. TOWNSEND, A. B., 
Wellesley Mills, Xdass. Tutorai Wellesley College 

Ki tchen Fu rniture 

We have at hand all the necessary kitchen 
furniture one needs to make a kitchen complete. We 
wish to call your attention to our line of 
Granite Iron Ware 

Electric and steam 
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OAKHURST meaning: 

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This is the most desirable property in 
the State of Massachusetts. 

It is only ten miles southwest of the 
State House, and accessible to Boston 
by electrics and steam. 

The Needham and Boston Street Rail- 
way Company, of which Mr. Hicks is 
President, is now laying tracks between 
Needham and the Spring Street Station 
of the Providence Railroad, passing 
through a boulevard built by him on 
this property. 

The town has every natural advantage 
and modern improvements, such as pure 
water, electric light, etc. 

It is on high ground, dry and health- 
ful, very picturesque and desirable to 
build uiDon, being partly wooded and 
partly open, some level and some undu- 
lating, so that all tastes can be satisfied. 

We want customers who will buy lots 
and build homes at Oakhurst. 

This is not an ordinary real estate 
enterprise. 

We are building a suburban neighbor- 
hood for intelligent, refined and progress- 
ive citizens who can appreciate such a 
community. 

This property is very carefully re- 
stricted in its title deeds. , 

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CIVILENGINEER AND 
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501 TREHONT BUILDING 

BOSTON, MASS. 

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Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 

Goods, etc. 

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For Four Months, commencing June i,fot 
the convenience of their customers, the 
Ridge Hills Farm Dairy will make a Morn- 
ino^ and Afternoon delivery of milk and 
cream at Wellesley and Wellesley Hills. 

Wn. Q. SMITH. Supt. 



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Livery and Boarding Stable 

Central Street, Wellesley 

Meet all trains Telephone No. 16-2 



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Prices Guaranteed 



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No. 61 South Street - - Boston 



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Pianos, Sheet Music 

and Musical Merchandise. 

Tuning, Repairing 

and Polishing. 
Stock of Second Hand 
Pianos always on hand. 



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THE WELLE5LEY 
FLORISTS 

Artistic Floral Decorators. Choice Cut Flow= 
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LINDEN STREET, OPPOSITE B & A. R. R. STATION 
TELEPHONE CONNECTION 



READINGS 

From Mrs. Annie Besant's "Ancient Wisdom" 
will he held every Tuesday evening, at eight 
o'clock, at 

Mr. Partridgfe's Photo. Studio, 
Wellesley - - - Mass. 



MRS. W. L. TAYLOR 



Welleslev 



Teacher of Piano, 
Refer to 

Mr. G. W. Chadwick, Director New England 
Conservatory of Music. 




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,, 'woman' s shoe in existence,. 

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I'EG TO AXXOUNCE that they are now open fin- 
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leading- wheels, including the ORIENT, DA YTON, 
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others ^ REPAIRING neatly and promptly attended to. 

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SEPTEMBER, 1899 



Volume II Number 9 - - - { 'o'^c^tVa ye7r 



CONTENTS 

September — a Poem ♦ , ♦ ♦ « 3 

Ghosts « . . * Erwin H, Walcott 3 

Egfg:emog:g:m Reach . . Patris T. Farwett 4 

A Holiday House for Working: Girls W, E. Hayes 6 

The Wellesley Churches . , , .8 



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CHARLES IVr. EATON, F^ulallstier, 
Wellesley Mills, Tvlass. 



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CBEAM IN ALL 
ITS VAEIKTIES 



O. A. BRUNEN, 

Baker 

21 So. Main St., 
Natick, Mass. 



Remember 

when in need of stylish and 
comfortable footwear go to 

PERKINS & WAIDNER, 

3 Clark's Block, Natick, Mass. 



Summer Clearance Sale 

at Colbi^'e 

Shirt Waists, Linen and P. K. 
Skirts, Light Wrappers, Children's 
Dresses and everything of the 
nature of summer Dry Goods clos- 
ing out without regard to cost to 
make room for our Fall Stock. 

Wn. H COLBY, 

VValcott Building, Main Street, Natick 

Successor to J. B. Leamy 

C. M. McKECHNIE 

Baker, Caterer and Ice Cream Manufacturer 

(Orders delivered in Wellesley 

Connected by telephone 

No. 10 Hain 5t., Natick, Hass. 

SO GRACEFUL, SO CLEANLY, 
SO DURABLE 

WHITE IRON BEDS we are talking about. 
Don't wear out and are cheap. 
Springs, Mattresses, Pillows. 

CLELAND & UNDERWOOD, 

T and 9 West Central Street, Natick 



Natick Five Cents Savings Bank 



Deposits and Surplus, 



$1,800,000 



Deposits go on Interest P'eb. i, 
May I, Aug. i, and Nov. i. 



Bank open 9 A. m. to 3 p. m. 



FREDERICK O. BASTON, 

Treasurer 



REDUCED PRICES 

We have marked all our 

$1.00 Colored Shii't Waists to 75 cents 
$1.50 " " " " $1.00 

Low prices in Lawns and Muslins. Spe- 
cial good value in Vi^ cent goods at 7 cents 

W. F. CLELAND 
9 Clark's Block, - Main St.. - Natick 

JAMES H. McNeil, 

Baker ond Caterer 

LADIES' AND GENTS' DINING ROOM 
Ice Cream, Wholesale and Retail. Open Sundays 

47 Main Street - - Natick 

Connected by Telephone. 

WOMEN ARE 

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Sold exclusively in Natick by 

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Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the first 
of each month. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Edward H. Chandler, Wellesley. 

Publisher, Charles M. Eaton, Wellesley Hills. 

Advertising Agents, Miss Vinthia Ingram, Wellesley; A. K. 
Tisdale, 309 Washington Street. Boston. 

Subscriptions may be left at Flagg's News Stand, or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Wellesley; Mrs. Ilsley's, Wellesley Hills, or at 
the Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Wellesley Hills Post 
Office. 



SEPTEMBER 

September is a gypsy queen, 

A queen with dreamy eyes; 

She is dressed in the crimson and yellow 
leaves 

That come when the summer dies. 
She rules her realm with a golden rod. 

O'er us all she holds full sway. 
We dearly love this gypsy queen, 

And grieve when she goes away. 

A. E. II. 



GHOSTS 



L()N(;FELL0VV says, that 
"All houses wherein men have lived and died 
Ate haunted houses." 

We never believed in haunted houses or 
in ghosts until now. In a certain quaint 
and beautiful village, in the state of Maine, 
we have seen so many ghosts this summer 
that it would be flying in the face of all their 
ghostly sensibilities to further deny their 
existence. 

Standing in an almost unbroken line on a 
single street in this village are a half dozen 
houses, averaging nearly one hundred years 
in age, with ghosts at every door; ghosts of 
men, who, a century or so ago, made this 
village, with its incomparable harbor and 
shi|)j)ing facilities, a "rival of Boston," as an 
old Gazeteer puts it; ghosts of women who 
were leaders in a sacial and intellectual life 
that was felt throughout the state; ghosts of 
their sons and daughters who went forth to 
shape the destinies of other sons and daugh- 
ters, in later days, nearer the centers of the 
commercial and political life of the nation; 
ghosts of lives successful and unsuccessful, 
noble and ignoble, as ever goes the world. 
In this village there are a score or more of 
these century-old houses, through whose 
open doors 



" The harmless phantoms on their errands glide, 
With feet that make no sounds upon the floors. 

" We meet them at the doorway, on the stair, 
Along the passages they come and go, 

Impalpable impressions on the air, 

A sense of something moving to and fro." 

It is eminently fitting that this line of 
shadowy antiques should be broken by an 
ancient church, in the tower of which hangs 
a bell cast by Paul Revere, whose ever true 
and loyal spirit, in clear and ringing tones, 
morning, noon, and night, calls the people 
to worship, to duty and to rest. 

These hills and valleys have their own 
particular ghosts as well as the houses; 
ghosts of early discoverers, Spaniards and 
Englishmen, who explored and settled these 
shores long before the historic landing at 
Plymouth. When the phantom fogs roll in 
from the ocean what revels the ghosts of 
(Tomez and his associates must enjoy as they 
recall their voyage of discovery in 1525, 
when the Spaniard noted in his chart "48 
deg., 80 niin. North Latitude" as "a place 
of greatest interest," abounding in "the fat- 
test of cod and salmon." After the Spanish 
there were English settlements on the Maine 
coast, a dozen years before the Pilgrims were 
greeted on the Massachusetts shore by the 
Indian chieftain Samoset with: 

"Much welcome. Englishmen." 

Indeed, Samoset, himself, now presumably 
a ghost of the first order, learned English of 
the settlers of his native Peniaquid, where 
New England had its real beginning. The 
ghost of Pemaquid's past may stand on its 
native rocks, two hundred feet or more above 
the sea level, and glory in one of the most 
majestic ocean outlooks on the Atlantic 
coast. In the same Pemaquid there were 
recently unearthed pavements of streets laid 
by a long-forgotten race of men, nobody 
knows just who, existing nobody knows just 
Avhen. What shadowy forms of men and 
women and children, whose busy feet wore 
these pavements smooth, hover over these 
buried paving stones! 

" Green is the sod where, centuries ago, 

These pavements echoed with the thronging feet 

Of busy crowds that hurried to and fro, 
And met and parted in the city street. 

" Here, where they lived, all holy thoughts revive. 
Of patient striving and of faith held fast; 

Here, where they died, their buried records live; 
Silent they speak from out the shadowy past." 

A neighboring river, too, has its ghosts, 
shadows of numberless canoes with their 



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silent occupants, who, in the flesh, glided up 
and down this sti'eani in ante-colonial days. 
Later, Champlain in the body sailed up this 
river; and still later Talleyrand, accompanied 
by a mysterious sti'anger said to have been 
Louis Phili])})e, all of whose several ghosts, 
with myriads of othei-s, still haunt these 
shores. 

The very wharves have their ghosts, and 
the deserted mills and ship yards as well; 
phantom ships that once landed the produce 
of the West Indies and of Cuba on these 
then busy wharves; mills that prej^ared and 
shipped lumber in exchange; ship yards that 
teemed with life and sent forth their white- 
winged messengers to all parts of the woild. 
The ghosts who have taken possession of 
these wharves and mills and shii) vards haunt 
them still; so very still, in fact, that their 
movements cannot be detected. A grave- 
yard silence reigns where once was thriving 
industr}' and the hum of trade. 

A dozen miles. away are immense beds of 
oyster shells on the river bank, many rods in 
length and feet in depth, which have puz- 
zled historians for centuries. They look 
wliat they I'eally are, — remains of ghostly 
feasts of an unknown and forgotten people. 
It requires but little imagination to hear 
above the lustle of the surroianding forest 
orders for 

''A dozen raw!" 

"A dozen on the half shell!" 

"Two stews, and have 'em hot!" 

Some say that these ghostly revellers were 
ancient Indians; others that here was the 
site of the true Norumbega of the Norsemen. 
Whoever the revellers were, a few bones, 
occasional arrow heads, the oyster shells and 
the shades of the diners only remain. 

Of all the haunts of haunting ghosts fore- 
most is an ancient church not far away, 
built in 1772, with its minute window panes; 
its square pews like sheep pens; its pulpit, as 
far out of the reach of the people as the the- 
ology that was thundered forth from its 
lofty heights; and its sounding board that 
made the minister's message heard and felt 
far beyond the limits of the parish, when 
pulpit and clergy meant more than they do 
today. What ghosts of brave men and 
saintly women abide within these walls ded- 
icated to God and to the Neio England 
which they established and which is our her- 
itage ! 

But there is one house near by, built over 
a century ago, that is haunted by a royal 



ghost or ghostess whose original in the flesh 
never saw it. This house was owned by one 
Clough, w ho sold ship masts to the Fi-ench 
government in the days just preceding the 
French Revolution of 1793. When Marie 
Antoinette, the wife of Louis XVI., was 
imprisoned, certain royalists conspired to 
secure her liberation. Hiring or buying this 
house of Clough, they furnished it luxuriously 
after the French fashion of those luxurious 
times, for the reception of the queen. An 
American shi]>master undertook to bring 
IVIarie Antoinette thithei' in a sailing vessel. 
The conspirators advised the queen of their 
plans, so goes the story, by sending to her 
cell a note concealed in a bouquet of flowers. 
Her guard, however, suspecting something 
wrong, thwarted the plans, and the queen 
never reached the refuge prepaied for her 
on this peaceful river, and never left her cell 
until summoned to her death. Despite the 
failure of the conspirators, the ghost of 
Marie Antoinette seems to have taken pos- 
session of the old house, whose present ten- 
ant, a descendant of Clough, treasures a 
tangible reminder of the French Revolution 
and of the plot of 1798 in a bit of the dress 
worn by the poor queen when she was 
beheaded. 

Longfellow was right. The houses where- 
in we live and die are haunted houses. 

" We have no title deeds to house or lands; 

Owners and occupant-^ of eailier dates 
P>om graves forgotten stretch their dusty hands, 

And hold in mortmain still their old estates." 

There remains ro(.)m but for this bit of 
moralizing: The lives we ourselves are liv- 
ing are the materials out of which the ghosts 
of the future are being constructed. Let us 
so live that ours shall become good and 
agreeable little ghosts, that their presence 
shall be desired rather than feared by those 
who shall come after us. If we must be 
spooks, let us by all means strive to be good 
spooks. 

EKWIX II. WAU'OTT. 



EGGEMOGGIN REACH 

IT is said that there are three hundred and 
sixty-five islands in Casco Bay. Whethei- 
this is true I know not, but a glance at a 
good map of Penobscot Bay will show that 
there at least the statement would approxi- 
mate truth. It would be hard to find a 
prettier trip than that of the steamers, large 
and small, that wind in and out among the 



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thickly-wooded, rock-sliored islands of 
Penobscot Bay. The smaller the steamer 
the bettei', perhaps, for then you can travel 
safely among picturesque coves and through 
delightful side-channels, where larger crafts 
dare not venture. These waters need no 
description for many of Wellesley's citizens, 
for thei'e is Isle au llaut, just on the outer 
edge of the bay and Mt. Desert only around 
the corner. IJut more favored than either 
of these, more free from fog and st!)rm, just 
as beautiful in varied s.-enery, and more 
familiar to man}' of us, are the beautiful 
shores of Eggemoggin Reach. ( Pronounced 
"Edgenioggin" by the natives.) The 
"Reach" is a stretch of water, sixteen miles 
long, on the northern shore of tlic bay, cov- 
ering most of the distance from Cystine to 
the mouth of the bay, and shut in between 
Deer and Little Deer islands on the one 
hand and the main-land on the other. Of 
these islands "Big Deer" is just now more 
famous, as it furnished all tbe crew of 
"Columbia," as it did of "Defender" when 
she defeated "Valkyrie III." Any Deer 
Island man, they say, can find a berth in the 
summei'-time among the crew of some fine 
yacht, for tliese are all tine sailor-men. "^Jlie 
island is named from the fact that every 
spring the deer on the main-land — follow- 
ing habits bred long ago, before the white 
men ever saw these sliores — are wont to 
swim across the Reach to bring fortli and 
rear their young, I'etu ruing again as soon as 
tlie young deer are able to look out for 
themselves. This they now do under the 
protection of a stringent law rigoi-ously 
enforced, and only a few weeks ago I saw 
one of these young deer bounding along the 
main shore, seeking, apparently, some safe 
way through the farms to the thickly- wooded 
hills further inland. 

North of Deer Island, on the Reach, is 
"Little Deer." At one end of this island is 
an interesting summer colony, a group of 
some twenty cottages, clustered about a cen- 
tral dining hall in which all meet for meals. 
At the other end of the colony is — strange 
to say — -a Mormon settlement. Opposite 
Deer Island, on the main-land, however, is 
the place in which we are most interested. 
Here is the beautiful little village of Sar- 
gentville in the town of Sedgwick. Happy 
indeed are they who have been so favored 
as to spend a vacation in this charming 
place, and not a few Wellesley people have 
so discovered. There is no hotel here as yet, 



to the great delight of those who love a 
reasonable measure of quiet and solitude, 
but there are a few families who will pro- 
vide generously for a small number of 
boarders. Gentle reader, do yoii care for 
lobster fresh fi-om the sea? Does your pal- 
ate know the taste of a perfect clam chow- 
der V Did you ever partake ot scallop stew? 
Do you care for blueberries fresh from the 
pastures, and rasi)berries and blackberries 
that have never known the dust of city 
streets? As we feast ourselves on these and 
other provisions of our seaside table, spiced 
as it all is with ])erfect appetites, we pity 
those who have to dine at the Adams House 
or Young's. Rock cod that you have pulled 
in yourself, cooke<l before the salt water has 
dried from theni, you never taste anything 
like this at home. And floundei-s! Who 
knew before that these are almost as sweet 
as brook trout? Indeed, the trout them- 
selves, caught only a few miles inland, may 
occasionally be had ; and nearei- still, those 
who |)refer nuiy catch black bass in some of 
the many inland lakes. 

The country in and around Sedgwick is 
undulating — to put it mildly. I heard a 
man say that a trip on his wheel to Blue 
II'H, twelve miles away, almost made him 
sea-sick, the road rose and fell so steadily 
with hardly a stretch anywhere of level rid- 
ing. And yet do not imagine that this is not 
a good country for the wheel. On the other 
hand, there are many f'^scinating rides over 
well-made and sufficiently level roads, with 
charming views of mountain and ocean. 
There are, ijidecd, many here who wheel, 
and the tourist who can should be prepared 
to do so. On other roads, however, the 
faithful steed is better. These are roads 
over long hills from which may be obtained 
far-extending views of bay and islands, the 
Reach sparkling in the sun, traversed by 
yachts, large and small, and every variety of 
sailor craft; in other directions the blue 
Camden Mountains, or Blue Hill, or the 
summits of Mt. Desert, with the valleys l^nng 
between holding river and lake, village, cul- 
tivated fields, and thickly-wooded forest. 
Surely there is nothing more beautiful under 
the heavens. Then for those who prefer to 
live on the water rather than on the land 
there is the open roadway to the sea, with 
its ever-changing winds and tides. It is 
easy, if yoii will, to find some skipper who 
knows the best fishing grounds and on any 
day, when a fair breeze is blowing, will 



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guarantee you a good day's fun with more 
tisli than you and your neighbors can eat, or 
will take you, if you prefer, among the 
islands and out to the deep sea where you 
can rock on the ocean swell. There gener- 
ally is a good breeze blowing. At least that 
has been our experience. 1 wonder if the 
air is always bracing. One family at least 
has tried two months and more of it and 
found it altogether charming. Of course 
there has been now and then a rainy or 
foggy day to give one a change. But dur- 
ing all this time we have experienced only 
two oppressive daj^s. 

Of the people themselves we should s|)eak 
a woi-d. A stranger passing through the 
town from end to end will be impressed with 
the air of comfort everywhere. If there is 
great poverty it is marvelously well hidden. 
There is perhaps a suggestion of languor in 
the atmosphere. There is no evident haste. 
Life moves leisurely along. The visitor will 
perhaps be surprised by the difficulty which 
he experiences in obtaining definite informa- 
tion about anything. The people take time 
to make up their minds. They seem to have 
a plenty of time and to be generous in its 
use. Indeed, they have two kinds ot time 
here, for some still set their clocks by local 
time and others by the standard. So the 
visitor who wishes to go to church, when he 
is told that the service begins at half-past 
ten, must be sure to reach there by ten 
o'clock (standard time) or he will arrive 
only early enough to drop something into the 
contribution box. This conservatism, by the 
way characteristic of New England, was 
well illustrated here not long ago in the case 
of a member of the local church. On the 
coming of a new pastor some changes were 
made in the church building. Among others 
the organ and choir wei'e removed from the 
rear of the congregation to the rear of the 
pulpit platform. It had previously been the 
custom, from time immemorial, for the con- 
gregation to turn about and face the choir 
while the closing hymn was sung. Of course 
with the removal of the choir this custom 
was given up. But one man held out and 
so long as he lived continued to turn about 
and face the now empty gallery during the 
closing hymn. He had always done so and 
he refused to yield to new-fangled notions. 
Well, we must not laugh too heartily at such 
conservatism. There was something fine 
about it after all. And to independent char- 
acters like these, not moved easily by the 



jeers or criticism of other men or the changes 
of time. New England owes much of that 
granitic quality which has made its finest 
history. There always have been enough 
of the progressive elements among us to keep 
things moving, and enough sturdy conserva- 
tives to prevent their moving too fast. And 
Sedgwick has its fair proportion of both 
kinds. Certainly a kindlier people one can- 
not find, and one of the delights of a visit 
here for a few weeks in the summer is the 
possibility of meeting and knowing some- 
thing of those whose home this is, — who 
winter as well as summer here. 

PARKIS T. FAUWELL. 



A HOLIDAY HOUSE FOR WORKING 
GIRLS 

ONE Saturday afternoon in August found 
me on my way to the Girls' Friendly 
Society at Milford, N. H., to take 
charge of the Sunday services "^I'he station 
from which the House is reached is Andierst, 
an hour and a half ride from Boston. A 
drive of three miles in a carryall, through 
shady woods of bircli and pine, past stone 
walls covered witli wild grapes, up several 
steep hills, brought me at last to Broadview, 
the name of the estate in which the Holiday 
House is situated. The journey in the ti'ain 
had been hot and close, so it was refreshing 
to breathe the sweet mountain air and look 
out over stretches of green fields with here 
and there distant views of the blue hills. 
In the carryall were a number of girls com- 
ing up for their week or two weeks' vaca- 
tion. As we drew near the place it was evi- 
dent that we were expected, for a large com- 
pany stood on the piazza with waving fiags 
and cries of welcome. There was no wait- 
ing:: f<^i" introductions. We were made at 
once to feel at liome and to share the good 
cheer which is naturally associated with a 
Holiday House. 

It was very pleasant to arrive just in time 
for supper, as the mountain air had sharp- 
ened our appetites. We did full justice, you 
may be sure, to the simple meal, consisting 
of baked beans and brown bread, blueberries 
and cake. There were four long tables in 
the dining room, each accommodating twelve 
persons. At the head of each table sat one 
of the associates who poured tea and cocoa, 
and kept the conversation going. There was 
not much need of the latter, however, as the 
girls had many interesting things to tell to 



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each other, and especially to the new arri- 
vals. 

After supper we walked across to the new 
building, which has just been fitted up this 
suniiner I'or girls who are convalescing from 
sickness, or who need more rest and quiet 
than the main building affords. It is appro- 
priately named Kestcroft and was originally 
the farm house, though one would never 
recognize it now so comi)letely has it been 
transformed. Like the main building ( which 
was originally the barn) it is painted dark 
red with green blinds. The dormer win- 
dows, the long, sweeping roof, and the broad 
piazza with a superb outlook across the val- 
ley, make it as attractive a summer hoine as 
one could wish for. 

The interior of this inviting retreat is in 
keeping with its exterior. Nothing could be 
more tasteful or immaculate than the cosy 
little bed-rooms, with small, white iron bed- 
steads, comfortable chairs, and a few well- 
chosen pictures, and fresh, dotted-muslin 
curtains at the wijidows. Most attractive of 
all is the sitting-room, fitted up by Trinity 
Church, Boston, with its white woodwork, 
dark green wall paper, photographs of cele- 
brated paintings in wide oak frames, Morris 
chairs, covered in yellow flowered cretonne, 
a center table with a handsome lamp and a 
number of interesting books. Nothing more 
cosy or homelike could be imagined. 

At eight o'clock we all assembled in the 
ereat hall of the main building and had a 
rehearsal of the music for the services to be 
held the following day. Then at nine 
o'clock, prayers were said in the pretty little 
chapel, which opens out of the hall, after 
which we separated for the night. 

Sunday promised to be a very warm day, 
but in the cool of the morning a few of us 
gathered together to partake of the sacra- 
ment, and a very meet and solemn service it 
was, amid the silence of the mountains and 
with the fresh breeze blowing thi'ough the 
open windows. . 

After breakfast we wandered off to some 
shady woods and sat down on a carpet of 
brown pine needles and read aloud from 
Mrs. Gatty's "Parables from Nature." One 
chapter on the "Law of the Wood" seemed 
especially appropriate to the time and the 
place, inculcating the old, old lesson of 
unselfishness, in which even the trees of the 
forest may share. 

At eleven all assembled for a brief morn- 
ing service in the chapel. In place of bon- 
nets, each one wore a small white cap. It 



was an impressive congregation to look at 
and unusually attentive. The rcs})onses 
were very hearty, as well as the music which 
was entirely congregational. 

The afternoon was spent resting and read- 
ing until five o'clock, when we met again for 
worship. A number of people came over 
from Milfoid to attend this seivice. The 
congregation was so large that they could 
not all get into the diminutive chajiel but 
had to stand outside about the door. There 
was a great deal of music; three familiar 
hymns and two chants which were sung with 
zest, then a brief address from the text "Ye 
have not chosen me but I have chosen you." 
The service concluded with the (liiis' 
Friendly Society prayer, re}»eated by all, and 
the blessing, which had a peculiar signifi- 
cance in a place so peaceful and sacred. 
God's peace seems to rest u))on the moun- 
tains as it does nowhere else in the world. 

After tea we walked down the road for 
half a mile to an open field, where we sat on 
the fence and watched the sunset as it lit up 
the sky with livid tints. Toward the east 
great banks of clouds were piled u]» near the 
horizon that seemed like the toweis and pin- 
nacles of the New Jerusalem. We stayed 
until the last glow faded away, and the moon • 
and the stars came out, then went slowly 
back to the hospitable piazza of Broadview, 
where we sat for an hour while one of the 
associates told us a story of the olden time. 
Then we sang hymns in the hall until bed- 
time. 

The hall in which we met so often is a 
delightful room, large and airy, low-studded, 
with the beams showing, comfortable chairs 
in profusion, good photographs and plaster 
casts on the wall, several tables for games, a 
piano covered with music of all kinds, and 
in the corner a huge fire-place, in wdiich a 
roaring fire of logs is built when the weather 
demands. Off from this room o[)ens a small 
reception room, and a writing room, the 
dining room, and the chapel. Thus it is the 
center of all the interests of the house and 
the scene of many a merry revel, particu- 
larly on rainy days. 

It may be taken for granted that working 
girls appreciate this summer home which 
has been so generously provided for their 
exclusive use. For the modest sum of seven 
dollars and a half, which includes railroad 
fare from Boston, a girl may spend two of 
the happiest weeks of her life. As the 
accommodation is limited, none are allowed 
to stay longer than two weeks. It is to be 



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hoped that in the future there will be many 
such holiday houses where any self-respect- 
ing woman, who earns her own living, may 
enjoy a vacation just as well as her more 
favored sisters. 



W. E. HAVES. 



dfirtU CouGvcoational Cburcb in 

Organized, February 24, 1847 
REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 

THE Y. P. S. C. E. will continue its prayer meet- 
ings on Sunday evenings at half-past six. Members 
are reminded of the monthly consecration meeting on 
September third, the first Sunday of the month. 

THK COMMUNION SERVICE will be observed 
as usual on the first Sunday in September. It is 
expected that the Pastor will return from Sargentville, 
Maine, in time to take charge of the prayer meeting 
on Friday evening, September first, the customary 
service in preparation for Communion. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL will reopen on Septem- 
ber third at the close of the morning service. All 
the teacliers and scholars are urged to be in their 
places promptly on this first Sunday after vacation, 
. that the work for fall and winter may begin under the 
best conditions. New scholars, old and young, are 
invited to join the classes at any time and \\ill always 
be made welcome. 

St. HiiDrew's Cburcb 

Organized, 1S91 
REV. WILLIAM E. IIAVI'.S, Rfxtor 

THIi HOUR for evening service will be changed 
from seven to quarter past seven. 

THE RI'X TOR will return from his vacation to 
take charge of the services on the first .Sunday in 
September. 

SUNDAY SCHOOL SESSIONS will be resumed 
Sunday, September tenth, immediately after morning 
service. 

THE FOLLOWING FIGURI.S regarding the 
parish may be interesting to those of our parishioners 
who do not see the diocesan journal: louring the 
year 189S, there were three confirmations, five bap- 
tisms, and two burials. Eighteen communicants 
were received and ten removed, making the present 
number eighty. The Sunday school reported six 
teachers and thirty-five scholars. Expenditures for 
all objects pertaining to the parish amounted to 
$3,439.34. Contribution to missions, including con- 
vention fund, amounted to $194.39. The total value 
of all parish property amounted to $11,700, with an 
indebtedness of $450. In the next report which will 
be sent in the first of January, 1900, the new rectory 
will be included in the parish property, making the 
total value between $17,000 and $18,000. 



G<2lelleslev Conoreoational Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 

EVI'^NING SERVICES, with sermon or address, 
will be resumed on .Sunday evening, Sept. 3d. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL will begin a new course 
of lessons on September 17th. All former scholars 
and all who would like to have a part in this winter's 
work are urged to be present on that day. 

THE INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL, to be held 
in Boston from Sept. 20 to 28, will be an event of 
unusual importance. England, Australia, and Canada 
will send their leading Congregational ministers. 
There will be a multitude of addresses on great 
themes by the ablest speakers. 

DR. W. T. TALBOT and Mrs. Talbot, members of 
this church, will spend the coming winter at their farm 
on the shores of Asquam Lake, Holderness, N. H. 
The summer camp for boys, conducted by Dr. Talbot, 
has just closed its fifteenth annual session. Twenty- 
three boys attended. Messrs. Sherman Denton, of 
Wellesley, and Morse, curator of the Wellesley Col- 
lege museum, have been at the Camp instructing the 
boys in the bird, insect, and butterfly life of the region. 

St. /iDarp's Cburcb 

Organized, 18 12 
REV. H. USHER MONRO, Rector 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL will be opened the 
second Sunday in September, at 9.30 A. M. 

THE CHOIR will begin its usual work on the sec- 
ond Sunday of this month at the morning service. 

THE SERVICES for the autumn and winter in 
St. Mary's Parish will be as follows: 

Holy Communion : First Sunday in month at 
10.45A. M.; every other Sunday at 8.45 A. M.; Sunday 
School, 9.30 A. M. ; Morning Service, 10.45 •*• ^^•'' 
Eveni:ig service, 4.30 p. m. Holy Days, service and 
Holy Communion at 8.30 A. M. 

THE RECTOR of St. Mary's returned to his pas- 
toral duties the first Sunday in September much ben- 
efited by his vacation. He desires to heartily thank 
the parishioners for their kindness in making his 
vacation so extended. Mr. and Mrs. Monro will be 
happy to receive the parishioners and other friends on 
Wednesdays after the first of October. 

Kitchen Furniture 

We have .it hand all the necessary kitchen 
furniture one needs to make a kitchen complete. We 
wish to call your attention to our line of 
Granite Iron Ware. 

Electric and steam ^%^m 

cars stop in front of ^s' 

our store. Call and 
see us. 



Fiske & Co. 




NATICK 

Hardware, Plumbing and Heating 



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DR. M. O. NELSON 

DENTIST 

Crown and Bridge Work a /Specialty 
ROOn 4, WALCOTT BUILDING, NATICK 

O. J. WASHBURN 

DENTIST 

Room 26, Clark's Block, Natick 
Established 1872. Office Hours : 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. 

The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 

EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D., Siipt. 
Washington St., Wellesley. Tel.: Wellesley 38-3. 

TUTORING 

In M.ATHKMATICS, GREEK, and LATIN,— 
I'.ntrance Requirements or College Conditions. Ad- 
d ress : 

GRACE B. TOWNSEND, A.. B., 
Wellesltjy Hills, Mass. Tutor at Wellesley College 



MR5. VV. L. TAYLOR 



Welleslev. 



Teacher of Piano, 
Refer to 

Mr. G. W. Chadvvick, Director Xew England 
Conservatory of Music. 



DANA HALL SCHOOL == WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

General Course for Non-Collegians. 

Spjicial Advantages iu English Literature, Art, 
History of Art, and Music. 
Miss Helen Templk. Couke, Principal. 
Mrs. Harrieit E. Page, ^ 



Miss Jeannie Evans, ^ 



Associate Principals. 



Subecribc for '*®ur ^own* 



WE SERVE THE BEST ICE CREAM SODA, 
WITH CHOICE FRUIT F'LAVORS, IN NATICK 

Burke & Dolan nq- is clark's block 
Natick 



F. A. COOLIDGE 



O. E. STEVENS 



F, A. COOLIDGE & CO., 



DEALERS IN 

Choice .. Meats .. ond ♦. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 

Goods, etc. 

WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY. 

RIDGE HILL FARHS DAIRY 

For Four Months, commencing June i,for 
the convenience of their customers, the 
Ridge Hill Farms Dairy will make a Morn- 
ing and Afternoon delivery of milk and 
cream at Wellesley and Wellesley Hills. 

Wn. Q. SMITH, Supt. 



F. DIEHL, JR., & CO. 
Livery and Boarding Stable 

Central Street, Wellesley 

Meet all trains Telephone No, 16-2 



FLOUR 



Brands to be found at 

W. W. HcLEOD'S 
Wellesley Hills 



King Arthur Swan's Down 

Pillsbury Washburn & Crosby Surprise 

Prices Guaranteed 

J.TAILBY&SON 

THE WELLE5LEY 
FLORISTS 

Artistic Floral Decorators. Choice Cut Flow= 
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LINDEN STREET, OPPOSITE B. & A. R. R. STATION 
TELEPHONE CONNECTION 

F. DIEHL & SON 



Dealers in Coal, Wood, 
Hay and Grain. 



Telephone No. 16-4 

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NATICK MUSIC STORE 



Pianos, Sheet Music 

and Musical Merchandise. 

Tuning, Repairing 

and Polishing. 
Stock of Second Hand 
Pianos always on hand. 



A. P. DERBY 



Room 3, Clark's Block, Natick 



THE SYMMETROSCOPE. 






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Shoemakers^ Art 



The standard of the 'world and most ad'vanced 
*,m}oman's shoe in existence,. 

Sold exclusively bv 

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Attorney and Counsellor at Law 



728 Tremont Bldg., 
Boston. 



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Haymarket 603 



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reaches a better class of readers 
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any other advertising medium. 



The Wellesley Cycle Co. ^^^"t^n^vTy^'^"* 



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WELLESLEY. 
^— — — ^^— — ^^— ^^ Open from 8 A. M. to 10 P. M. 

BEG TO ANNOUNCE that they are now open for 
business and carry in stock a full line of all the 
leading wheels, including the ORIENT, DAYTON, 
B. & D. SPECIAL, UNION, I FER JOHNSON & 
CO., TRINITY, A. FEATHERSTONE & CO., and 

others ^ REPAIRING neatly and promptly attended to. 

WHEELS CLEANED AND ADJUSTED FOR $1.00. WHEELS TO RENT BY THE DAY OR 

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OCTOBER, 1899 



Volume W Number io - - - { so^ents aye7r 



CONTENTS 

Editorial .....* 3 

Friendly Aid ♦ . . Ellen 'Twiggs Robson 4 

Quaint Devon . . . Edith cA, Saivyer 5 

Wellesley College Notes . , ♦ , 7 
Items of Church News 

Wellesley Congregational Church . . 8 

Wellesley Hills Congregational Church . 8 

Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society . ♦ 9 

St. Andrew^s Church . ♦ ♦ * 9 

St. Mary^s Church . . . ♦ 10 






CMA-RLES Tvl. EATON, Publlstier, 
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O. A. Brunen, H'^r^^^^ 

Ice Cream, Sherbets and Frozen 
Pudding in all their varieties. 

21 So. Main St., opp. Common, NATICK. 



Remeraber 

when in need of stylish and 
comfortable footwear go to 

PERKINS & WAIDNER, 

3 Clark's Block, Natick, Mass. 



Summer Clearance Sale 

at Colby's 

Shirt Waists, Linen and P. K. 
Skirts, Light Wrappers, Children's 
Dresses and everything of the 
nature of summer Dry Goods clos- 
ing out without regard to cost to 
make room for our fall stock. 

Wn. H. COLBY, 
Walcott Building, Main Street, Natick 

Successor to J. B. Leamy 

C. M. McKECHNIE 

l>aker, Caterer and Ice Cream Manufacturer 

Orders delivered in Wellesley 

Connected by telephone 

No. 10 Hain St., Natick, Hass. 

SO GRACEFUL, SO CLEANLY, 
SO DURABLE 

WHITE IRON HEDS we are talking about. 
Don't wear out and are cheap. 
Springs, Mattresses, Pillows. 

CLELAND & UNDERWOOD, 

7 and 9 West Central Street, Natick 



Natick Five Cents Savings Bank 



Deposits and Surplus, 



^1,800,000 



Deposits go on Interest Feb. i, 
May I, Aug. i, and Nov. i. 



15ank open 9 A. m. to 3 p. m. 



FREDERICK O. BASTON, 

Treasurer 



REDUCED PRICES 

We have marked all our 

$1.00 Colored Shirt Waists to 75 cents 

$1.50 " " » " $1.00 

Low prices in Lawns and Muslins. Spe- 
cial good value in 123^^ cent goods at 7 cents 

W. F. CLELAND 
9 Clark's Block, = Main St., - Natick 

JAMES H. McNeil, 

Baker and Caterer 

LADIES' AND GENTS' DINING ROOM 

Ice Cream, Wholesale and Retail. Open Sundays 



47 Main Street 



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Connected by Telephone. 



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Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the first 
of each month. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Edward H. Chandler, Wellesley. 

Publisher, Charles M. Eaton, Wellesley Hills. 

Advertising Agents, Miss Vinthia Ingram, Wellesley; A. K. 
Tisdale, 309 Washington Street, Boston. 

Subscriptions may be left at P'lagg's News Stand, or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Wellesley; Mrs. llsley's, Wellesley Hills, or at 
the Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Wellesley Hills Post 
Office. 



EDITORIAL 

SOMETIME ago we published a bright 
little poem which humorously reviewed 
the arduous tasks of our police force. 
During the past weeks, however, that small 
but select body has made for itself a fine 
record. It appears to us that its efforts in 
arresting scamps of various kinds have been 
remarkably successful. The Editorial IJoard 
of Ouu Town takes off its hat to the Welles- 
ley police, congratulates it upon its efficient 
work, and feels that it has made Wellesley, 
by several degrees, a safer and more com- 
fortable ])lace in which to live. 



HAVE you visited the new cliapel at 
Wellesley C^)llege'? It is a beautiful 
example of church architecture, not 
only a credit to the College but an adorn- 
ment to the town in which it has been 
budded. We are confident that it will prove 
of definite value as a rcliyjious inthience, not 
simply from the seivices wlii'v-h will be held 
vvitliin its walls but as a worthy expression 
of tlie spirit of worship. Of such a structure 
one may fairly say, "strength and beauty 
are in His smctuaiy." We congratulate the 
College and the town of Wellesley u]ion this 
notal)le a(hlition to our beautiful l)uildings. 



THE annual reports of the State Board of 
Education always provide much valu- 
able information on all educational 
themes. They are, indeed, in so great 
demand that the supply provided by the 
State is always speedily exhausted. In the 
latest repoi-t are some figures which espe- 
cially concern us. On examining the tali)les 
we discover the following facts: Out of 853 
towns Wellesley stands tenth in the table of 
comparative amounts appropriated for each 
child in its schools. It is fourth amono; the 
towns of Norfolk county in this respect. In 
the percentage of its taxable property appr 



priated for support of its schools, however, 
it is number 313, and twenty-third in the 
towns of the county. The average salary 
of teachers in the town is the highest paid 
in the count}', which we may note to our 
credit. 



COMPARING the public schools of 
America, in their freedom from sec- 
tarian influence, with the public schools 
of England, a recent speaker at the Inter- 
national Congregational Council brought out 
some startling facts. He said that out of 
20,000 free sc^iools 13,000 were under high 
Anglican or llomanist influence. As a sam- 
ple of the teachings in these schools listen to 
the following: "You must all become mem- 
bers of the church. By the church I mean 
the state church, there is no other church. 
To become a member of the church you 
must be baptized. Until you are baptized 
you have no right to say 'Our Father which 
art in heaven.' He is not your Father until 
you become His child by adoption, through 
baptism.'" At another school where instruc- 
tion was being given on the catechism one 
small girl in the rear refused to stand up or 
answer any of the questions. The instructor 
asked the children whv this girl was so 
obstinate. Instantly a number of hands 
were raised and the answer was given, 
"Ik'cause she doesn't believe the Bible." 
Whereupon the accused was told to stand 
up and a number of questions on the Bible 
were i)ut to her, to all of which she gave 
clear, correct, ringing answers. When she 
had finished, the instructor, v.dio was a good 
man at heart in spite of his narrowness, 
remarked, "Children, she knows more about 
the l)ible than you do." 



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THE late Cornelius Vanderbilt was known 
to many simply as a millionaire. More 
conspicuous than his wealth was his 
high Christian character. Many rich men 
are coming to realize that wealth carries 
heavy responsibilities. Mr. Vanderbilt real- 
ized more than this. He not only gave gen- 
erously of his substance, he gave generously 
of his time and energy. He consecrated him- 
self as Avell as his riches to the service of his 
Master. The concentration of wealth in the 
hands of one man is only dangerous when 
the man is a fool or a knave. It is not 
money-getting that is to be decried. It is 
money- wasting. The message of the hour to 



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the aspirant after riches is, Seek ja first the 
kingdom of God and His righteousness. 
Then and only then will wealth be safe in 
your hands. 

DANA HALL has begun its school year 
with one hundred and twenty-iive 
boarding pupils and twenty-five day 
scholars. And an elementary school for 
young children is to be opened under the 
same administration with eight or ten pupils. 
This development of a school w^iich has 
added much to Wellesley's reputation ought 
to be a matter of pride to every citizen. 
Few schools in the country have a more 
wholesome atmosphere or have done more to 
elevate the ideals of boarding school instruc- 
tion. We welcome the progress of the school 
as a most important factor in the well-being 
of Wellesley. 



THE FRIENDLY AID 

IT would require more than ordinarily close 
observation in any one riding, or walking, 

or bicycling through our lovely quiet 
town for the first time to discover any need 
for such an organization as the Friendly Aid. 
NVhat help could be needed by any of the 
citizens of this prosperous village, any of the 
occupants of these comfortable houses and 
cosy little homes, on our back streets and 
by-ways, other than the common interchange 
of civilities and comforts and bits of good 
tilings for the table, usual in a country 
town? It is true that the greater part of 
our laboring classes are living under appar- 
(Sntly most favorable conditions. Pure air, 
plenty of space out of doors, no crowded 
tenements, swarming with unhealthy chil- 
dren and nurturing disease and vice, clean, 
healthful surroundings, and in many cases a 
pretty pride showing itself in efforts to beau- 
tify and adorn their homes. 

And yet, under all these favorable condi- 
tions and this comfortable environment, the 
Friendly Aid has found enough to occupy a 
number of busy, helpful hands all through 
the winter and summer months, since its 
appointment, last December, as an adjunct 
of the Wellesley Hills Woman's Club. The 
Committee consists of eleven women, chosen 
from the different sections of the town and 
representing every church within the limits 
of Wellesley. There is also an Advisory 
Board, comprising the clergymen of the 
town, physicians, selectmen, the Superintend- 



ent of Schools, and several teachers. So far 
there has been no lack of opportunity and 
need of such help as could be given. 

The experiences common to all communi- 
ties of working people occur hei'e as else- 
where. The head of a family fall sick or is 
out of work, and the tired mother with 
hands full to overflowing, is only too grate- 
ful for the bundle of clothing and little shoes, 
which will fit the children and keep them in 
school, neat and tidy, as she likes to see 
them. A poor widow, going out by the day 
to support her children, is glad enough to 
find that somebody has been looking out for 
her and is ready to help her just where she 
has not time nor strength to help herself. 
The sick woman is glad of a basket of food 
for the children and some dainty for herself, 
coming at just the right time and in just the 
right wa}'. 

A great deal of this kind of help has always 
been going on in our midst; people have 
always been ready to assist those in trouble, 
but in some cases the work has, unavoidably, 
been overdone, and in others, through ignor- 
ance or inadvertence, aid has not been 
received or has come in some way not 
wholly adapted to the wants of the recipient. 

Many busy and kind-hearted housekeepers 
in our midst, seeing with dismay the accum- 
ulation of outgrown garments "too good to 
throw away," have been ver}^ glad to know 
where to send them "to do somebody some 
good," without the extra labor of personally 
seeking out the needy cases. 

But this is only one branch of the work 
of the Friendly Aid. During the summer a 
kindergarten has been kept open in the 
Cedar street district, which has been well 
attended and has received hearty commend- 
ation from the residents of the neighbor- 
hood. More than once has the wish been 
expressed that there could be a similar 
school in the upper part of the town. Per- 
haps that will come by and by. Mothers 
who can give their own time almost unre- 
servedly to their children, or who can take 
them away for needed change of scene, can 
easily understand what it means to these 
busier women to have at least part of their 
little herd of children kept out of the streets 
and made happy in this way. The children 
themselves declared repeatedly that they 
" wished school would never stop." The 
instruction has all been voluntary. Though 
some of those who gave their services were 
not trained kindergartners, yet there was 



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apparent throughout the whole instruction 
given the same spirit and the same gentle 
influences which characterize the work of 
trained and skilled teachers. 

Several times during the summer there 
came a plea from some of the older girls for 
a sewing class. These were girls from ten 
to fourteen years of age, anxious, as they 
said, to learn to cut and make some of their 
own garments, and also commendably desir- 
ous to be able to make clothes for "the 
baby." Two young ladies, in response to 
this request, offered their services, and a 
sewing class has been at work for some 
time, with most encouraging success. The 
usefulness and helpfulness of this work can 
not be questioned. 

Visions of still greater service are con- 
stantly rising up before the eyes of the 
Friendly Aid, who Inive been quietly look- 
ing the town over in search of opportunities 
and ways and means. These visions include 
a class in cooking among this same set of 
young girls, with some older ones, perhaps. 
This has also been requested; and the good 
results from instruction, which should be 
carefully adapted to the needs of the pupils, 
can hardly be overestimated. A class in 
Sloyd seems to be greatly needed, especially 
among the boys who are not old enough to 
work much, but arc quite old enough to 
learn the mischievous lessons of street life 
during the long summer days of vacation. 
A class for instruction in some of the simple 
and common duties of nursing the sick would 
be of great value. 

But all these things require time and more 
organized effort than that bestowed upon 
the kindergarten of the summer or the dis- 
tribution of clothing. Some funds and many 
helpers will be needed for the estaV)lishment 
of such classes, and the Friendly Aid is as 
yet without money. The work so far has 
been done without any outlay other than 
time and strength. A generous sum of 
money has been placed at the disposal of the 
Committee for the benefit of the sick who 
may be sent to the Newton Cottage hospital. 
Small sums of money have been given for 
special cases, and the town authorities have 
been generous in co-operating with the Com- 
mittee on several occasions. 

There can be no doubt whatever that 
Wellesley will be true to its record and its 
traditions, should any just and urgent 
demand he made upon its citizens for help 
to the Friendly Aid in carrying out any 



good and wise plan for the welfare of the 
children, or in doing the quiet, unobtrusive 
work it has undertaken of helping those who 
need a little help not afforded by town 
institutions or by church organizations. 



ELLEN RIGGS R015S0N. 



QUAINT DEVON AND THE GARDEN 
COUNTRY OF ENGLAND 

ROMANCE has perhaps done as much 
toward attracting visitors Devon ward 
as Scott's novels have northward, to 
Scotland, — for Devon is the Lorna Doone 
countrv, the home of Sir Walter Raleigh 
and Charles Kingsley, of Shakespeare's 
mother, Mary Arden, and of fair Dorothy 
Vernon; the neighborhood, likewise, of 
Hawarden and ITaddon Hall. Nature and 
art, too, lead their votaries hither, for in this 
southwest corner of England lie Clovelly — 
Mecca of travellers and artists alike, — the 
twin villages of Lynton and Lynmouth, Bud- 
leigh, Exmouth, and a dozen other places, 
all abounding in deep green valleys carved 
out from the mountains, in little rivers glid- 
ing from underground, in peaceful atmos- 
phere and sweet, restful air. 

Throughout Devon, from village to village, 
one finds, grouped close together along the 
main streets, quaint little white-washed, 
tile-roofed houses, all of differing shapes and 
sizes, contrasting effectively with the rich, 
red-brown soil, surrounded by dainty, gay 
Hower gardens and fine old trees, and for a 
background always the towering verdured 
hills whereon feed the herds which make 
this country famed for its clotted cream. 
The true way to see this delightful section 
of England is to M'alk through it. In this 
way its beauties make deeper, more lasting 
impression, but driving is not an unsatisfac- 
tory alternative. 

Along the roadsides, in the summer season, 
are dogwood hedges, intermingled with 
masses of foxglove, ragged robin, honey- 
suckle and wild roses. And all along the 
way, people run out from their little houses 
with smiles and nods for the drivers of the 
heavy, lumbering coaches, whose coming is 
heralded by the long, winding notes of the 
bugle. Approaching Clovelly, at the top of 
the last hill, the drivers request their pas- 
sengers to get out and walk down, — for 
good reason, indeed, since no horse with a 
loaded vehicle could ever descend that steep 
declivity. Only hand-carts, or donkeys with 



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well-balanced panniers and equally level 
heads, are seen on the streets of Clovelly. 

How can one adequately describe Clovelly, 
curiously foreign looking, most unique and 
beautiful of villages in all Devon, — with its 
cobble-stone pavement like a stairway in 
places, very narrow, resounding with the 
clatter of wooden boots and the hoofs of 
donkeys: its small, white-washed, vine-clad 
houses with balconies or stone-paved piazzas 
and luxuriant gardens; its quaint two-decked 
pier, where one loves to walk on summer 
evenings and look out over the bay or up at 
the village, with the houses rising tier above 
tier to the top of the combe, enveloped on all 
sides with masses of green; its absolute sim- 
plicity and restfulness, making one content 
to remain indefinitely? No words can pic- 
ture the peace of it all. 

Lynton and Lynmouth, sister villages, lie 
close to the East and West Lynn rivers, 
both of which run through the Doone coun- 
try. Lynton is perched on the top of an 
almost perpendicular cliff, about five hun- 
dred feet above Lynmouth, with great bare 
downs rising behind it. Below lies Lyn- 
mouth, a snug, clustered group of houses 
near the shore. The magnificent sweep and 
glorious sparkle of the sea, the uprising 
cliff's and rolling downs colored green and 
brown and gray, make the place incompar- 
ably beautiful. And Lorna Dooiic is nat- 
urally the history and guide-book of the 
neighborhood. 

At Budleigh, to the south, is the old farm 
house "Hayes- Barton," rambling, bewitching, 
full of suggestion, where Sir Walter Raleigh 
was born and where he passed his boyhood. 
Not far distant are Exmouth and Sidmouth, 
seaport towns which he used to visit, his 
love of adventure doubtless being fostered 
by the sailors whom he met there. A mile 
from his home is the lead-covered stone 
church of Budleigh, containing some remark- 
ably good carving. One pew has the Ral- 
eigh coat of arms with the date of 1547. 
Another pew, probably that of the Conant 
family, has an admirably carved head of an 
American Indian. Raleigh was one of the 
church wardens in those long-ago days, and 
his name heads the list of charities painted, 
in English fashion, on the wall. 

Just under the shadow of the Budleigh 
church is the famous Conant mill, a long, 
stone structure, in part of which the Conants 
lived. Richard, the elder brother, was the 
owner of the mill, but it is Roger in whom 



New England is especially interested, for he 
left home in 1623 — his venturesome spirit 
doubtless having been stirred by Sir Walter 
Raleigh — ^and settled in Beverly, Massachu- 
setts. According to that charming book 
"The Romance and Reality of the Puritan 
Coast," a petition was made to the General 
Court of Massachusetts, because of Roger 
Conant's wish that "the name of Beverly 
might be changed to Budleigh, that of my 
native town." Hard, indeed, is it to realize 
here in winter snow-bound New England 
that in Budleigh, much farther north but 
one of the warmest spots in England, plant- 
ing is done in February. 

From Budleigh to Warwick is a long day's 
journey, and there are welcome resting 
places all along the way. Whatever the 
route adopted, the village hamlets, the broad 
meadows, the green hedges, the sheep upon 
the hillsides, are a never-failing delight. 
Near Warwick is Wilmcote, unfrequented 
by travellers in general, the home of Mary 
Arden; and in this little village is a tiny 
church which has perhaps the highest ritual 
service in all England. St. Chad's church, 
in another parish near by, contains a memo- 
rial tablet to Walter Savage Landor, and in 
the adjoining parish churchyard are the 
tombs of the Savage and Landor families. 

The Earl and Countess of Warwick usu- 
ally spend their summers at the magnificent 
Warwick Castle, famous in history and 
romance, where gorgeous peacocks strut 
across the green lawn and stately attendants 
conduct groups of visitors over certain por- 
tions of the lordly pile. The apparent incon- 
gruity — on the one hand, the castle, elegant 
in every appointment, filled with priceless 
art treasures; on the other, the shilling fee 
taken for a sight thereof — is explained by 
the fact that the Countess, Lady Brooke, a 
woman of public spirit and warm heart, 
devotes the money thus received to chari- 
ties, maintaining a home for crippled chil- 
dren, schools for manual training, a co-oper- 
ative millinery shop in London, and many 
other philanthropies. She is a great favor- 
ite of the Queen, who has often visited War- 
wick, sleeping in the sumptuous state cham- 
ber, where in other days another royal visi- 
tor, good Queen Bess, slept. 

A place familiar to travelling Americans 
is the Peacock Inn, picturesquely surrounded 
by roses, poppies, hollyhocks and tall gera- 
niums. Reached by a rambling, at first 
indistinct, footpath from Peacock Inn is 



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Haddon Hall, — another place where all good 
Americans go, — that baronial mansion, pre- 
served, not renovated or restored, in the 
peak of Derbyshire, near Buxton and Mat- 
lock, at its foot the river Wye winding down 
through a valley, wildly beautiful, yet with 
the characteristics of finish which one finds 
in all English scenery. Two yew trees, 
trimmed one into the semblance of a pea- 
cock, the other that of a boar's head, 
crests of the Vernon and Manners families, 
stand guard over the entrance to the grounds 
of Iladdon Hall; and tall old yew trees shade 
the walk along which Dorothy Vernon fled 
when she made her escape to meet and marry 
Sir John Manners, son of the Earl of Ilut- 
land. Haddon Hall is hardly iiabitable now, 
but the present Earl, who holds more estates 
than any other English nobleman, must per- 
force spend one day here each year in order 
to keep good his title to the property. 

Bending northward, through Chester, over 
the bridge "across the sands of Dee," one 
reaches Hawarden, quiet scene of so much 
of Gladstone's life. In an undulating park, 
rich with ancient oaks and beeches, filled 
with brakes and ferns, and containing the 
ruins of an old castle with a massive circular 
keep, stands Gladstone's house, commanding 
a broad view of Chester and of the Dee val- 
ley. Miss Glynne, whom (iladslone married, 
brought him his property; and virtually 
everything in Hawarden belonged to the 
Glynne family. Opposite the entrance to 
the park is the village inn, Glynne Arms, 
and in the public square stands the jubilee 
fountain "for man and beast," erected by 
Hawarden citizens in l!^93, bearing medal- 
lions of Gladstone and his wife. The village 
church, restored by Sir Gilbert G. Scott, 
contains some beautiful windows by Burne 
Jones. Three tablets on the wall bear the 
names of a long list of rectors, beginning 
back in the eleventh century. Here in this 
little stone church where his own son, 
Stephen, was rector, Gladstone used often 
to read the daily lesson. 

All these places, with their uncommon 
physical beauty and their exceptional anti- 
quarian interest, attract one's gaze and hold 
one's attention. Each part of England has 
its charming peculiarities, but the general 
characteristics of English scenery are uni- 
form. The cities are the workshops; the 
rest is one great garden of diversified and 
ever-changing beauty. 

EDITH A. SAWYER. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

OPENING OF ACADEMIC YEAR. College 
halls and dormitories, empty and silent all the sum- 
mer, were filled to overflowing by the latter part of 
the week ending Sept. 23d, when virtually all the stu- 
dents were in their places. The freshman class this 
year numbers about two hundred and thirty. As 
there are always changes in the opening weeks of col- 
lege, it is impossible yet to give the exact number of 
students. 

CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION'S GREETING. 
On the first Saturday evening of the college year, as 
has become the custom, a reception was given to the 
new students by the Christian Association, under the 
charge of its president and vice-president, Miss Alice 
E. Harding and Miss Pauline Sage. Mrs. Durant, 
Miss Hazard and Miss Coman also welcomed the new- 
comers. ■ College Hall center, where the reception 
took place, will be identified in the minds of new stu- 
dents as a bright, warm memory of their early Welles- 
ley days. 

FLOWER SUNDAY AND DR. FAIRHAIRN. 
Rev. Arthur T. Pierson, D. D., preached the sermon 
on " Flower Sunday," Sept. 24, from the text " God 
is Love," which is invariably used upon this opening 
Sunday. The Houghton Memorial Chapel was well 
filled with students and friends. On Tuesday even- 
ing. Dr. A. M. Fair!)airn of Mansfield College, O.xford, 
lectured at Wellesley on " Philosophy in the F^ast and 
West, in History and Religion." Several distin- 
guished visitors from the Congregational Council, 
including President Angell and Dr. John Bevan, 
from Melbourne, Australia, accompanied Dr. Fair- 
bairn. An informal reception in honor of the guests 
was given after the lecture by the departments of 
philosophy and liiblical history. 

INAUGURATION OF MISS HAZARD. The 
inauguration of Miss Hazard as president of Welles- 
ley College will take place in the Houghton Memorial 
Chapel at eleven o'clock on Tuesday morning, Oct. 3. 
The academic procession will march from College 
Hall to the chapel, as on the occasion of the last 
Commencement, and will be arranged in the following 
order: 

1. The escort, which will consist of the undergrad- 
uates of the College and the alumnae in the order 
of their classes, — freshmen, sophomores, juniors, 
seniors, '99, '98. etc. 

2. Present and past members of the Board of 
Trustees. 

3. Members of the faculty and former professors. 

4. The delegates from all the New England col- 
leges, and from all other American colleges repre- 
sented in the Association of Collegiate Alumnae, who 
will proceed in the order of seniority of college incor- 
poration. 

5. Representatives of the federal, state and town 
authorities, with the clergy of Wellesley. 

In the absence of Dr. McKenzie, president of the 
Board of Trustees, Bishop Lawrence will preside over 
the exercises in the chapel. The insignia of oftice, 
the charter and the keys will be presented to the 
incoming President by Mrs. Durant. Brief addresses 
will be given by Miss Hazard, President Eliot of Har- 
vard University, and President Angell of the Univer- 
sity of Michigan. It is expected that the inauguration 
exercises will occupy an hour and a half. At their 
close the procession will re-form and return to Col- 
lege Hall for luncheon. 



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CClellesle^ Conareoational Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Worship. 

12.00 Sunday School and Bible Classes. 

6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 

7.15 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Woman's Union. 

THURSDAY 

4.00 Junior C. E. Society. 

FRIDAY 

7.30 Mid-week Service. 



FALL CONFERENCE. The Middlesex South 
Conference will hold its fall session at VVayland on 
October 17. 

THE CHINESE Y. M. C. A. of Boston will be 
described at the C. E. meeting of Oct. 15 by the 
Secretary, Mr. C. .M. Jett. 

BENEVOLENCES. On October i, the offering 
for the National Ministerial Aid Fund, postponed from 
Sept. 25, will be received. The annual offering to 
Foreign Missions will be received on October 29. 

THE CHOIR. After the long silence in the choir 
gallery it is a pleasure to hear a chorus again. A 
quartette consisting of Miss Allen of the N. li. Con- 
servatory, Miss Myra Marshall, Mr. C. H. Palmer and 
Mr. I. B. Hazelton will lead the singing. 

WOMAN'S UNION. The annual meeting, with 
reports and election of officers will be held on Oct. 4. 
Every woman in the congregation, young or old, is 
invited both to attend this meeting and to join the 
Union. Fee, one dollar a year. 

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP. The regular meeting 
of the Church Committee, to meet those who desire 
to unite with this Church, will be held on Friday even- 
ing, October 27. Members of other churches are cor- 
dially invited to present letters of transfer. 

FRIDAY EVENING TOPICS. The subjects for 
the Friday evening meetings for the coming month 
will be as follows: Oct. 6, " The Extension of this 
Church's Influence;" Oct. 13, " The Bible a Personal 
Message;" Oct. 20, "Our Attitude Toward Life;" 
Oct. 27, "The Need of Self-commitment to Christ;" 
Nov. 3, "Spiritual Fellowship," preparatory service. 

^ JUNIOR C. E. SOCIETY. The work of this 
Society is to be along new lines. A course of ques- 
tions and answers about the Bible and some of its 
teachings will be followed. Miss Ella Taintor and 
the Pastor will conduct the work, each taking one- 
half the number who attend. Proljably this course 
of instruction in religious truth will be extended to 
cover three years, the object being to train every child 
in the most important facts which are essential in the 
religious faith. All children from eight to fourteen 
years of age are invited to join the Society, meetings 
being held in the class rooms every Thursday after- 
noon at four. 



dflrst Conoreoational Cburcb in 
melleslep Ibills 

Organized, February 24, 1847 

REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

4.00 Mrs. Fuller's Class for Adults. 

6.30 Y. P. S. C. E. 

7.30 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. The attendance dur- 
ing September has steadily increased. The primary 
department, especially, has received several new 
scholars. But the school should be larger. Let each 
member of the school consider himself a member of a 
"Look-out Committee" and invite new scholars from 
the families that are moving into the village. 

LADIES' HOME MISSIONARY SOCIETY. 
There will be a business meeting of the Society at the 
parsonage on Tuesday, Oct. 3. On account of the 
prevailing epidemic last spring the annual business 
meeting was postponed to this date, and it is hf)ped 
that as many as possible will be present at this time 
to plan for the winter's work. 

FOUR O'CLCJCK CLASS. On Sunday after- 
noons, a women's Bible Class is held in the small 
vestry for the l)enefit of ihose who wish to study the 
Bible and cannot conveniently be present at the Sun- 
day School session. It is expected that Mrs. Frank 
Fuller will soon be able to resume her position as the 
teacher of this class. 

CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIETY. The 
meetings for the past month have been well attended 
and helpful. There are, however, a considerable 
number of the young people of the church who have 
not yet joined the new organization. It is earnestly 
hoped that as many as possible will identify themselves 
with this society, that they may enable it to become 
as efficient as possible as an aid to church work and 
Christian life. At some date during the month a 
business meeting will he held for the election of 
officers and committees. 

SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES. With the 
first Sunday in October regular services at 7.30 o'clock 
in the church will be resumed. It is prol)able that 
there will be each month a praise service, a mission- 
ary concert, and two preaching services. The pro- 
gram for October is as follows: Oct. i, " Echoes from 
the International Council;" Oct. 8, sermon by the 
Pastor; Oct. 15, praise service; Oct. 22, sermon by 
the Pastor; Oct. 29, missionary concert. The praise 
services will be in charge of the Music Committee, of 
which Miss Conant is chairman. A committee to 
have charge of the missionary concerts will be 
appointed at once. It is hoped that these Simday 
evening services may be so loyally supported that 
they will become a most valued feature of the work 
of the church. 



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Mellcslep Ibills xanitartan Society 

Organized, 187 1 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

SATURDAY 

9.00 Junior Branch Alliance. 

TUESDAY 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues- 
day. 

Communion Service on the first Sundays of Jan., 

Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service- 

THE UNITARIAN CHURCH was reopened after 
the summer vacation on Sept. loth. The pulpit has 
been filled l)y Rev. Mr. Horner, Rev. Mr. Snyder 
and. Rev. Mr. Jones. Mr. Snyder will also preach on 
Sunday, Oct. i. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL came together in goodly 
numbers, but shows the usual lack of teachers at the 
beginning of the year. The school is growing, and 
should appeal to all the elder members of the Society 
who ought to, and doubtless will, be ready to give 
service and time for its welfare. 

THI'l ALLIANCE hold its first meeting on Tues- 
day, Oct. 10. A very attractive and inslruclive pro- 
gram will be shortly given to the public. .Among 
those who will speak to the Alliance menibers on 
various topics will be Rev. Chas. Dole of Jamaica 
Plain, and Rev. Minot O. Simonds of Billerica. A 
series of entertainments are also being arranged by a 
competent committee. These will be held for the 
purpose of raising monev for the annual pledge which 
the Alliance makes to the church and other denom- 
inational work. While the Alliance seeks primarily 
to instruct along denominational lines and further the 
Unitarian work among its members, it strives ever to 
kee]3 in mind thai its work is only a means towards 
promoting pure ideals and earnest living. It is not 
unmindful of the social needs of its members, and in 
the pleasant informality of its teas and social hour 
does much to cjive pleasure and create intimacy 
among its memliers. The Alliance stands as a great 
bond uniting the women of the Unitarian faith all 
over the world, and reaches out in loving helpfulness 
to all people. 





St. Hn^rew's Cburcb 

Organized, 1891 
REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Religions Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Prayer 
12.00 Sunday School. 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the Month, 10.30 A. M. 
Third Sunday, 9.30 A. M. 
Other Sundays, 7.30 A. M. 



GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY will hold its first 
meeting, after the vacation, on Saturday evening, Sept. 
30. It is hoped that there will be a very full attend- 
ance. 

ST. ANDREW'S GUILD will be organized for 
the winter on Friday evening, Oct. 8, the place to be 
announced hereafter. As last year, the weekly meet- 
ings will be held at the houses of parishioners. 

BIHLE CLASS. If a sufficient number signify 
their willingness to join, a class for Bible study will 
soon be formed, taking for a subject, presumably, a 
systematic study of the Book of Isaiah. 

MINISTERING CHILDREN'S LEAGUE will 
be under the charge this year of the same efficient 
women who took charge last year. Misses Hastings, 
Ely, and Hall. We hope to interest more of the chil- 
dren in this beautiful work for others. 

EPISCOPAL CITY MISSION. The Rev. F. B. 

Allen, superintendent of the Episcopal City Mission, 
Boston, will describe the work of that admirable 
organization on Sunday morning, Oct. 22. Oppor- 
tunity will be given to those who wish to contribute 
to its support. 

THE RECTORY. Work on the rectory is pro- 
gressing as rapidly as thoroughness and care will per- 
mit. It will probably be finished some time in 
November. In the meantime, the Rector may be 
found at the house of Mrs. H. C. Stanwood, corner 
of Washington and Grove streets. 

REMOVALS. We regret to announce the removal 
from town of our efficient organist. Miss Phila Belle 
Robbins, who has served us so faithfully for the last 
six years. We h.ave also lost our capable kindergar- 
ten teacher, Miss Grace Hale. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL opens with some addi- 
tions to our numbers. The greatest need at present 
is a well-equipped library. Contributions of whole- 
some children's books, or money to purchase the 
same, are earnestly solicited. 

MUSIC. We need better music at our services. 
As in the past, we must depend almost entirely upon 
volunteers. A large chorus choir, every member of 
which endeavors to be present at every service, would 
inspire the congregation to sing more heartily and 
quicken their devotion. Such a choir will probably 
be organized very soon. 



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St. /IDar^'s Cburcb 

Organized, 1812 
REV. H. USHER MONRO, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

9.30 Sunday School. 
IC.45 Morning Prayer and Sermon. 
4.30 Evening Prayer and Address. 
Holy Communion 

First .Sunday in the month, 10.45 ^- ^'• 
All other Sundays, 8.45 A. M. 

Holy Days, Service and Holy 

Communion, 10.00 A. M. 



THE RECTOR will give a series of addresses, on 
Sunday afternoons during the fall, on the great men 
of the Church of England and the effect of their work 
and thought on their times. All are cordially invited 
to attend. 

THE RIGHT REV. WILLIAM LAWRKNCE, 
D. U., Hishop of Massachusetts, will visit St. Mary's 
Church on Sunday morning, Oct. 15, to administer 
confirmation. The Rector will be glad to meet any- 
one and to give any help in his power towards receiv- 
ing this rite in the duty of professing Christ in His 
church. 

THE RECTORY CLUB held its first meeting on 
Sept. 19. Plans were discussed and a program 
arranged for better and harder work this winter than 
was done last year. Meetings will be held on the sec- 
ond and fourth Tuesdays of each month. The next 
meeting will be held in the parish house, Oct. 10, at 
7.30 I'. M. 

WE REGRET to record the loss of Dr. F. W. 
Freeman and his family from the parish on account 
of the sudden illness of the Doctor. Dr. Freeman 
was lately elected to serve as a vestryman. His fam- 
ily has long been identified with the church. With 
great sorrow for them in their trou])le, we bade them 
farewell last month. We all hope Dr. Freeman will 
be restored by his sojourn in Colorado. We shall 
iiadly miss the family from our parish. 

IT IS WITH GREAT REGRET we record the 
loss of Mr. S. W. Clifford and his family from the 
parish. Mr. Clifford was the superiniendeni of the 
.Sunday .School and vestryman for several years. He 
has been most faithful in attendance and an earnest 
supporter of the work of St. Mary's. Mrs. Clifford 
will be missed from the .Altar Chapter and other cir- 
cles, where she has served devotedly to [ironiote the 
church's welfare. They leave with the good wishes 
of all for continued happiness and prosperity in their 
new home. 

THE CHOIR is doing good work under Mr. Buffum. 
His faithful labors and high standard set for excel- 
lence are showing gratifying results. The singing is 
excellent, and the boys' responses and work in the 
church show interest and steady improvement. The 
rehearsals are held on Wednesday afternoons and 
Friday evenings. Mr. Weston continues as our organ- 
ist, to the great pleasure of all the parishioners. The 
parish is very fortunate in having Mr. Buffum for 
choir-master. Not only is he a church choir-master 
with wide experience, but his rich, tenor voice in solo 
work has added much to our service and to the effec- 
tiveness of the choir. 



DR. M. O. NELSON 

DENTIST 

Grown and Bridge 'Work a Specialty 

ROOn 4, WALCOTT BUILDING, NATICK 

O. J. WASHBURN 

DENTIST 

Room 26, Clark^s Block, Natick 

Established 1872. Office Hours : 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. 

TUTORING 

In MATHEMATICS, GREEK, and LATIN,— 
Entrance Requirements or College Conditions. Ad- 
dress: 

GRACE B. TOAPV^NSEND, A. B.. 
Wellesltjy Hills, Nlass. Tutor.il Wellesley College 



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Wellesiey 
Steam Laundry 

Skirts, Dresses, Shirt Waists, Curtains, Shades, 
Draperies and all kinds of Fancy Ironing nicely done. 

Plain ironing by the dozen. 

All work handled carefully. No bleach or acid is 
used, nor anything that will injuie ihe cloihe.-, whitli 
are dried in the open air, weather permitting. 

j'rices reasonable. Work called for and delivered. 

We should be pleased to receive your work. \ 
card to the WELLKSLEV STEAM i.AUNDRV 
will receive prompt attention. 

J. T. MELLUS, Proprietor. 

He vse nothing but ilic very best of supplies. 

I^Itchen Furniture 

We have at hand all the necessary kitchen 
furniture one needs to make a kitchen cotnplete. We 
wish to call your attention to our line of 
Granite Iron Ware. 

Electric and steam 
cars stop in front of 
our store. Call and 
see us. 



Fiske Sc Co. 




NATICK 

Hardware, Plumbing and Heating 



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PICTURESQUE 

BUILDING 

LOTS 

AT 

Oakhurst 

A FINE, HEALTHFUL, 

RESIDENTIAL 

NEIGHBORHOOD 

OAKHURST meaning: 

.....OAK HOME 

This is the most desirable property in 
the State of Massachusetts. 

It is only ten miles southwest of the 
State House, and accessible to Boston 
by electrics and steam. 

The Needham and Boston Street Kail- 
way Company, of which Mr. Hicks is 
I'resident, is now laying tracks between 
Needham and the Spring Street Station 
of the Providence Railroad, passing 
through a boulevard built by him on 
this property. 

The town has every natural advantage 
and modern improvements, such as pure 
water, electric light, etc. 

It is on hi'^^h ground, dry and health- 
ful, very picturesque and desirable to 
build upon, being partly wooded and 
partly open, some level and some undu- 
lating, so that all tastes can be satisfied. 

We want customers who will buy lots 
and build homes at Oakhurst. 

This is not an ordinary real estate 
enterprise. 

We are building a suburban neighbor- 
hood for intelligent, refined and progress- 
ive citizens who can appreciate such a 
community. 

This property is very carefully re- 
stricted in its title deeds. 

C. Atherton Hicks 

CIVIL ENGINEER AND 
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT 

501 TREHONT BUILDING 

BOSTON, MASS. 

TELEPHONE: 870 HAYMARKET 



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WE SERVE THE BEST ICE CREAM SODA, 
WITH CHOICE FRUIT FLAVORS, IN NATICK 

Burke & Qnlnn no. isclark-s block 
Natick 



F. A. COOLIDGE 



O. E. STEVENS 



F. A. COOLIDGE & CO., 

DEALERS IN 

Choice .. Meats .. and .. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits, VegetaLles, Canned 

Goods, etc. 

WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY. 



RIDGE HILL FARHS DAIRY 

For Four .Months, commencing June i,for 
the convenience of their customers, the 
Ridge Hill Farms Dairy will make a Morn- 
ing and Afternoon delivery of milk and 
cream at Welleslev and Wellesley Hills. 

Wn. Q. SMITH, Supt. 



F, DIEHL, JR. & CO. 
Livery and Boarding Stable 

Central Street, Wellesley 

Meet all trains Telephone No. 16-2 

jTtailbv&son 

THH WELLESLEY 
FLORISTS 

Artistic Floral Decorators. Choice Cut Flow= 
ers and Plants 

LINDEN STREET, OPPOSITE B. & A. R. R. STATION 
TELEPHONE CONNECTION 



F. DIEHL & SON, 



Dealers in Coal, Wood, 
Ilav and Grain. 



Telephone No. 16-4 
Wellesley, Mass. 



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The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 

EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D., Supt. 
Washington St., Wellesley. Tel. : Wellesley 38-3. 



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NATICK MUSIC STORE 



Pianos, Sheet Music 

and Musical Merchandise. 

Tuning, Repairing 

and Polishing. 
Stock of Second Hand 
Pianos always on hand. 



A. P DERBY 



Room 3, Clark's Block, Natick 

N. F. BUCKLEY, Milliner, 



• ■ FORMERLY WITH M M E . CROCKER OF BOSTON~^-«-— — 

Walcott Building, NATICK. 

All the Latest Novelties in trimmed and un= 
trimmed Hats, flourning orders a specialty. 

MRS. W. L. TAYLOR 

Teacher of Piano, Wellesley. 

Refer to 

Mr. G. W. Chadwick, Director New England 
Conservatory of Music. 

DANA HALL SCHOOL-- WELLE5LEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

General Course for Non-Collegians. 

Special Advantages in English Literature, Art, 
History of Art, and Music. 
Miss Helen Temple Cooke, Principal. 
Mrs. Harriett E. Page, ^ 



Miss Jeannie Evans, ^ 



Associate Principals. 



Standard Patterns, 
Butterick Patterns. 

....AGENT FOR.... 

LEWANDO'S DYE HOUSE. 

MRS. H. E. CURRIER, 
Grove Street, - = Wellesley 




Soroste 



The 

Masterpiece 
of the 
Shoemakers' Art 



The standard of the <wortd and most advanced 
,,'woman's shoe in existence,. 



Sold exclusively bv 

CE. Buckley 



^ SKatick, 
cMass, 



H. L. ROLLINS 



Attorney and Counsellor at Law 



728 Tremont Bldg., 
Boston. 



Telephone, 
Haymarket 003 



ifiSostott S. Hlbanp 1Railroa& 

Uimc Uable, 3ulie 1, 18d9 

WELLESLEY STATIONS BOSTON (SOUTH STA- 
TO BOSTON TION) TO WELLESLEY 

Leave Ar Track Lv. Arrive 

Wel's'y W. Hills Boston No. Boston W. Hills Wel's'y 



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OURTQW/N 



NOVEMBER, 1899 



Volume II Number i i 



5 cents a copy 
50 cents a year 



Fla-viusJ* Lake 
Mary A, Gillette 
Parris T. Farl^ell 



CONTENTS 

Editorial ,..«♦• 

A Comparison » , Edward H, Chandler 

Well^sley as a Place of Residence 

V. Growth of "Wellesley 

The Essentials of the Home . 

"Where is the Blame ? 

"Wellesley CoUegfe Notes 

Items of Church News 

Wellesley Congfregational Church 

"Wellesley Hills Congrcgotional Church 

"Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society 

St. Andrew*s Church 

St. Mary's Church 
"Wellesley Tuesday Club 



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4 

5 

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6 
7 

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CHARLES M. EATON, Publisher. 
Wellesley Hills, Jvlass. 



OUR TOWN 



O. A. Brunen, 



BAKER AND 
CATERER, 



Ice Cream, Sherbets and Frozen 
Pudding in all their varieties. 

21 So. Main St., opp. Common, NATICK. 



Remember 

when in need of stylish and 
comfortable footweai* go to 

PERKINS & WAIDNER, 

3 Clark's Block, Natick, Mass. 

Summer Clearance Sale 

at (TolDi^'e 

Shirt Waists, Linen and P. K. 
Skirts, Light Wrappers, Children's 
Dresses and everything of the 
nature of summer Dry Goods clos- 
ing out without regard to cost to 
make room for our fall stock. 

wn. H. COLBY, 

VValcott Building, Main Street, Natick 
Successor to J. B. Leamy 



C. M. McKECHNIE 

Baker, Caterer and Ice Cream Manufacturer 

Orders delivered in Wellesley 

Connected by telephone 

No. 10 Hain St., Natick, Hass. 

Fancy Rockers! 

Beauties; and not one hut is worth 
more than the price asked. 
CLELAND & UNDERWOOD, 

T ana O West Central Street, NaticU: 

"The Furniture Folks" 

C. O. EATON COnPANY 

FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC 
DRY AND FANCY GOODS 

Art Parlor connected, filled with the 
daintiest effects of Linens, Embroideries, 
Table Covers, Sofa Pillows, Renaissance and 
Honiton Patterns, and Picture Frames. 

College and Class Pillows, Flags, 
Banners, etc., designed and made to order. 

Lessons free when materials are pur- 
chased of us. 

C. O. Eaton Co., 43 & 45 flain St., Natick 

OPPOSITE OAR TERMINUS 



FALL AND WINTER GOODS 

Our stock is complete in all departments. 

Special values in Underwear and Hosiery 
for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children. 

Dress Skirts in Cheviots. 

Mohairs and Camel's Hair Plaids. 

Special in Ladies' Mercerized Satine Waists at 
$1.50-$ 1.9 8. 

French Flannel, at $3.50, of reliable manu- 
facture and perfect fitting. 



W. F. CLELAND 



9 Clark's Block, 



Main St., 



Natick 



JAMES H. McNEIL, 

Baker and Caterer 

LADIES' AND GENTS' DINING ROOM 
Ice Cream, Wholesale and Retail. Open Sundays 

47 Main Street - - Natick 

Connected by Telephone. 



Queen 

Quality 
$3.00 




Sold exclusively in Natick by 

W, F. Buffington. 

Please patronize oar advertisers — they are all 
reliable. 



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OUR T2WN 



Edited by the Pastor.-, of VVellesley and published on the first 
of each month. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Edward H. Chandler, Wellesley. 

fubiishar, Chides M. Eaton, Wellesley Hills 

Advertising Agents, Miss Vinthia Ingram, Wellesley: A. K. 
Tisdale, 30!) Washington Street, Boston. 

Subscriptions may be left at Flagg's News Stand, or at Mrs. 
H, E. Currier's, Welleslev; .Mrs. Ilslev's, Wellesie*- Hills, or at 
the Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at ihe Welleslev Hills Post 
Office. 



EDITORIAL 

TIIANKSGIMXG Duy services are 
admittedly appropi'iate in theory. We 
all wonder why other people do not 
attend them. A tew of us attend ourselves. 
A union service will l)e held on the oOth of 
Novembei" in the Wellesley Congregational 
Church, and a cordial invitation is given to 
all the people of Wellesley to attend. 



A PROTEST is being made by good citi- 
zens in all parts of the land against the 
admission of I). II. Roberts, of Utah, to 
the seat in the 56th Congress to which he 
was elected. He is an avowed poly;>amist, 
and therefore a law-breaker. The Mouse of 
Representativ^es has a right to expel him, 
and it will undoubtedly do so if the protest 
of decent citizens of the Unit'ed States is 
vigorous enou<>h. A u'reat mass meetingr 
will be held in Tremont Temple, on Thuis- 
day evening, Nov. 9, at 7.45 o'clock, to give 
voice to the feeling of indignation which 
undoubtedly possesses most of the people of 
this vicinity. This meeting will be addressed 
by Mr. Eugene Young, grandson of the 
famous Mormon, IJrigham Young, and -by 
Dr. Josiah Strong. In addition to this pub- 
lic })rotest it would l)e desirable if every 
man and woman in the country who wishes 
to see Roberts expelled would write a postal 
card to the appropriate congiessman stating 
the fact. Residents of Wellesley should 
write to Hon. George W. Weymouth, Fitch- 
burg, Mass,, congressman for this district. 



THE month past has witnessed the inau- 
guration of new presidents for several of 
our leading colleges. The pei'sons 
selected to fill these high offices are eminent 
not only for their learning and executive 
ability, but also especially for their charac- 
ter. In the best sense of the word they are 
popular with the students. That means 



above everything else attractiveness of per- 
sonality. 

Among these presidents none receives a 
more enthusiastic welcome than Miss Caro- 
line Hazard, the President of Wellesley Col- 
lege. She emphasizes in her own person 
that rare union between the heart and the 
head, of which she spoke so admirably in her 
inaugural address. "I believe," she says, 
"in the holiness of life," The witness to 
her belief is seen not only in her gracious 
bearing, her charming address, her genuine 
cordiality, but also in her simple reverence 
for the deep things of the spii'it. She is a 
noble example of Christian culture, which is 
the only true culture. President Eliot has 
given this fine tribute: "What Phillips 
lirooks was to 'Trinity Church that Miss 
Hazard is to Wellesley' College." The Col- 
lege is to be heartily congratulated on secur- 
ing for its head a woman who combines so 
many splendid qualities. 



THE custom of wearing gowns with hoods 
to indicate academic degrees has become 
well established in the colleges, but the 
confusion of stripes and colors has not yet 
become intelligible to the lookers on. In 
order to aid in making an academic proces- 
sion more interesting to the people of Welles- 
ley, who will probably have many future 
opportunities of seeing such processions, we 
reprint from the I^oston "I'^ran script" the 
following interpretation : 

••'I'lie large number and variety of academic gowns 
worn at the recent inauguration of Miss Hazard as 
president of Wellesley have brought out many inquir- 
ies as to their significance and origin in this country. 
An intercollegiate commission, representing a number 
of leading colleges, met at Columbia University in 
May, 1S95, to consider a uniform system of academic 
dress for American higher schools. Their recom- 
mendations, which have since been adopted by nearly 
all of the well-known colleges, proposed the follow- 
ing: For undergraduates, a black sttiff gown with 
round or pointed sleeve ; for Bachelors, a Ijlack stuff 
gown with long pointed sleeve and a hood three feet 
long, lined with silk in the official color of the college 
and faced with velvet the color of the faculty granting 
the degree; for Masters, a black silk or stuff gown, 
with long closed sleeve, having a slit near the top for 
the arm, and with a hood similar to the Bachelors, 
but one foot longer; for Doctors, a black silk or stuff 
gown having full bishop sleeves, faced down the front 
and barred three times on the sleeve with velvet in 
black or degree color, and vi'ith a hood larger and 
broader than the Masters but lined in the same 
scheme. The colors of degree faculties are as follows : 
Arts and letters, white; theology, scarlet; law, pur- 
ple; philosophy, blue; science, yellow; fine arts, 
Ijrown ; medicine, green; music, pink. In case of 



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degrees from foreign universities which have no col- 
lege colors, the colors of the nation are used. Thus, 
a Clernian Ph. D. is indicated by a doctorate hood 
faced with blue velvet and lined with red, black and 
white silk ; a Princeton M. A. has a hood lined with 
orange and black faced with white velvet. The 
Wellesley faculty adopted as a faculty gown, irrespec- 
tive of degrees, the doctor's in black silk without vel- 
vet trimmings or hood. The black velvet hood with 
gold tassel is usually restricted to presidents and 
deans. President Hazard wears on academic occa- 
sions the black silk gown and velvet cap." 



Electric Lighting: in Wellesley 

AS the wayfarer lias groped his way along 
the sidewalks or in the middle of the 
streets of this town during recent even- 
ings, cheered by the occasional gleam from 
some parlor window where the window 
shades were not drawn, he has thought with 
eager interest of other towns where the 
streets were actually lighted every evening. 
He has speculated on the novelty of such a 
situation in Wellesley. What a relief it 
would l)e lot to put a well-polished shoe 
into an undiscovered puddle of standing 
water, or to run off the sidewalk into an 
unexpected stone wall, oi- to fail to recog- 
nize your most valued friend who passes vou 
at elbow distance. How manners would 
change on the street if there were light. 
Shoe polish would come into general use 
again. Men would walk upright instead of 
slinking along in timidity. And the custom 
of lifting the hat to ladies would be re-estab- 
lished after having fallen into disuse. 

"Why not have the light in Wellesley?" 
asks the incredulous and over-sanguine reader. 
Because, my dear sir, we have the best con- 
tract for electricity with a neighboring power 
plant made by any town in the State. We 
pay less for less light than anybody else any- 
where. Isn't that something to be proud of? 
What if the lights are out now-a-days. 
Think what we don't pay for them. Why 
we are growing rich on what we save. 

Anotlier impetuous soul may say: "But I 
have heard that we only get 75% of what 
we do pay for. We ought to have the whole." 
Poor unsophisticated youth! Think of our 
cheap contract. If we asked for the missing 
25% we probably could not renew that con- 
tract. Isn't it better to pay less than any 
town in the State, even if we get nothing, 
than to be compelled to bear the burden 
which others beai-, even though the lights 
should shine? 

Yet another still m.ore simple inquirer 



sa^'s: "But I understand that many of our 
lamps are blackened and burned out. Why 
cannot we put them in ordei", since we own 
the lamps?" Sh! my boy! If the lamps 
were all in good condition that would so dis- 
courage that 75% of the electricity (which 
we have paid for) that it would probably 
turn and go back to South Natick. So the 
waj'farer plods along and the town relapses 
into early repose and waits for the sunrise. 



A COMPARISON 

AT the October meeting of the Wellesley 
Club, a C()rni)arison was made between 
the electric lighting systems of Welles- 
ley, where the town owns its lamps and 
wires, and North Attleboro, where the town 
owns a complete lighting plant. The follow- 
ing figures give the essential points of the 
comparison in brief compass : 

WELLESLEY. 

Yi:ar KiNDiNG 30 June, 1899. 
Amount paid Electric Lighting Co. for 



electricity 
Repairs on lines and lamjjs 
New lamps .... 
Salaries ..... 
Incidentals .... 

Total expense 

Interest ..... 

Depreciation .... 

Less amount received for rentals 



$3,006 75 

568 85 

148 40 

100 00 

3 28 



53,827 


58 


366 67 


68 2 


33 


54,876 


28 


270 


00 



$4,606 28 



Net cost of 553 street lani]js . 
Cost per lamp ..... $8 

The lamps used are 25 and 16 candle power. 

NORTH ATTLEBORO. 
Yeak I'Inding 30 June, 1899. 
Operating expenses, electric lighting sys- 



tem . 
Interest . 
Depreciation . 



$7,479 60 
2,000 00 
2,582 90 



$12,062 50 
Less income from 3,s83 commercial 16 

candle power lamps . . . $6,043 48 



Net cost 588 street lamps . . . $6,019 02 

Cost per lamp ..... $10 25 

The street lamps are 32 candle power. 

These figures show that North Attleboro's 



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street lamps cost just about the same as 
Wellesley's, taking into consideration the 
difference in candle power. 

l)Ut it was announced at the Wellesley 
Club meeting that repeated tests have shown 
that Welleskn^ was only receiving 75% of 
the amount of electricity contracted for. 
That is to say, we are getting but little more 
tlian 18 candle power when we ])ay foi' 25. 
We pay |;S.o8 for 18 candle power lights, 
and North Attleboro is getting '-I'l candle 
power lights for only $10. '25. 

If, however, Wellesley should undertake 
to furnisli her own electricity she probably 
could not count on as many commercial 
lights as are secured in North Attlel)oro, and 
it is quite probable tliat she would have to 
|tay more than she does at present tor street 
lightinu'. It may be that after the experi- 
ences of the })ast few days the citizens are 
I'cady to j)ay more. At all events, it is a 
good time to consider cai'efuUy the questicm 
of local lighting. North Attleboi-o's experi- 
ence would on the whole indicate that home 
ownership furnishes the best satisfaction in 
the end. 

KDWAUI) II. ( IIANDLEIJ. 



WELLESLEY AS A PLACE OF RESI- 
DENCE 

V. Growth of Wellesley 

WELLESLEY, formerly a part of Need- 
ham, received its cliarter from the 
legislature of 1<S81, and began its 
career as a separate and independent body, 
fuUy equipped for the purpose of self-gov- 
ernment, much elat(.'<l with its success in 
obtaining the often sought privilege of a sep- 
arate existence, coniident in the ability and 
energy of those living within its limits. The 
lapse of time has proven the wisdom of the 
change, and today we see im])rovement in 
every depai'tment. We have better si'hools 
and more of them. In 1881, the number of 
scholars registered was o81; today they 
number 668. Increased accommodations 
had to be provided to meet the constantly 
increasing number of children, the substan- 
tial evidence of a gi'owing town. 

Better roads and sidewalks are to be found 
in all directions. From the dingy oil lamj), 
and few of them, we graduated some time 
since, and ceased to grope our way into the 
unknown. From the old oaken bucket at the 



well, a relic of the past, we come into the 
enjoyment of an abundant supply of good 
water, distributed over the greater part of 
the town, contributing to the comfort and 
convenience of all, and in addition a good 
protection in tlie hands of the lire depart- 
ment in embryo, against the tiery element. 
Another department has been created, — one 
very essential in well regulated communities, 
— that of police. This is an assurance to 
the inhabitants that they are watched over 
by day and night. 

Truly times have indeed changed. Those 
of us who can remember how things were 
forty years ago know how timid the old 
inhabitants were, and with what leluctance 
they accepted a modern idea, and how sus- 
])icious they were of city folks who invaded 
the old town. Notwithstanding their grave 
apprehensions, we have continued to grow 
and prosper. What better proof can we 
have than that which we see all about us? 

In 1881, when the town was divided, the 
inhabitants numbered 2,600, today 4,700. 
The value (i' real estate was |;1,925,000; 
today the real estate value amounts to 
$5,250,000. During the nineteen years 380 
dwellings were built, two churches, two 
schoolhouscs, a buihling for the tire depart- 
ment, the library, town hall, and a club 
house. Large areas of land have been put 
in shape f )r sale by enterpi'ising citizens. 
Investments have their part and show a very 
decided increase. Personal property, includ- 
ing bank and corporation stock, at the begin- 
ning amounted to $1,100,000; for the present 
year their value is $4,487,000. making the 
total value of the town, real and personal, 
,000. In addition to this, we carry 



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$1,800,000 of exempted property, more, with 
one exception, than any other town or city 
in the State in proportion to its valuation. 

This brief survey of the facts show Welles- 
ley to be a growing town, alive to the wants 
and requirements of these ])rogressive times. 
We have good reason to point with pride to 
the record made by all interested and asso- 
ciated in this community. 

FLAVIUS .T. LAKE. 



THE ESSENTIALS OF THE HOME 

MRS. BARBAULD has said: "The 
father and the mother, and the chil- 
dren, these make the home." Some- 
thing less may serve, even down to Dame 
Trot and her cat, but this is the ideal. Some 



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kind of companionship there must be. Did 
Thoreau make for himself a home by Walden 
Pond? It is doubtful whether it deserved 
the name. Possibly his dear books were 
companionship enough for him, but few 
people would be so easily satistied. 

The world shut out and love within, these 
seem to be the essentials of the home, and 
they should l»e cherished. Does family love 
need cherishing? Yea, verily! It is a 
hardy plant and the home its native soil, but 
it may die. Envy, jealous}', unkindness, 
bickering, if allowed a place, may choke it 
out. We have need to cultivate the love 
that excuses, and bears patiently, sympa- 
thizes loyally, helps kindly, is always reas- 
onable. In the ])rivacy of home nothing is 
hidden, all know one another, the faults are 
as obvious as the virtues. Love must see 
everything in the best light, as mothers do. 
Perhaps it is because the mother rarely fails 
to do this that she is so indispensable a part 
of the home. 

Sometimes the very anxiety that our own 
should acquit themselves to their, and espe- 
cially to our, credit, makes us exacting to 
the point of being hard upon our dearest 
ones. Pride and selfishness hide very deep 
in the human heart, and we fail often to 
recognize their outcropping. Sometimes the 
knowledge, gained in the intimacy of home 
life, of the vulnerable point, the sensitive 
place, is cruelly nu^de the aim of many a bit- 
ter shaft of ridicule or contemptuous speech. 
If love has been deadened by such unkind- 
ness there are few who have not the grace to 
be ashamed of it, and hide it from the out- 
side world. The loyalty due to our own is 
rarely so far forgotten that complaint and 
fault-finding are allowed to reveal what 
should l)e kept sacredly the secret of the 
home. There is a well-deserved stigma upon 
"the spoiling of one's nest." 

Love, then, is the first essential. The pos- 
sibility of shuttino; out the world is certainly 
the second. I once visited a great barn-like 
structure in which were housed fifty families 
of Russian Mennonites, while the eldest and 
wisest of the men were away out on the 
Kansas prairies to secure land and make 
ready for the coming of the whole colony. 
The fioor was divided into compartments by 
planks laid low upon trestles, which served 
at once as partitions and benches to sit upon. 
Fifty fires in as many cook stoves sent up 
each its little cloud of smoke from a length 
or two of pipe to float in the recesses of the 



high roof, or drift lazily out through the 
open doors and windows. Here the mothers 
cooked the food and distributed it to the 
children, who sat upon the benches or wan- 
dered about with a potato or a piece of bread 
in a plump brown hand. Here they tended 
the crying babies, looking about helplessh' 
for the silence and seclusion that they were 
unable to secure. It was a pathetic illustra- 
tion of the preciousness of privacy. They 
had security and shelter, but not the dullest 
among them would have called the little 
compartment, set apart for her use, home. 
I could imagine how they were longing for 
a place, though ever so poor and small, 
where they could shut out the gazing world. 
We must cherish the privacy of the home; 
not that we should not exercise a hospitality 
as wide and generous as we can afford, but 
it must not be so wide that the possibility of 
seclusion is forfeited There is danger of 
this in the multitude of organizations that 
call for the time and strength that used to 
go to fireside pleasures that helped to bind 
the family together. That this is through 
the relinquishment of the home in favor of 
outside interests rather than by admitting 
the world too freely makes no difference in 
the result. Home life is sacrificed. "I 
must have some time to get acquainted with 
my own children," said a business man, when 
solicited to join some new organization. 

MARY A. GILLETTE. 



WHERE IS THE BLAME? 

IX a state like Massachusetts, with all its 
schools and churches and its enlightened 

public sentiment, is it not strange that 
crime should increase faster than the popu- 
lation? It is strange that it should increase 
at all. Where is the blame? 

Not all the blame can be traced to any one 
condition. Tiie problem is complex. Bad 
heredity, bad homes, lax public sentiment, 
the saloon, the crowded tenement, these are 
all factors in the cultivation of crime. But 
there is one cause of these conditions which 
is measurably near at hand and can be rem- 
edied. The county jail is an undoubted 
cause of the present condition, and it can be 
reached. Crime will flourish when the pun- 
ishment of crime is a farce. Our charge 
against the county iail is that it neither 
deters from the commission of crime nor 
reforms the criminal. Last year out of 



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nearly 30,000 men and women committed to 
penal institutions, only 1,000 were sent to 
(/oncord and Slierborn. It is safe to say that 
of the 29,000 othei's the great majority were 
no betterat the end of their term of impris- 
onment tlian at the beginning-. Many must 
have been worse. Every jail should be a 
reformatory. Now oui- jails are eomfortabh' 
lodging houses for the temporary confine- 
ment of a fraction of the criminal ])opulatit)n. 
Large nund)ers, indeed, especially of the 
tramp class, commit some sliglit offense, as 
winter appi'oaches, in order that they may 
be arrested and given the kindly shelter of 
the county jaii. Life there is easy. This is 
one great defect. We would not have prison 
life cruel, lint we must liave it severe. 
Labor is moderate, enough to occupy tlie 
time, but not hard enough to a])proach |)un- 
ishment. On tlie other liand, it has no edu- 
cative vahie and does not lit tiie prisoiiei- for 
his work in the worhl. And last of all, and 
most absurd, at the expiration of a certain 
numbei- of days or weeks or months, without 
regai'd to the prisoner's fitness for the event, 
the gates are thrown oj)en and the man or 
woman walks at liberty. It may be per- 
fectly well understood that lie is a confirmed 
law-breaker. Never mind! When he has 
served his time he is free to go out and ti'y 
his wits again in a contest with society. 
Then do we ask who is to blame? Such a 
s\'stem as that is certainly to blame. What 
can be done':' Three things we can work 
for. First, every prison must be governed 
by the princijdes of such institutions as Con- 
cord and Sherborn. One exce|)tion only to 
this rule wiMdd be the prison for incorrigi- 
bles and men serving life sentences, and even 
such a place should have the reformatory 
spirit. Second, discipline should be merci- 
ful but stern, and there must be plenty of 
hard but useful work. What are our labor 
organizations thinking of that they wish to 
support prisoners in idleness? Third, sen- 
tences should not end until there is some 
reasonable hope that the man to whom free- 
dom is given will try to live as a good citi- 
zen. A hospital that discharges its plague- 
stricken patients before they are healed is 
an absurdity. 

To accomplish all this unify the whole 
system under state control. All students of 
the problem favor this. It is opposed only 
by county officials and sheriffs. " But that is 
another story. " 

J'ARRIS T. FAItWELL. 



- WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

STUDENT NUMBERS. According to the adjust- 
ment now made, the freshman class numbers 199 
students. There are between 650 and 700 students 
in college, the exact number cannot be estimated as 
yet. Twenty-four graduate students are registered 
for work this year. More students are living in the 
\illage than during the last few years, owing to the 
increase in numbers for the current year. It is ex- 
pected that the Wilder Dormitory will be finished 
next spring, and ready for occupancy in the fall of 1900. 

INAUCJURATION NOTES. Oct. 3, the day of 
Miss Hazard'sinauguration as president of Wellesley, 
brought to the College a large number of guests and 
friends. Representatives of thirty leading colleges 
were in attendance upon the exercises. Seldom has 
Wellesley witnessed a more distinguished and notable 
assemblage. Miss Hazard's address, which has been 
pul)lished at length in all the leading newspapers, was 
warndy received and was the occasion of much con- 
gratulation to the College. 

Announcement was made early in October, that 
Mr. Rowland ('•. Hazard of Peace Dale, R. I., a 
liiother of President Hazard, had been elected a mem- 
ber of the Board of Trustees. 

THI-; ENDOWMENT FUND. In the Wellesley 
Magazine for October, an interesting statement is 
made regarding the progress of the Endowment Fund 
since the starting of the movement last March. As 
tlie article savs: " It is the hope that the year 1900, 
which will complete the first quarter century of the 
existence of the College, may find Wellesley free from 
debt and supplied with a substantial endowment. 
With this in view, the attempt is being made to raise 
$200,000. The total amount already given or j^ledged 
toward the whole of this sum is approximately $63,- 
6-16.S:;. Of this $r 1,500 is only availal)le on the sec- 
ond hundred thousand. The amount given or pledged 
bv memljers of the several classes and their friends is 
^33,005.35; the amount by states and countries is 
$58,049. From Germany has come $30, from Hawaii. 
$508.25, Japan, $25, and Syria, $5. 

CURRENT HAPPENINGS. A lecture by Miss 
Margarethe Mliller, associate professor of German, 
opened the meetings of the Wagner Club, on the 
evening of Oct. 30. The programme for these meet- 
ings, which will be held at intervals of two or three 
weeks throughout the year, promises to be unusually 
good. Both the economics and the history club will 
hold their first meetings early in November, taking 
for study topics of current interest. The Athletic 
Assor-ation and the Barn Swallows, clubs for the Col- 
lege ar large, have already had entertainment even- 
ings for college newcomers. The new chapter houses, 
being erected by the Phi Sigma and Zeta Alpha soci- 
eties, will soon be ready for use. Ground has already 
been broken for the Tau Zeta P'.psilon house, and the 
Agora Society will build early in the spring. Progress 
on the new observatory has been rapid during the last 
few weeks; the dome is now in place and the building 
will soon be available for class work and observations. 
President Hazard made a brief address at the annual 
meeting of the College Settlements Association held 
in Boston Oct. 30; Miss Scudder was also one of the 
speakers on this occasion. Professor Coman and 
Associate Professor Kendall have together written "A 
History of England for High Schools and Academies," 
published recently by the Macmillan Company. 



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(laclleslci^ Conoreoational Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Worship. 

I?. 00 Sunday School and Bible Classes. 

6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 

7.15 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Woman's Union. 

THURSDAY 

4.00 Junior C. E. Society. 

FRIDAY 

7.30 Mid-week Service. 



C. E. S. The annual offering to the Congregational 
Education Society will be made on Nov. 26. 

REV. L. H. GOODRICH, of Marlboro, will preach 
on Sunday morning, Nov. 19, in e.xchange with the 
Pastor. 

N E W MEMBERS. On the first Sunday in Novem- 
ber the Church will receive into its fellowship, by 
letter, Miss Ella E. Taintor, from the Baptist Church 
in Lee, Mass.; Miss Florence A. Goodnow, from the 
Baptist Church in Halifax, Vt. : on confession of faith, 
Miss Jane P. Allen, Miss Mary Katherine Benner, Miss 
Bessie Holmes Tucker ; Miss Gertrude Ethel Chandler. 

WOMAN'S UNION. The Union has begun its 
third year most prosperously, with a complete list of 
officers and a genuine enthusiasm for the work before 
it. The officers are as follows: President, Miss 
Julia A. Eastman; secretary, Mrs. W. R. Hanks; 
treasurer, .Mrs. R. W. T. Crowell. Local Church 
Department: Superintendent, Miss Sarah P. East- 
man ; secretary, Mrs. H. L. Rollins; treasurer, Miss 
Mary Wiswall. Foreign Missionary Department: 
Superintendent, Miss Lucy T. Winsor; secretary, 
Mrs. Henry M. Burrill ; treasurer, Mrs. G. A. Ross. 
Home xMissionary Department: Superintendent, Mrs. 
George Gould; secretary. Miss Elizabeth Whiting; 
treasurer. Miss Mary T. Brown. Department of the 
Home: Superintendent, Mrs. T. B. Rollins; secre- 
tary. Miss Emma Kingsbury; treasurer, Mrs. Mary A. 
Gillette. These officers together* constitute ' the 
Board of Directors. 

In the Department of the Home an opportunity for 
co-operation between the two church parishes is fur- 
nished and a member of St. Andrew's has kindly con- 
sented to be the superintendent. 

THE BOYS AND GIRLS who have joined the 
Junior Endeavor Society this fall — there are thirty- 
six of them so far — -have taken an enthusiastic inter- 
est in the new plan. The meetings last thirty-five 
minutes and are held on Thursday afternoons at four 
o'clock. After a brief devotional opening exercise, 
ten minutes are given to singing. Then the group 
divides into two divisions, the older members being 
in the Pastor's class and the younger in Miss Tain- 
tor's. Fifteen minutes are occupied in the study of 
the assigned questions and answers in the course of 
study of New Testament books and teachings. The 
Society will make a monthly offering for the work of 
caring for the .A.rmenian orphans. 



fivst Conoreoational Cburcb in 
Melleslei? Ibills 

Organized, February 24, 1847 

REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 i^Iorning -Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

6.30 Y. P. S. C. E. 

7.30 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES. Nov. 5, 
address on The Gospel According to Mark. Nov. 12, 
Prayer Service. Nov. 19, The Gospel According to 
St. Luke. Nov. 26, Missionary Concert. Various 
reports: Sunday Labor, Temperance Statistics, Bos- 
ton Tenement Houses, etc. 

FRIDAY EVENING MEETINGS. The pastor 
suggests tiiat for the present the topics for the Fri- 
day evening services be taken from a consecutive 
study of the Gospel according to St. John. The pas- 
sages for the November meetings will be: Nov. 10, 
Johni:i-i8; Nov. 17, John i : 19-34 ; Nov. 24, John 
1:35-51; Dec. I, John 2:1-25. No special theme 
will be chosen. It is hoped that the passages adopted 
may suggest a variety of themes to those who attend 
and participate. 

WOMEN'S MEETINGS. Nov. 7, Foreign Mis- 
sionary Meeting at 3.00 p. m. with Mrs. Farwell. 
Nov. 14, Extra Sewing Meeting at 2.30 p. M. with Mrs. 
Peabody. Nov. 21, Regular Sewing Meeting and 
Business Meeting at 2.30 p. M. with Mrs. Leach. 

Note. — -The extra sewing meetings are for mis- 
sionary work. There will be a dime collection for the 
purchase of material. 

CHURCH COMMITTEES. In addition to the 
regular committees of the church four new commit- 
tees have been appointed: The names of the chair- 
men are here given. Music Committee, Miss Grace 
Conant; Missionary Committee, Mr. J. W. Peabody; 
Flower Committee, Miss Mary Bachelder; Social 
Committee, Miss Ellen W. Fiske. These officers will 
communicate with the other members of their various 
committees and are empowered to fill vacancies. The 
committees will serve for one year. The Music Com- 
mittee and the Missionary Committee will each pre- 
pare the program for one evening service each month, 
beginning with this November. 

Y. P. S. C. E. The Society invites the attendance 
of all young people of the congregation, new residents 
or old, members of the .Society or not. It has decided, 
now that it is fairly established, to remove the former 
approximate age limits for membership. On Tues- 
day evening, Nov. 7, the Society will furnish a pro- 
gram of music and reading at the Boston Seaman's 
Friend Mission, on Hanover street. The newly 
chosen officers of the Society are: President, Wm. 
H. Shattuck; Vice-President, Miss Isabella H. Fiske; 
Secretary, Miss Mary Hodgkins; Treasurer, Walter 
C. Wright. (Tiairmen of committees: Prayer 
Meeting, Miss Carolyn J. Peck; Lookout, Miss Mar- 
jorie Sargent; Missionary, Miss Ellen Robson; 
Music, Mr. William Travis; Social, Miss Olive Rob-, 
son. 



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Mcllcslci^ IfDills lauitarian Societi^ St. Hn&rew's Cburcb 

Organized, 1891 
Organized, 1871 

REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Reliiriovs Services i, ,■ ■ c ■ „ 

•^ Kehgiotis Services 

SUNDAY SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 10.30 Morning Prayer 

[ 2.00 Sunday School. 12.00 Sunday School. 

7.15 Evening Prayer. 
SATURDAY Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the Month, 10.30 A. M. 
9.00 Junior Branch Alliance. Thud Sunday, 9.30 A. M. 

Other Sundays, 7.30 a. m. 

■''^'•^^'*'^^' TUESDAY 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues 3.30 Ministering Children's League. 

''^y- SATURDAY 

(Communion Service on the first Sundays of Jan., ^^ ^^ Girl's Friendly Society. 
Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service- The meetings of the Women's Auxiliary will be 



announced. 



ON WEDNESDAY, Nov. 22, Miss Maria Howard THE RECTORY is nowreceiving its finishing 

will give a demonstration cooking lecture, for the ben- touches. It will be ready for the painters probably 

efit of the " .Alliance," in the church pailor, at three in a few days. To all appearances it will be ready 

o'clock. Admission, twenty-five cents. for occujjancy about the end of the month. 

. THANKSGIVING DAY, in addition to the union 

A SPi:CIAL PARISH MEETING was held in the service which will be hereafter announced, there will 

parlor of the Unitarian Church, on the evening of l)e a celebration of the Holy Communion at 9.30 

(Jet. 16. Mr. John D. Hardy presiding. The Inisiness a. m. in the chapel, with a brief addiess. 

of the meeting was to consider extending an invita- ^y ANDREW'S DAY will be observed this year 

tion to some one of the gentlemen who have jjreached [i,g evening before November 29, as the day itself 

as candidates to become the pastor of the Society. coincides with Thank.sgiving Day. To celebrate the 

It was finally decided, by a nearly unanimous vote, to ^,y^ of a saint's day is an ancient custom in the 

call the Rev. John Snyder, lately of St. Louis, Mo. church. The service for the evening will be held at 

It is understood that he has accepted the call and will ^_j ^ o'clock, and the preacher will be the Rev. W. I. 

be formally installed on or aliout Nov. 22. Dr. Sny- ('rocker, minister of the Church of St. Mary for 

der is a man of middle age, and of genial personality, sailors. East Roston. The offering will be given for 

who has attained a high position in the Unitarian (he work among the sailors. The people of St. 

denomination. The Society is fortunate in securing Andrew's shouldtake special interest in this service, 

for its minister a gentleman of such intellectual jjg jt niarks the fifth anniversary of St. Andrew's 

attainments, exjJerience and earnestness as Dr. Sny- chapel. 

der. The parsonage is being made ready for his occu- After the service, if the rectory is sufficiently com- 

pancy with his family. pleted to permit it, there will be a brief service of 

dedication and a formal opening of the house by the 

THE r.RANCH ALLIANCE has published a very lighting of the fire on the living-toom hearth. All 

inviting pro-ram for the winter of .809-1900. The who are especially interested in the development ot 

two first meetings in Octobe.r have been held. At the the parish will be cordially welcome at both services, 

first, Miss Maigatet Merther, of Louisville, Ky., gave ST. ANDREW'S GUILD held its annual election 

an interesting talk describing the illiterate as well as three weeks ago, and the following officers were 

needy condition of the people in the feud districts of chosen for the ensuing year: President, the Rector; 

Kentucky and also in the Tennessee mountains. The vice-president, Mrs. Alice E. Swift; secretary and 

speaker urged the great need of enlightenment and treasurer. Bertha L. Caswell. Parish Aid Depart- 

help for the poverty-stricken jieople in remote places ment: Chairman, Mrs. C. O. Simpson; vice-chair- 

of the South. At the second meeting. Rev. Minot man, Mrs. H. C. Stanwood; secretary and treasurer, 

Osgood Simonds. of Billerica, spoke with great inter- \]^^ -p. ]^. Rollins; executive committee, Mrs. Laud- 

est on "The Relation of the Church and Y^oung Peo- erburn, Mrs. Sawyer, Mrs. Sanford. Woman's Auxil- 

ple." A few words were added by Rev. Mr. Pratt, iary: Chairman, Mrs. Lauderburn ; secretary. Miss 

of Na tick. The Alliance has added many new mem- Holland; treasurer. Miss Ely; executive committee, 

bers this season, and wishes to still further increase Mrs. Faxon Mrs. Swift, Mrs. Nye. Altar Committee: 

its membership. Every fee adds to its power for Misses Eh'^, Jennings and Hastings. Visiting Com- 

practical work. Every new face encourages and stim- mittee, Mrs. Lowe, Mrs. Faxon, the Misses Hayes, 

ulates interest. A cordial invitation is extended to Ministering Children's League: Misses Hastings, 

all women to attend its meetings and, as far as possi- Hall and Ely. Girls' Friendly Society: Branch sec- 

ble. to join its membership. retary. Miss Edith A. Sawyer; associates, Misses Ben- 

The next meeting of the Alliance will be nett, Drury, Hayes, Chadbourne, and Mrs. Ford, 

held in the church parlor, at 3.00 P. M., Tuesday, Nov. Sunday School Superintendent, the Rector; secretary 

14. Rev. Chas. Dole, of lamaica Plain, will speak on and librarian, Donald Lauderburn. Choir director. 

" A High Ideal of Womanhood." Mr. Geo. H. Low. Organist, Mr. Frank Underwood. 



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St. /IDar^Vs Cburcb 

Organized, 1812 
REV. H. USHER MONRO, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

9.30 Suiulay School. 
10.45 Morning Prayer and Sermon. 
4.30 Evening Prayer and Address. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the month, 10.45 ^- '^'• 
Ihird Sunday in month, S.oo a. m. 

Holy Days, Service and Holy 

Communion, 10.00 a. m. 



BAPTISMS in St. Mary's during October: ICthei 
M. Train. Charles Ale.\. Vincent and Oliver CJarland 
Bell. 

MARRIA(;ES. Oct. 2, Willianj Hersey Adams 
and Susan Sharpe Pratt. Oct. 25, Charles Ephraim 
Morse and Annie Sheafe. 

THE GUn.D of St. Mary's held its annual meet- 
ing on Thursday evening, Nov. 2, for the election of 
officers aod committees for the winter. 

THE RKCTORY club will hold a social meeting 
Tuesday evening, Nov. 7, in the parish house. The 
Club will receive and entertain the friends of the 
members. 

IN THE DEATH of Mrs. M. Louise Pronk, the 
church sustains the loss of a valued member and faith- 
ful communicant. .Mrs. Pronk has served for two 
years on the Altar Chapter, and by her sterling quali- 
ties won many warm friends in the parish. 

THE BOYS' CLUB held a most enjoyable meeting 
on the night of Tuesday, Oct. 31. After a merry lime 
with games provided by their choir-master, Mr. ]]uf- 
fum. Rev. Dr. Shinn, of Newton, read an original 
story in three parts, which was heartily enjoyed by the 
boys and others fortunate to be present. After par- 
taking of refreshments, Dr. Shinn shook hands with 
all, and the Choir gave him a unanimous vote of 
thanks for the great pleasure afforded them by his 
kindness. 

THE CHOIR GUILD held its annual meeting on 
Oct. 29, and elected the following officers for the year: 
President, George H. Burnett; vice-presidents, C. C. 
Spring, Levi B. Jennings; treasurer and secretary, 
Henry H. Swallow; executive committee, C. C. 
Spring. George Miller, James A. Beck, C. V. Jennings 
and H. H. Swallow; musical director, C. J. Buffuni; 
chaplain, the Rector. It was voted by the senior 
members to hold meetings weekly, for special musical 
instruction and practice, under the training of Mr. 
Buffum, during the winter. 

THE BISHOP of the diocese visited the parish on 
Sunday morning, October 15, and, after an able ser- 
mon, administered Confirmation to nine candidates, 
seven young men and two young women. One of the 
candidates was confirmed for the Rector of Christ 
Church, Waltham. With this exception all the young 
men and women were members of St. Mary's parish. 
The following are the names of those confirmed: 
Harry Rogers Pratt, Thomas A. Wiswall, lames A. 
Beck, Maud Train, Ethel Train, Robert H.Hayden, 
Joseph H. Seaver, William P. Seaver, and Walter 
Patterson. 



THE TUESDAY CLUB 

The general subject for the work of the 
Club during the coming winter nioiitlis will 
be "The Progress of the Nineteenth C'en- 

CD 

tury." Following are the sub-topics: 

Development of Mineral Resources (coal, 
petroleum, gold, silver, copper, aluminum ). 

Development in Agriculture and Horti- 
culture. 

Scientific Progress, especially in Biology 
and the Doctrine of Evolution. 

Legal Development (international law, 
arbitration, protection of children, animals). 

Progress in Education. 

Medical and Sanitary Development. 

Economic Progress. 

Civic and Municijial Progress. 

Progress in Literature. 

Progress in Fine Arts. 

Electricity and its Development. 

Humanitarian Progress. 

lieligious Progress. 

This outline provides for thirteen even- 
ings and it is hoped that the Club may be 
able on several of the evenings to provide 
"open meetings" foi- its friends, when some 
of the subjects will be treated by men expert 
in those lines. 

WeHesfey 
Steam Laundry 

Skirts, Dresses, Shirt Waists, Curtains, Shades, 
Draperies and all kinds of Kancv Ironing nicely done. 

Plain ironing by the dozen. 

All work handled carefully. No bleach or acid is 
used, nor anything that will injure the clothes, which 
are dried in the open air, weather permitting. 

i'rices reasonable. Work called for and deliveied. 

We should be pleased to receive your woik. A 
card to the WELLESLEY STEAM LAUNDRY 
will receive prompt attention. 

J. T, MELLUS, Proprietor. 

We ase nothin!^- hut the very best of supplies. 

IK^ itchen Furnitu re 

We have at hand all the necessary kitchen 
furniture one needs to make a kitchen complete. We 
wish to call your attention to our line of 
Granite Iron Ware. 

Electric and steam 
cars stop in front of 
our store. Call and 



see us. 



Fiske & Co 




NATICK 

Hardware, Plumbing and Heating 



OUR TOWN 



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DR. M, O. NELSON 

DENTIST 

Croicu and Bridge Work a Specialty 

ROOn 4, WALCOTT BUILDING, NATICK 



O. J. WASHBURN 

DENTIST 

Room 26, Clark's Block, Natick 
Established 1872. Office Hours : 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. 

The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

llaths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 
EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D., Supt. 

Washington St., Wellesley. Tel.: Wellesley 38-3. 

TUTORING 

In MATHEMATICS, GREEK, and EATIN,— 
luitrance Requirements or College Conditions. Ad- 
dress: 

GRACE B. TOWNSEND, J^. B.. 
WTellesley Hills, Tvlass. Tutor at Wellesley College 



MRS. VV. L. TAYLOR 



Wellesley. 



Teacher of Piano, 

Refer to 

Mr. C. W. Chadvvick, Director New England 
Conservatory of Music. 

HR. F. L. STONE 



Teacher of Organ and Piano 

Organist in the 

Wellesley Congregational Church 



Wellesley 



DANA HALL SCHOOL- WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

General Course for Non-Collegians. 

Special Advantages in English Literature, Art, 
History of Art, and Music. 
Miss Helen Temple Cooke, Principal. 
Mrs. Harriett E. Page, ) 



Miss Jeannie Evans, ^ 



Associate Principals. 



WE SERVE THE BEST ICE CREAM SODA, 
WITH CHOICE FRUIT FLAVORS, IN NATICK 

Burke & Do! an no. isclarks block 
Natick 



F. A. COOLIDGE 



O. E. STEVENS 



F. A. COOLIDGE & CO., 



DEALERS IN 



Choice .. Meats .. and .. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 

Goods, etc. 

WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY. 



RIDGE HILL FARHS DAIRY 

For Eour Months, commencing June i,for 
the convenience of their customers, the 
Ridge Hill Farms Dairy will make a Morn- 
ing and Afternoon delivery of milk and 
cream at Wellesley and Wellesley Hills. 

Wn. Q. SMITH, Supt. 



F. DIEHL, JR. & CO. 
Livery and Boarding Stable 

Central Street, Wellesley 

Meet all trains Telephone No, 16-2 



J.TAILBY&50N 

THEWELLE5LEY 
FLORISTS 

Artistic Floral Decorators. Choice Cut Flow= 
ers and Plants 

LINDEN STREET, OPPOSITE B. & A. R. R. STATION 
TELEPHONE CONNECTION 

F. DIEHL & SON, 



Dealers in Coal, Wood, 
Ilav and Grain. 



Telephone No, 16-4 
Wellesley, Mass. 



ADVERTISE IN ''OUR TOWN 



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NATICK MUSIC STORE 

Pianos, Sheet Music 

and Musical Merchandise. 

Tuning, Repairing 

and Polishing. 
Stock of Second Hand 
Pianos always on hand. 



A. P DERBY 



Room 3, Clark's Block, Natick 



Natick Five Cents Savings Bank 



Deposits and Surplus, 



$1,800,000 



Deposits go on Interest Feb. i, 
.May I, Aug. i, and Nov. i. 



Bank open 9 a. m. to 3 p. m. 



frp:derick o. baston. 

Treasurer 



1Fleatnc68 




Soro6i6 



The 

Masterpiece 
of the 
Shoemakers' Art 



The standard of the <world and most ad'vanced 
,,<zvoman's shoe in existence »» 

Sold exclusivelv bv 

N. F. BUCKLEY, Milliner, 



IN TYPOGR/IPHICAL ARRANGEMENT 
^ND DISPLAY IS SOMETHING MANY 
TRINTERS STRIVE FOR ^UT FEIV 
ATTAIN ^ 



TRY US WITH AN ORDER 
WE'VE SUCCEEDED 



CHARLES M. EATON 
WELLESLEY HILLS, MASS, 



- ■ ' ■ FORMERLY WITH MME. CROCKER OF BOSTON-~-^>~— 

Walcott Building; NATICK. 

All the Latest Novelties in trimmed and un- 
trimmed Hats, flourning orders a specialty. 

MRS. J. WALSH 

Dresstnaker 
.Partridge Block Wellesley 

Boston S. Hlban^ 1Railroa& 

Uimc Uable, Julie t. 1899 

WELLESLEY STATIONS BOSTON (SOUTH STA- 
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OURTQWN 



DECEMBER, 1899 



Volume II Number 12 



5 cents a copy 
50 cents a year 




Rev. John Snyder 



CHAFfUES M. EA^TON, F-ubHsher, 
Wellesley Hills, Mass. 



OUR TOWN 



O. A. Brunen, i:^l"„,T 

Ice Cream, Sherbets and Frozen 
Pudding in all their varieties. 

21 So. Mam St., opp. Common, NATICK. 



Remember 

when in need of stylish and 
comfortable footwear <x<) to. 

PERKINS & WAIDNER, 

3 Clark's Block, Natick, Mass. 

Summer Clearance Sale 

at Colbp'0 

Shirt Waists, Linen and P. K. 
Skirts, Light Wrappers, Children's 
Dresses and everything of the 
nature of summer Dry Goods clos- 
ing out without regard to cost to 
make room for our fall stock. 

wn. H. COLBY, 

\\ nkott Bviilding, Main Street, Natick 

Successor to J. B. Leamy 



C. M. McKECHNIE 

ilakei'. Caterer and Ice Cream Manufacturer 

Orders delivered in Wellesley 

Connected by telephone 

N-y. 10 Hain St., Natick, Hass. 

Fancy Rockers! 

Beautit's; and not one bnt is worth 
more than the price asked. 

CLELAND & UNDERWOOD, 

7 and 9 West Central Street, NaticU 

•' The Furniture Folks" 

C. O. EATON COnPANY 

FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC 
DRY AND FANCY GOODS 

Art Parlor connected, filled with the 
daintiest effects of Linens, Embroideries, 
"^Fable Covers, Sofa Pillows, Kenaissauce and 
Honiton Patterns, and Picture Frames. 

College and Class Pillows, Flags, 
Banners, etc., designed and made to order. 

Lessons free when materials are pur- 
chased of us. 

C. O. Eaton Co., 43 & 45 Hain St., Natick 

OPPOSITE CAR TERMINUS 



FALL AND WINTER GOODS 

Our stock is complete in all departments. 

Special values in Underwear and Hosiery 
for Ladies, Gentlemen and Children. 

Dress Skirts in Cheviots- 
Alohairs and CameVs Hair Plaids. 
Special in Ladies' Mercerized Satine Waists at 
$1.50-$1.98. 

French Flannel, at $3.50, of reliable manu- 
facture and perfect fitting: 



W. F. CLELAND 



9 Clark's Block, 



Main St.. 



Natick 



JAMES H. McNeil, 

Baker and Caterer 
LADIES' AND GKNTS' DINING ROOM 

Ice Cream, Wholesale and Retail. Open .Sundays 

47 Main Street - - Natick 



Connected by Telephone 




Queen 

Quality 
$3.00 



They Fit 
Where 
Others 
Fail 



Sold exclusively in Natick by 

W. F. Buffington. 



Please patronize our advertisers — they are all 
reliable. 



omt TOWN 



OUR T2WN 



Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the Sat- 
urday before llie first Sunday of each month. 

Managing E;ditor, Rev. Edward H. Chandler, Wellesley. 

Publisher, Charles M. Eaton, Wellesley Hills. 

Advertising Agent, Miss Vinthia Ingram, Wellesley. 

Subscriptions niav be left at Flagg's News .Stand, or at Mrs. 
H. E. Currier's, Wellesley; Mrs. Ilsley's, Wellesley Hills, or at 
the Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Wellesley Hills Post 
Office. 



SAMPLE copies of Our Town are to be 
sent during December to a large num- 
ber of Wellesley people who are not 
now subscribers, in the hope that they will 
sufficiently approve the makeup of the paper 
to be willing to invest twenty-tive cents in 
it for 1900. The Editors will gladly wel- 
come everyone who will co-operate with 
tlicm in this wa3^ 



EDITORIAL 

IT IS always a pleasure to call attention to 
any notable achievement of a fellow 
townsman. lu the Jaiuiary number of the 
"Ladies' Home Journal" there is to be pub- 
lished the first of a series of eight remarkable 
pictures drawn by Mr. W. L. "^Faylor, of 
Wellesley, illustrating the lite and charac- 
ter of C'hi-ist. A foretaste of what is to 
come is given in the December tuiinber, 
whei-e the main portion of the i)icture of the 
nativity appears in advance. Mr. Taylor 
shows a very deep appreciation of the reality 
ot the life he ])()itravs. Tie has <i;iven a new 
reiidei'ing of familial' subjects, and several of 
his sei'ies represent moments in Christ's life 
not often portrayed. There is no attempt to 
introduce dramatic effects or artificial lights 
into these pictures in order to emphasize the 
sujternatural. I'ut the artist's reverent por- 
trayal of Jesus in the natural surroundings 
of his native land and among the common 
])eople cannot fail to increase the faith of 
tlie many who will see the pictures in the 
real godliness of "Him who came not to be 
ministered unto but to minister." 



ANOTHER series of pictures already 
famous in Europe and America is the 
collection of four hundred paintings 
and drawings by the French artist J. James 
Tissot. "^I'hese pictures are now on exhibi- 
tion in lioston in the old Providence depot, 
Park Square, from 9.00 a. m. to 6.00 p. ai., and 
7.30 p. M. to 10.30 p. M. every day. The 
impression they have made upon people of 
all classes and different nationalities has been 
unusual. No similar attempt has ever been 
made hitherto to picture the life and times 
of Jesus as they wei-e in reality rather than 
in some artist's imagination. 

In this same connection it is worth noting 
that McChire's Magazine announces a Life of 
Christ by "Ian Maclaren," with elaborate 
illustrations by the artist, Corwin K. Linson. 



"Our Town'' in 1900. 

WE TAKE pleasure in announcing that 
beginning with the January number 
the subscription price of Ouk Town 
will be reduced to twenty-five cents for the 
year. This has been made possible by the 
cordial support we have received from our 
advertisers, enabling us to close the year 
with bills paid and a slight balance to our 
credit. 

We trust to the citizens of Wellesley to 
respond to our effort and double our subscrip- 
tion list. The paper will not fall below its 
record of the past two years. It will con- 
tinue to treat the best interests of the town 
in a timely and intelligent way. Its columns 
are always open t<^ all thoughtful and sincere 
discussion of any matter that concerns the 
highest welfare of Wellesley. 

The churches and clubs of Wellesley and 
the College will have their regular represen- 
tation as in the ])ast. A series of articles on 
the possibilities of the town library and 
another on home interests are planned. The 
series on "Wellesley as a Place of Residence" 
will be continued. Special articles on timely 
subjects which concern all our citizens will 
appear frequently. 

We should like to improve the paper in 
two respects. We should like to put a pic- 
ture of a person or a scene or a building — 
all, of course, of local interest — on our front 
cover every month. And we should like to 
print sixteen pages regularly instead of 
twelve. If our readers will help us by get- 
ting subscribers and sending us advertise- 
ments, we can do these things. Meanwhile 
we are very grateful to those who have 
shown their appreciation of the paper and 
shall try to do our part to serve the com- 
munity. 



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THE REV. JOHN SNYDER 

REV. JOHN SNYDER, the newly installed 
minister of the Unitarian Church at 
Wellesley Hills, is a native of Philadel- 
phia, where he was born June 14, 1842. In 
1861, in September, he enlisted in the Union 
array and was in the command of the 
lamented Col. Baker. After several months 
service he was taken sick and spent a long 
time in army hospitals, being discharged for 
disability sometime in 1862. 

In September, 1865, he entered the Mead- 
ville. Pa., Theological School, taking the full 
course of foui- years, graduating in June, 
1869. In the autumn of that year he was 
settled ovei'the Third Congregational Church 
(Unitarian) of Hingham, Mass. Here he 
was fortunate in having Hon. John D. Long 
as his Sunday school supei'intendeiit, Mr. 
Long being a successor of Gov, Andrews in 
that office. He was the first person Mr. Sny- 
der liad the pleasure of marrying. 

On Jan. 1, 1873, he was installed minister 
of the Church of the Messiah, St. Louis, Mo., 
being tlie iuimediate successor of the vener- 
able^ Rev. William G. Eliot, I). I). Here he 
enjoyed a long and able pastorate for over 
twenty-six ^ears, severing his connection 
with this chui'ch in July of the present year. 
While in St. Louis, Mr. Snyder was an able 
and exceedingly popular minister, no minis- 
ter being better known in that city, or more 
in demand perhaps for a great vaiiety of ser- 
vices, after dinner speaking especially. 

Under his lead a new and beautiful church, 
one of the iinest and certainly the most 
boautiful in the city, was erected, the archi- 
tects being Peabody & Stearns of ]>oston. 
He was for some time chaplain of the First 
Missouri Regt. of State Troops and enjoyed 
other positions of importance. Mr. Snyder 
has been several times a member of the 
Council of the Unitarian National Confer- 
ences, one of the directors of the American 
Unitarian Association, and a trustee of the 
Meadville Theological School. He comes to 
Wellesley Hills with the great advantage of 
years of most valuable experience, and the 
Society now so fortunate as to secure his 
services is sure to enter upon a period of 
exceptional prosperity. He is in the full 
vigor of all his powers, a strong and most 
interestijig preacher, a most social and com- 
panionable man, a lover of children, who 
always return his love, of a most genial and 
friendly disposition, whose heart never har- 



bors any unkind feeling toward a living soul. 
His relations with his brother ministers of 
all faiths at Wellesley Hills are sure to be of 
the most cordial and fraternal kind. 

Mr. Snyder, in 1869, married Miss Mar- 
garet A. Kinniff, of Meadville, Pa., whose 
qualities will secure for her the confidence and 
friendship of Wellesley people. He has nine 
children, only one of whom has died. His 
daughter Elizabeth was graduated from 
Wellesley College in the Class of '96, and is 
now doing splendid work as supervisor of 
drawing in the St. Louis schools. Blessings 
on the new pastorate! 

W. L. CHAFFIN. 



AGAINST THE PROPOSED 
ELECTRIC ROAD 

AT THE November meeting of the 
VV' ellesley Club a vigorous protest was 
made against granting a franchise to 
the proposed Boston and Worcestei- Electric 
Railroad, which would run through Welles- 
ley via Worcester Street. Since this is a 
matter of great public interest we report the 
discussion. 

Mr. Bunker, the Secretaiy, stated briefly the 
present statute law relating to street rail- 
ways, and called particular attention to the 
following points: "After the directors of a 
proposed road have been chosen, a majority 
of them may apply to the selectinen foi- the 
'location 'which they desire for the load. 
The selectmen shall therefore give a public 
hearing, of the time and ])lace of whicli tluy 
shall give not less than fourteen days notice 
in a newspa])er pul)lished in the town or 
county, and after hearing, if in their opinion 
public convenience and necessity require, 
they shall grant said location or any portion 
thereof. In granting said location they may 
pi'escribe the manner in which said tracks 
shall be laid and the kind of rails, poles, 
wires, and other ap])liances which shall be 
used, and they may also im])ose such other 
terms, conditions and obligations * * * 
as the public interest may in their judgment 
require. Ten abutters, on a way in which a 
location has been granted, may appeal to the 
Board of Railroad Commissioners, and the 
location shall not be valid until approved by 
them. If, however, a location is not granted 
by the selectmen of a town as asked f(n-, and 



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if also that town lies between two other 
cities or towns in which a location has been 
granted, so that a location in it is necessary 
to connect the others, then the railway com- 
pany may appeal to the Railroad Commis- 
sioners, and they, after a hearing, shall act 
upon the petition with the same power to 
impose terms as the selectmen had. Exten- 
sions must be petitioned for in the same man- 
ner as original locations and are subject to 
much the same rules, except that no new 
obligations can be attached to a grant thei-eof. 
Locations may be revoked by the selectmen, 
after due notice and hearing subject to the 
approval of the Railroad Commissioners. 
The selectmen may regulate the speed of 
cars, the mode and extent of use of the 
tracks, and the number and routes of the 
cars, and may require a warning of the 
approach of cars to be given. The motive 
power used is subject to their approval. In 
case of street widei ing for a new street rail- 
way betterments may be assessed upon the 
company, but the total assessment on the 
abutters and the company shall not exceed 
one-half the total cost of the widening. The 
taxes paid by the company, viz., the ordinary 
corporation tax, the tax on dividends, exceed- 
ing eight per cent, and the excise tax on 
gross receipts must all be applied to the con- 
struction, maintenance, and repair of streets, 
and the removal of snow." 

Mr. Bunker spoke particularly of the 
report of the Commission, which in 1897 and 
1898 considered the relations between cities 
and towns and street railway companies, and 
the law that was passed at the suggestion of 
that Committee. ( Acts of 1898, chapter 578. ) 

Mr. William M.Butler, representing the new 
road, traced the growth of the street railway 
law from that based upon the old idea of a 
purely local owjiership of and interest in the 
streets of a town, to the present view that 
the streets, especially main thoroughfares, 
are for the benefit and use of the people of 
the whole state. He said that the road 
expected to treat the town fairly and frankly 
and expected to be treated in the same way. 
He also touched upon the right of the less 
wealthy classes to have a chance to travel at 
less than railroad fares. 

Mr. James F. Shaw, another director of 
the road, spoke of the proposed method of 
construction, and said that the road would 
expect to leave as wide a way for travel in 
the street as was now used for that purpose, 
and would be glad to move out of the high- 



way whenever the abutter would give them 
a strip ten teet wide. The cars would be 
run at a higii rate of speed, except through 
the thickly settled portions of the route. 

Mr. Goldmann Edmunds spoke at length 
of the objections to the road. He declared 
that thei-e was no demand or necessity for it 
in the town, as we had no close relations or 
common interests with the localities to be 
connecte<l with us by the road. While it 
would give a mode of communication with 
the steam road, it would require an addi- 
tional fare whicii would be prohibitory to 
the class which would care to build on the 
line of such a road, and would prevent the 
development of the town by persons of 
means, who by theii- large holdings of pei- 
sonal property would tend to keep down the 
rate of taxation. By destroying the trees 
along the street the road would detract 
greatly from the beauty of the town and its 
attractiveness to prospective residents. The 
operation of the road at the high speed pro- 
posed would be very dangerous for children 
and others and woukl spoil all pleasure driv- 
ing, as well as being very objectionable to 
those dwelling along the way. It would 
introduce dangerous grade crossings, some- 
thing which the town has recently spent 
thousands of dollars to abolish. Worcester 
street would have to be widened to accom- 
modate the road — if not now, then as soon as 
it began to bring the business along its line. 
This would entail a large expense upon 
the town for which it would get no adequate 
return. 



WELLESLEY AS A PLACE OF RESI- 
DENCE 
VL The Public Schools 

IT is impossible for anyone who has seen 
much of our public schools to write about 
them without saying something of the gen- 
eral system of education in the State. Here 
are over three hundred towns, all spending 
money like water on their schools, yet with 
practically no uniformity among them as to 
courses, as to methods, as to discipline. No 
central authority controls the general plan 
of education, or establishes any standard of 
fitness among the teachers, or regulates in 
any way the transference of pupils from one 
town to another. There is, indeed, a State 
Board of Education, which occasionally asks 



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for a little information or makes a timid sug- 
gestion, but, as it has no power to enforce its 
demands and no authority to carry out its 
conclusions, it is generally more loved and 
admired than respected. Practically the 
entire management of education is left to 
local authorities, who are often incompetent, 
general!}' untrained, and always inadequate. 

Nor is the local organization such as to 
make up for the general defect. The old- 
fashioned school committee, doubtless, did its 
work well enough, when needs were primi- 
tive and politics cleaner than they are now, 
but it has been long outgrown. The present 
methods of superintendence are a great step 
in advance, but the trouble now is that the 
position of the school c;)nimittee is anoma- 
lous. After they have once given all possi- 
ble thought and care to the selection of a 
good superintendent, there is really very 
little for them to do, so far as educational 
matters are concerned, but to stand aside and 
simply take all the responsibility for things 
which they have neither the time nor the 
special training to understand or to criticise. 
As a consequence, either the committee prac- 
tically abdi'/ates in favor of the superintend- 
ent, wliich is, I think, the best course for the 
schools and for the town, or it tries to show 
its importance by annoying the superintend- 
ent and interfering in all soits of wa3's, with 
the result of endless squabbling as we see it 
in so many towns. I do not know what 
would be the best remedy for this; but I feel 
that the superintendent should be in some 
way directly responsible to the town and 
should appear personally in the town meeting 
to answer questions and submit to criticism. 
At any rate, I think it is clear that the school 
system of Massachusetts is wrong and stupid 
and I should be he,a!tily glad to see it 
exported to the Philippines with so many 
other blessings of our supei-ior civilization. 

So far as the publiy schools of our own 
town are concerned, I think, T hope that 
they are in good condition. External evi- 
dence of this seems to be afforded by the 
fact that many parents are now sending their 
children to the public schools who have for- 
merly not done so, that many desirable resi- 
dents have come to the town solely or largely 
because of the excellence of the schools, and, 
above all, that we find these children who do 
come to us from elsewhere distinctly behind 
our Wellesley children, so that we have to 
put them back a year or more in their stand- 
ing. 



As regards educational methods, the atti- 
tude adopted during the past few years by 
the Superintendent and entirely supported 
by the (/Oramittee has been one of what I 
may perhaps call broad or intelligent conserv- 
atism. It must be admitted that we have 
been read}- to accept new ideas. The verti- 
cal writing, now so popular and so success- 
ful, was introduced in Wellesley at the very 
beginning. The Pollard system, so useful 
from the start in spite of serious di-awbacks, 
has now been modified and perfected into a 
most valuable educational instrument. The 
study of naturt^ has been introduced not 
wholly as an eiul, but because of its impor- 
tance in awakening and sharpening the 
intelligence, while, unlil-e many of the new 
specialties, it can be intimately and profitably 
combined with other work. The study of 
history in our grammar grades has been 
placed on a very different basis, with a view 
to giving the childi-en an insight into the 
great principles of human and national life, 
instead of encumbeiing their memories with 
useless and unprofitable details of war and 
slaughter. 

Yet, although we are ready to try all 
things, we are more tlian ever disposed to 
hold fast to what has been proved to be good. 
Educationiil theories are so much in a state 
of chaos, there seems to be so little of clear 
vision, of definite aim, of constant purpose in 
the host of fads that are urcjed from every 
quarter, above all, the danger, not to say the 
crime of foolish experimentation with chil- 
dren is so great that we are disposed to nMive 
ver}- slowly. After all, whatever else is to 
be taught, it is first of all desirable that cur 
pupils should leave school knowing how to 
read, spell, write, and cipher correctly. 
Alas, how few of them can do so! More and 
more we are bending our efforts, as intelli- 
gently as possible, to getting good results in 
these matters. And it is worth noting that 
in these elementary and primary studies the 
children who come to us from towns which 
have many of the latest fads that we have 
not are sadly deficient. 

In regard to the finances of the scliools I 
should like to sa^^ one word. It seems t'> be 
held by many that it is the function of the 
School Committee to find out everything that 
is good for the schools and then ask the 
Town for the money. I cannot take that 
view of it. No question but the Town will 
vote almost any sum for schools, provided 



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the money is honestly and economically 
spent. For this reason it seems to me the 
Committee are all the more bound to consider 
not only what the Town wants, but what the 
Town can afford. The man who goes to his 
tradespeople and orders everything he wants 
and then looks at his bank-book afterwards, 
to see whether he can afford such expendi- 
ture, comes to grief in no time; and the 
town, state, or nation which j)ursues the 
same course will end in the same way. Con- 
gress and the Massachusetts Legislature do 
not seem to be aware of this; but T hope the 
town of Wellesley at least will never forget 
it. Our present tax rate of eleven dollars in 
a thousand is high enough, and the portion 
of the tax levy allotted to the schools is large 
enough. It is the business of the Committee 
to see that the Town gets the best it can 
aft'ord. My own idea of this is that we 
should not spend our money on luxuries and 
supertluities, on experiments and new ideas, 
but that we should stick to the el.Mnentary, 
simple necessaries, and in that line get the 
very best that can be had: good buildings, a 
go,)d superintendent, good teachers, and good 
books. 

Finally, 1 want to say one word about the 
teachers. I do not think that tlie parents 
know the teacheis ])ersonally half as well as 
they ought to or half a))preciate them. They 
listen to all sorts of small gossip which 
their children l»ring home to them. They 
know nothing of the long, ])atient hours of 
thought and ca"e in school and out. T do not 
believe ihere is a more earnest, conscientious 
body of workers anywhei'e than our teachers. 
And especially to be noted is that they not 
only give their time and work to the school 
collectively, but that they think and plan and 
labor with real affection and devotion for 
each individual scholar, oftentin'es against 
the perversity and sullenness and wilfulness 
of the scholar himself. Alas, that sometimes 
the greatest obstacle in their way should be 
the child's own parents. 

In conclusion, I would urge that the par- 
ents and the townspeople in general should 
keep themselves more closely in contact with 
the schools. The teachers like to be visited; 
it is good for them and good for the children. 
Take an hour, go into school and find out 
just what your child and your neighbor's 
child are doing. You will learn more about 
the schools than could be told you in a 
dozen articles. 

GAMALIEL BRADFORD, JR. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 



THANKSGIVING RECESS. Class-room work 
was suspended at noon on Wednesday, Nov. 29, for 
a Thanksgiving recess, which extended to Friday 
noon. A majority of the College community went 
away for the holidays. 

EXCHANGE BUREAU OPENED'. With a view 
to directing into remunerative channels the work of 
students who desire to aid themselves, the College 
Christian Association has established an exchange 
bureau. Sewing, mending, copying, serving at teas, 
and a number of kindred services are available through 
the Exchange, which bids fair to be a success. 

SOCIAL EVENTS. Mrs. Henry F. Durant gave 
a large reception at her home in Wellesley, Nov. 16, 
in honor of President Hazard, the College faculty, as 
well as many guests from Wellesley village and from 
out of town, attending. On Saturday, Nov. 18, Mrs. 
J. J. E. Rothery was "at home" to the Wellesley 
Hills Woman's Clu!), thus affording an opportunity 
to meet President Hazard and Dean Coman, for whom 
the reception was arranged. President Hazard enter- 
tained the Boston Association of Collegiate Alumna: 
at Wellesley, on Monday afternoon, the 27tli. Cards 
have been sent out liy Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin H. San- 
born for a reception, Dec. 6, in honor of the President 
and Dean of the College. 

El'XTURES AND CONCERTS. Mr. George 
kiddle recently read "Midsummer Night's Dream" 
before the Shakespeare classes. Professor Earl 
Barnes gave an interesting lecture, November 13, on 
"Children's Ideals." New zeal for the Consumers' 
League was aroused by an illustrated lecture from 
Mrs. Florence Kelley, president of the League, on 
" The Sweat-Shop," Saturday evening. Nov. 25. The 
organ recital by Mr. Clarence Eddy, a short time ago, 
proved the capacities of the new organ, in the Hough- 
ton Memori;il C'hapel, and was enjoyed by many peo- 
]-ile from the \illage. .Another delightful recital was 
that given last Monday evening by Miss Harriet A. 
Shaw" harpist. Miss Agnes May, contralto, and Mr. 
Herbert Johnson, tenor. 

FIGUKES AND FACTS. Advance pages of the 
forthcoming calendar give the number of students for 
the current year as 688. They are ranked as follows: 
Seniors, 134; Juniors, 120; Sophomores, 174; Fresh- 
men, 220; special students, 14; graduates, 26. Thir- 
ty-six states of the Union are represented in the 
attendance. Those contributing the largest numbers 
stand in the following order: Massachusetts, 210; 
New York, 77; Pennsylvania, 58; New Jersey, 45; 
Connecticut, 43; Illinois, 34; Ohio, 27; Maine, 25; 
New Hampshire, 19. The faculty for the current 
year is composed of 82 members, classified as follows: 
Professors, 16; associate professors. 14; instructors, 
44; assistants, 8. Dr. John Fiske is non-resident 
lecturer on history. Dr. Josiah Royce on philosophy. 
The twenty-six departments offer 218 courses of 
study, of which 134 are carried the current year. 
The Christmas recess will extend from Wednesday 
afternoon, December 20, until Thursday morning, 
January 11. 



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limellesle^ Congreciatiojial Cbnrcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Worsliip. 

I 2.00 Sunday School and Bible Classes. 

6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 

7.15 Flvening Worship. 

TUFSDAY 

3.00 Woman's Union. 

THURSDAY 

4.00 Junior C. I'".. Society. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Mid-week Service. 

SUNDAY EVENINGS\ The Pastor's addresses 
on the significant events in the life of St. Paul will be 
continued for three Sunday evenings, with subjects as 
follows: Dec. 3, St. Paul in Athens; Dec. 10, Si. 
Paul in Kphesus; Dec. 17, St. Paul in Rome. 

THE CHURCH COMMITTEE will be glad to 
meet with any who desire to begin the new year by 
uniting with the church on Friday evening, IJec. 29. 
Members of other churches regularly worshipping with 
this church are urged to bring letters of transfer. 

DEATH. After a protracted and painful illness of 
nearly a year, Mr. W. Y. Lawrence, a member of this 
church, died during November. He was a man of 
many experiences, having traveled much about the 
world. His l)ravery through many months of disease 
was a tine tribute to the power of a Christian faith. 

CHRISTMAS SUNDAY. In addition to the 
Christmas music and sermon on the morning of Christ- 
mas Sunday, Dec. 24, thert. will be a special vesper 
service at six o'clock. The choir will be largely 
increased and have the assistance of Mr. Kells. bass, 
and Mr. Perry, tenor. 

CONCERT. An organ recital and concert is to l)e 
given in the church on Monday evening, Dec. 18, by 
Mr. F. L. Stone, organist, with the assistance of Miss 
Lucy A. Allen, soprano. Miss Sarah B. Huff, contralto, 
and a chorus of female voices. The proceeds are for 
the church treasury. 

THE BIBLE CLASS for young people, conductec' 
by the Pastor on Friday evenings, will hold two more 
sessions on Dec. 8 and 15. This will finish a course 
of ten evenings, in which the chapters of Hitchcock's 
"Questions and Answers about the Bible" have been 
successively discussed. It is hoped that another class 
can be started in January for another course of siudv. 

PLEDGES. Within a shori time cards will he 
distributed to the members of the church and congie- 
gation asking for pledges for the coming year. The 
response each year has been more generous than the 
year before. During 1899, there have been nearly one 
hundred weekly pledges in addition to the regular 
contributors through pew rentals and otherwise. A 
larger regular income is needed by the church, owing 
to increased expenses. Can we not all have an indi- 
I'idual part in the maintenance of our church bv each 
one taking a separate pledge.'' 



jflrst Congregational Cburcb in 
Melleslep Ibills 

Organized, February 24, 1847 

REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastur 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

6.30 Y. P. S. C. E. 

7.30 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

NEW MEMBERS. At the close of the prayer- 
meeting on Friday evening, Dec. 22, there will be an 
opportunity for those who wish to unite with the 
church on the first Sunday in January to confer with 
the Committee of the church. A cordial invitation is 
extended to all who worship with us, and are members 
of other churches, to unite with this church, by letter, 
at this time. 

SUNDAY i;VENINGS. Dec. 3, the Pastor will 
speak on "The Gospel according to St. John." Dec. 
17. Missionary Concert in charge of Mr. J. W. Pea- 
body. Dec. 24, Christmas Concert. An unusually 
attractive exercise is in preparation by the Sunday 
.School. Dec. 31 — the last day of the year. This 
last meeting will be devoted to appropriate prayer and 
praise. 

FRII)A\' EVENING MEETINGS. The topics 
for the coming month will be found in the Gospel of 
St. John, as follows: Dec. 8, John 3:1-21; Dec. 15. 
John 3:22-36; Dec. 22. John 4; Dec. 29, John 5 : 1-19; 
Jan. 5, Prejjaratory Lecture. It is the purpose of 
these meetings not to present any one single topic, 
but to give opportunity for thought and prayer upon 
the various topics suggested by the passage of Scrip- 
ture under consideration. 

WO.MEN'S MEETINGS. Dec. 5. Home Mission- 
ary Meeting at 3.00 p. M., with Mrs. Farwell. Mrs. 
E. A. Benner, of Wellesley, a former resident of Salt 
Lake City, willspeakon the subject of "The Mormons." 
Dec. 12. Extra sewing meeting. The work done at 
this meeting will be for some benevolent object. 
There will be a dime collection. Dec. 19, the regular 
sewing meeting and business meeting, followed by a 
social hour. Note: I'he time of the meeting on Dec. 
12 and 19 is 2.30. The place will he announced later. 

THE ANNUAL CHURCH MEETING will be 
held on January 2d. Supper will be served under the 
direction of the Social (.'ommittee of the church, at 
six o'clock. To this supper all church members who 
worshiji with us are cordially invited, also the hus- 
bands or wives of church members are invited. It 
would please us to extend the invitation to the whole 
parish, but, on account of limited accommodations, it 
is necessary to limit the number of invitations. At 
the close of the supper, brief reports will be presented 
from all of the organizations connected with the 
church. .At eight o'clock the members of the church 
will assemble in the small vestry for the annual busi- 
ness meeting, it is hoped that as large a number as 
possible will accept the invitation to the supper and 
that the members of the church will be present at the 
business meeting. 



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Melleslc^ Ibills Unitarian Society 

Organized, 187 1 
REV. JOHN SNYDER, Pastor. 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
t2.oo Sunday School. 

SATURDAY 

9.00 Junior Branch Alliance. 

TUESDAY 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues- 
day. 

Communion Service on the first .Sundays of Jan., 
Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service. 

THE SERVICE installing the Rev. John Snyder 
as pastor was held on the evening of Wednesday, 
November 22nd. 

PROGRAM 

Hymn. '' From all that dwell below the skies." 
ScRiiTURK Reading. Rev. Edward II. Chandler. 
Invocation. Rev. Edward J. Young. 
.So 1.0. " Prodigal Son." , 

Mr. James H. Rickertson 
Si.RMON. Rev. .Samuel M. Crothers. 
Hymn. " One Holy Church of God Appears." 

Read by Prof. Howard P. Grose. 
Insiallino Pkayer. Rev. Henry F. Jenks. 
Riciii' Handof Fellowship. Rev. Julian C. Jaynes. 
Solo. " If with All Your Heart." 

Mr. James H. Ricketson. 
Charge to the Pe(JI'LE. Rev. George Patchelor. 
.Welcome to the Tow.n. Rev. Parris T. Farwell. 
Hymn. "Come, Thou Ahnighty King." 

Read by Rev. Charles \V. Wendte. 
I'EN'KDKTioN. The I'astor. 

The opening hymn would have been read l)y the 
Rev. William I^. Hayes, had lie not been detained at 
the bedside of his brother. Among the impiessive 
features of the service were the admonitions to the 
Society to use the pleasant memories of the past as 
an incentive to activity in increasing the fruits of the 
future; the breath of the ever-pre>ent opportunitx for 
higher life in the daily work of eacli one in each day; 
and the broad, all-sufficient foiuidation of the univer- 
sal church, on which stand in harinonious fellowship 
all men of all creerls, who earnestly and honestly try 
to find the full measure of physical, mental, and s]:)ir- 
itual life. 

The cordial co-nperytion of the clergymen of the 
churches of Wellesley in this, a service which it may 
be hoped is filled with promise for the communirv, as 
well as for this church, is a source of deeji gratifica- 
tion to all memliers of this Society. • 

PICTURE PLAY. Those who heard and saw 
Mr. I'dack's excellent jjicture plav, " Miss Jerry," will 
be glnd to know that Mr. Mbick will appear again in 
Maugus Hall, under the auspices of the Wellesley 
Hills liranch Alliance, 'i'his time he will gi\'e "A 
Caj^ital Courtship." Washington city is the back- 
ground of the love story. It introduces the New]iort 
Tennis Tourmment. I'resirlenis Cleveland and 
McKinley hnve both given sittings for this entertain- 
ment. Arrangements have lieen com])leted for I )ei'. 
13. Tickets now rearly, fifty cents. No reserved 
seats. 



St. Hn&rew's Cburcb 

Organized, 1891 

REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Prayer 
12.00 Sunday School. 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the Month, 10.30 A. m. 
Third Sunday, 9.30 A. m. 
Other .Sundays, 7.30 a. m. 

TUESDAY 

3.30 Ministering Children's League. 

SATURDAY 

8.00 Girl's Friendly Society. 

The meetings of the Women's Au.\iliary will be 
announced. 

ADVENT. Next Sunday marks the beginning of 
a new Christian year. It is a time to take a fresh start 
in our spiritual career, " forgetting those things that 
are behind and reaching forth unto those things that 
are before." 

CHURCH SUPPORT. During next month pledge 
cards will be sent to every parishioner for subscrip- 
tions to meet the expenses of the church. We have 
had heavy demands upon us this year and will need a 
larger income than ever to square our indebtedness. 
Let the pledges be filled out as promptly as possible, 
so that the Trea.surer may know what the annual 
income is to be. 

CHRISTMAS falls this year on Monday. The 
trimming of the chapel will have to be done on the 
afternoon of the day before, but with plenty of workeis 
the task will not be difficult. 

The service on Christmas Day will be at half-past 
ten, consisting of Morning Prayer and Holy Com- 
munion. The children's carol service will be held on 
Christmas eve, Sund.iy, Dec. 24, and the Chrisimas 
tree on Tuesday, December 26. 

THE RECTORY is about completed and will lie 
taken possession of ne.xt week. Much satisfaction 
has lieen expressed on all sides with the beauty of the 
house both inside and outside. It will certainly be a 
pleasant and comfortable home. The Rector wishes 
to take this oppirtu' ity to express his deep apprecia- 
tion of the efforts of the Puilding Committee who 
have given so much of their time and attention to 
make the building a success. Thanks are due.espe- 
ciallv to the Chairman, Mr. R. K. Sawyer, for his 
untiring interest and labor. 

GIRLS' FR11':NDLY society. Saturday even- 
ing, Nov. 5th, Miss Woolley, from the College, gave 
an enjoyable and suggestive talk upon "The I'eauti- 
ful in Life." Several new membeisand two new as.'-o- 
ciates will be admitted to membership in the Societx 
at a special service in January. 

A sale of ajirons and other articles made by mem- 
bers of the Societv will be held in the (hiild room on 
Saturday eveniiig,' Dec 15. Plans are now in progress 
among the members for an entertainment to l)e given 
the last of January, on the anniversary of the forma- 
tion of the Society here, three years ago. 



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St. /iDar^'s Cburcb 

Organized, 1812 
REV. H. USHER MONRO, Rkctor 

Religions Services 

SUNDAY 

9.30 Sunday School. 
IG.45 Morning Prayer and Sermon. 
4.30 Evening Prayer and Address. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the month, 1045 ^- ^• 
Third Sunday in month, 8.00 A. M. 

Holy Days, 'Service and Holy 

Communion, 10.00 A. M. 

ST. MARY'S CHURCH GUILD will hold its first 
social meeting on Thursday evening, Dec. 7, in the 
paiisli house, at 7.30 o'clock. 

THK CANTATA OF RUTH is being rehearsed by 
a large chorus, to be given in January for the Ijenefit 
of tlie organ fund. Mr. lUiffum, the choir-master, has 
the leading of the chorus. 

CHRISTMAS DA V occurs on Monday this year. 
Tlie Children's Sunday school P'esiival Service will 
come very appropriately on Sunday afternoon, Dec. 
24, at the usual afternoon service at 4.30 o'clock. It 
is expected tliat the new organ will be used that day 
and on Christmas Day for the first time. 

CITY MISSIONS OF THE CHURCH. Rev. F. 
H. .■\llen will preach in -St. Mary's on Sunday, Dec. 10, 
at the morning service. He will make his annual 
appeal for the work of city missions under his care. 
It is a large work and should appeal to the hearts of 
all Christian people. Mr. Allen asks for no collec- 
tion, liut tells his needs and leaves the giving of help 
to the generous impulses of all who hear the facts. 

THE Ni'.W ORGAN. St. Mary's church is to 
have a new organ. It will be put in place during 
Christmas week. The old organ has been in use since 
1848. It is more than fifty-one years old, since it was 
formerly used in a Congregational church, in Chailes- 
town, Mass. It was built by George Stevens, of Bf>s- 
ton. It has done long and faithful service, and will 
now give way for a larger and more modern instru- 
ment. Mr. George H. Ryder, of Boston, is the builder. 
He has a high reputation for skill and taste in the 
building of fine organs, and has promised the Church 
Committee one of the best that his factory can pro- 
duce. 

WOkTHY CHARITY. We would commend to 
the readers of Our Town the Peabody Home for 
Crippled Children, now in the midst of us. It is do- 
ing a noble work, which is sustained solely by the 
benevolence of friends. The Rector of St. Mary's 
has charge of the services on Sunday afternoons. 
The children are made happy by such visits, and by 
the many gifts generously bestowed by thoughtful 
people. Many little children have been permanently 
cured, others relieved or made so comfortable as to 
■ender life more attractive and their ills less burden- 
some. The writer knows of no object more worthy 
of the sympathy and constant aid of our community. 
Service on Sunday at the Home is at three o'clock, 
and the public is cordially invited to attend. 



THE WELLESLEY CLUB 

Tliis winter's meetings of the Wellesiey 
Club have been marked by two vigorous 
meetings concerned with town interests. 
The first canvassed the electric lig-ht situation 
pretty thoroughly; the second, reported in 
this issue, gave serious attention to the men- 
ace to Wellesiey in the shape of an unneces- 
sary electric railroad. Sucli meetings as 
these make the Club of the greatest possible 
service to the town. An intelligent public 
sentiment and a genuine public spirit are 
always the things most needed in any com- 
munity, for when these have been gained 
there is no great difficulty in stirring up con- 
certed action for the public good. The 
Wellesiey Club has done much in the past to 
educate this sentiment and arouse tliis s[)irit. 
It can do much more in the future. All cit- 
izens are invited to apply for membership. 

The officers foi- the current year ai'e as fol- 
lows: President, Joseph K. Fiske; vice- 
president, John 1). Hardy; secretary, Clar- 
ence A. Bunker; treasure!', IJ. K. Sawyer; 
curator, Henry I). Winton; directors, the 
Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, 
Seldon L. Prown, Ilichard Cunningham, 
Noah A. Plympton, J. J. E. Rothery. 

Wellesiey 
Steam Laundry 

Skirts, Dresses, Shirt Waists, Curtains, Shades, 
Draperies and all kinds of Fancy Ironing nicely done. 

Plain ironing by the dozen. 

All work handled carefully. No bleach or acid is 
used, nor anything that will injure the clothes, which 
are dried in the open air, weather permitting. 

Prices reasonable. Work called for and delivered. 

We should be pleased to receive your work. A 
card to the WELLESLEY STEAM LAUNDRY 
will receive prompt attention. 

J, T. MELLUS, Proprietor. 

We use nothing- hut the very best of supplies. 

Kitchen Furniture 

We have at hand all the necessary kitchen 
furniture one needs to make a kitchen complete. We 
vi^ish to call your attention to our line of 
Granite Iron Ware. 

Electric and steam 
cars stop in front of 
our store. Call and 
see us. 



Fiske & Co 




NATICK 

Hardware, Plumbing and Heating 



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DR. M. O. NELSON 

DENTIST 

Croicn and Bridge Work a Specialty 

ROOn 4, WALCOTT BUILDING, NATICK 

O. J. WASHBURN 

DENTIST 

Room 26, Clark's Block, Nafick 
Established 1872. Office Hours : 8 a m. to 5 p. m. 

The Wellelsey Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 
EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D., Supt. 
Washington St., Wellesley. Tel.: Wellesley 38-3. 

TUTORING 

In MATHEMATICS, GREI'Jv. and LATIN,— 
iMitrance Requirements or College Conditions. Ad- 
dress : 

GRvXCE B. TOWNSEND, A.. B.. 
Welleslfc?y Hills, Mass. Tutor at Wellesley College 



MRS. W. L. TAYLOR 



Welleslev. 



Teacher of Piano, 
Refer to 

Mr. G. W. Chadwick, Director New England 
Conservatory of Music. 

rW. F. L. STONE 



Teacher of Organ and Piano 

Organist in the 

Welleslev Congresiational Church 



Wellesley 



DANA HALL SCHOOL == WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatorv to college. 

Cieneral ("ourse for Non-Collegians. 

.Special Advantages ir. English Literature, Art, 
History of Art, and Music. 
Miss Helen Tkmi'LE Cooke, Principal. 
Mrs. H.A.RKiErT E. Pace, 1 



Miss JEAN.NIE I'^VANS, ^ 



Associate Principals. 



WE SERVE THE BEST ICE CREAM SODA, 
WITH CHOICE FRUIT FLAVORS, IN NATICK 

Burke & Dolan no. isclapk-s block 
Natick 



F. A. COOLIDGE 



O. E. STEVENS 



F. A. COOLIDGE & CO., 

DEALERS IN 

Choice .. Meats ,. and .. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 

Goods, etc. 

WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY. 



RIDGE KILL FARHS DAIRY 

Eor Four Months, commencing June i,for 
the convenience of their customers, the 
Ridge Hill Farms Dairy will make a Morn- 
ing and Afternoon delivery of milk and 
cream at Wellesley and Wellesley Hills. 

Wn. Q. SMITH, Supt. 

F. DIEHL, JR. <& CO. 
Livery and Boardin<^ Stable 

Central Street, Wellesley 

Meet all trains Telephone No. 16-2 

J. TAILBY&SON 

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FLORISTS 

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Publisher, Charles M. Eaton, Wellesley Hills. 

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EDITORIAL 

THE earth is a ci'eatui'e of unceitain sum' 
mers, but we must uotcoiuniit the grave 
discourtesy of unfairly addiiio- to liei- 
years. Since she was baptized into the 
Clii'istian faitli a o()()d many mistakes liave 
been made about her age. She will not enter 
her twentieth century till Jan. 1, 19(11. Put 
away your thunboyant oratory, l>relhren, for 
a year; a new cenlurv has not be<j;un. 



WHY shouldn't we imitate the great 
retail stores and have a "•bargain 
day/' at the beginning of the new 
year? We have many goo<ls on hand that 
it will be uii[)i-otital)le to cari-y into the new 
time. There is that nasty temper. You 
ought to dispose of that at any sacrifice, if 
anybody' is fool enouiih to buv it. Aren't 
you carrying a stock of lazines.s and self- 
indulgence which is taking up room that 
belongs to bettei- things"? Look into your 
"notion depai'tment." You have a lot of 
nu'an, unjust and ungenei'ous notions about 
your neighbi)r which it is unproh'table to 
carry over. Dum]) them on the bargain 
counlei' and get I'id of them at any ])rice. 



Joseph E. Fiske 

WE are happy to present to oui' readers 
in this issue the portrait of Capt. 
Joseph E. Fiske, President of the 
Wellesley Club. Mi'. Fiske is one of the 
most widely known and most influential citi- 
zens of Wellesley, and has always been iden- 
tified with the best interests of the town. 
No one was more influential in the move- 
ment which led to the incorporation of the 
town in LSSl. A pamphlet written by Mi'. 
Fiske at that time presented the case for the 
petitioners in -a most convincing manner. 
Ml'. Fiske is a graduate of Harvai'd in the 
class of '6L In 1K62, he enlisted as a pri- 
vate and was ])romoted step by step until he 
was made captain in the 2nd Mass. Heavv 



Artillery. He was also aide-de-camp on the 
staff of Gen. F. P. Blair, commanding the 
17th Army Corps. He was a prisoner for 
ten months at Andersonville, and Savannah, 
Ga., Charleston and Columbia, S. C., but 
finally escaped and joined the army of Gen- 
eral Sherman. 

In town affaii'S he was selectnum of the 
old town of Needham from 1873 to 1S77. 
He represented the town in the House of 
Representatives in 1874 and in the Senate 
in 1876 and 1877, during which time he was 
chairman of the military committee. He 
was a mendier of the Needham School Com- 
mittee from 1876 to 1881, and of the Welles- 
ley School Committee from 1881 to 1898. 
As evei'y one who votes in Wellesley knows, 
he is also the favoi'iie and most efficient 
moderator of the town meeting. No one 
better undeistands Parliamentary Law, no 
one bettei' knows when and how far to 
enforce it in the popular assembly of the 
])eo])le. Mr. Fiske has now been chosen to 
his second year as president of the Welles- 
ley Clul), and his skillful management is 
apparent in the unprece<lented growth and 
popularity of the Club. 



MR. MOODY IN NORTHFIELD 

MR. MOODY in Northheld is a subject 
difficult to treat in a limited s])ace, as 
this involves a view of the man as hus- 
band, father, friend, neighbor, founder and 
leader of schools, organizer and direct<H' of 
Christian conventions, moving sj)irit of a 
large book business, displaying in each direc- 
tion the energetic, tireless, dominant spirit 
known throusfh Christendom in connection 
with his great evangelistic cam])aigns. 

Northtield was his l)irth-place and the 
Scene of his earliest j'cars. The story of his 
life then and on to his return in '75 needs 
little comment at this time. Since then his 
work has been closely connected with his 
early home, and he has made it known the 
world over. 

His own home has been a center of bless- 
ing, and before the building of Hotel North- 
tieid was the place of entertainment of count- 
less friends from all over the woi'ld. 

His love and devotion to his wife and 
children were those to be expected from a 
man of so large and impulsive a nature, and 
were only ecpialled by their love to him. 
For a number of years, his children have 
been heart and soul devoted to his work. 



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His daughter once remarked, "The influence 
of iny father's sermons and preaching have 
been as nothing in comi)arison with our 
father in our home;" and his son's beautiful 
tribute in the Xorthtield church a few daj's 
ago, with the loved face before him silent in 
death, bore similar testimony. 

His larger family, the schools, received 
from him the love and care of a father, and 
he naturally received from them the warm- 
est love in return. The appearance of 
"I). L.," as he was familiarly called by his 
V)()ys and girls, in the chapel or dining-ioom, 
alter a long absence, was always the signal 
for ])rol<>nged and vociferous applause. 

Children he tenderly loved and they 
always loved him. In the eyes of all the 
little people of the town "big Mr. Moody" 
was a hero. His children's parties, given 
either at the Xorthfield or on his own lawn, 
were great events. 

As a friend and neighbor, he was continu- 
ally doing countless little acts which were 
a continual surpi-ise to the reci])ients, as it 
did not seem possible for a num so burdened 
even to think of such things, much less to 
put tlicin into execution, drifts of fruit and 
vegetables from his gai'dens wvrv constantlv 
making their way to less foi'tnnate neighboi-s, 
— a basket of strawberries, Ijought in some 
distant city m February, ami carefully cai- 
ried to some Xorthfield friend, a rai'e azalea 
or rhododendron "for your lawn," a check 
for a generous amount to sotne teacher tired 
out and obliged to stop for rest, a trip to 
Europe to another, words of hope and 
encouragement to a young discouraged one, 
a prayei' and "(iod bless you" to oni' leav- 
ing for another field of work ai-e but a few 
of the instances of the pei'sonal interest he 
was constantly showing his friends. 

PTis winters were usually s))ent away from 
Xorthfield iti evangelistic work, his summers 
in Xorthfield in carrying on the great con- 
ventions; the spring and fall seasons were 
devoted to the schools and to rest. 

To those who loved him and worked with 
him in Xorthfield, and sui-idy there is no other 
place where he could be understood and 
loved as there, his last days were a fitting- 
close to his large and strenuous lift\ 'I'he 
final hour was a trium])liant and vit^torious 
one, and the heavenly visions gi'anted him 
seemed the right of one who had brought 
the heavenly visions to thousands. 

MRS. HAIMMKI' POKD CUTLER. 

Mt. Ile.rmon, J<i),., 1900. 



FEEDING THE FIVE THOUSAND 

IT 18 almost a miracle in these days to 
"feed the five thousand," even when the 

arrangements for doing so have been 
underway for several months. And to those 
who saw the multitude throng into Mechan- 
ics' Hall, in Boston, on Christmas Day, it 
seemed an impossibility to be able to give to 
each one a dinner such as we were told had 
been pre])ared. But the Salvation Army 
were equal to their task, and the heai'tiness 
and cheer wiiich they put into the work 
could not fail to bring forth well-nigh mirac- 
ulous results. 

To the readers of Ouu Town who were in 
Boston, duiing the month before Christmas, 
the sight of the man or woman in the Salva- 
tion Ai my unifoini, giving to each passerby 
an oppoi'tunity to help in bi'inging cheer to 
some forlorn heart, was a familiar one. 
Many, dt)ubtless, improved this opportunity, 
and more perhaps would have done so could 
they have realized just how much it meant 
to many a })oor creature to eat a turkey din- 
ner and to |)artake of the good-will and hap- 
piness which was scattered broadcast, and 
which must needs be contagious. 

It was hard to Ijelieve (hat the great hall, 
which many of us associate with "Food" and 
"Mechanics' Fairs," dog shows, etc., had 
been transformed into a huge dining-rooii', 
but, when we looked across its length and 
breadth and saw row after I'ow of tables 
filled with all good things, we knew that 
what had been ])roinised was forthcoming. 

The dinner iioui- had been set for half-past 
twelve, but the crowd had been collecting 
outside until, befoiv noon, it had I'eached 
several thousaiuls. Many hands weie busy 
all the morning, inside the hall, in making 
the tables attracti\e, and it was indeed a 
cheeiing sight to see the workeis hurrying 
hither and yon to get the many things which 
make a Chi-istmas dinner what it has come 
to be. 

The tables were laid with white paper, 
and at each plate was placed an oi-ange, 
apple, bunch of gi'apes, handful of nuts, a 
dish of i-rnnbei'ry sauce, a pickle, I'adish, 
piece of celery and a mug for coffee. Latei-, 
when all were seated, a plate was given to 
each one, on which was a slice of turkey 



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and cold meat, boiled or mashed potatoes, THE MINISTERS' NIGHT AT THE 
turnip and squash. After this generous din- 
ner, all were served with a piece of pie, WELLESLEY CLUB 
either mince, squash, lemon or cranberry. 

Every one was given all the meat and vege- JN recognition of the fact that the churches 

tables he wanted, but two cups of coffee and 1 of the town are a social as well as a relig- 

one piece of pie was made a limit for all. ious force, the Directors of the Wellesley 

By the united efforts of hundreds of peo- Club invited all the Wellesley pastors to 

pie, who had given their Christmas day to attend the December meeting and speak as 

this work, the doors were opened promptly they chose concerning the relation of the 

at the appointed time. When the crowds of Church to the community. All but Father 

men, women and children (mostly men and Callanan, of St. John's Roman Catholic 

boys, by the way) surged in, one felt the church, accepted the invitation. Rev. H. U. 

greatness of the undertaking with renewed Monro, of St. Mary's Episcopal church, at 

force, and knew that he had'all he could do Newton Lower Falls, was also present and 

for the next two hours in helping serve these spoke briefly. A summary of the addresses 

hungrv, destitute people. " is presented herewith. 

The"^ children were sent up stairs, where Mr. Farwell: "The Church is an institu- 
the tables had been prepared for them, and tion seeking to promote the highest social 
soon the air was filled with children's voices welfare of the community. The kingdom of 
singing "My Country 'Tis of Thee." The God is simply society brought up to its high- 
noise of merry-making and laughter was est ideal. The religious life is the normal, 
beyond description, and one felt glad to see ideal life, and is held up by the Church as 
so much happiness about him. a goal to be attained. No other orgaiiiza- 

1'he tables down stairs, however, were tion does this kind of work. The Chuich 

filled with care-worn, anxious faces, upon ought to have as much support as the school, 

which were stamped, indelibly, the marks of for it does an equally essential work for the 

poverty and destitution. To one who had community. Wellesley spends *'iO,( ( (» for 

never seen poverty and unhappiness in any schools and only |;l-,00() for churches. Give 

such degree, it vvas a time to make him the churches wliat they deserve to have and 

thoughtl\il and to wonder if there were not then they can provide more trained service 

many luxuries which he could dispense with, and accomplish greater results." 

so that some other less fortunate person Mr. Hayes: "The Church expects of the 

might have some of the things which seemed community four things, which, in turn, the 

to him the bare necessities of life. community expects of the Church. These 

A large part of the tickets had been dis- aregenerous recognition, reasonable patience, 

tributed before hand with gi-eat care, in large expectations and hearty co-operation, 

order to give the deserving poor an oppor- The Church asks recognition as a neces- 

tunity to have a glimpse into the joy of the sary force, having purpose and worth. It 

Christmas season. * inculcates righteousness through developed 

Special tickets had been given out besides, personality, and holds up an ideal Person to 
entitling the bearer to a basket, in which whom it would lead men. In spite of fail- 
was an uncooked Christmas dinner to be ures it succeeds. It also asks to be treated 
taken home. Four liundred such baskets as a friend, with reasonable patience. It 
had been prepared with food in each for five needs advice and the helping hand, not cold 
persons, so that in this way two thousand water. Its ideal is beyond immediate attain- 
people were enabled to have a Christmas ment. The community must hold the Church 
dinner in their own homes. up to its best by expecting much of it. An 

After all had eaten, the great Christmas indifferent community will always mean a 

tree, nearly forty feet high, was unloaded of pooi- church. The co-operation a church 

its gifts, and hundreds of children were seeks is not simply a full treasury and full 

made happy with some toy or useful article. pews, though these are very necessary. It 

And so the afternoon ended with thou- asks the community to take an interest in its 

sands of people gladdened, and we hope made purposes by living them out in daily life, 

better, by getting together and enjoying the Test what the Church preaches of character 

hospitality of those more fortunate. and purity of life and brotherhood." 

GERTRUDE A. POMEROY. Mr. Chandler: "The day of voluntary 



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religion lias come, and I for one am glad of 
it. A church that has a congregation which 
attends only from a sense of compulsion is 
built on an unstable foundation. The church 
is only a means to an end, and not an end in 
itself. The end is the kingdom of God, as 
has already been set forth. Anything in 
doctrine or method or ritual that does not 
help in the attainment of that end ought to 
be given up. The reason that different 
churches have held tenaciously to special 
forms of ritual and particular doctrines is 
simply because these do serve the kingdom 
of God. We can unite on a few funda- 
mental articles of faith and the truly ser- 
viceable methods. It is suggested that min- 
isters shoot over the heads of the people. It 
would be better to say with tlie Hindoo ser- 
vant, who was asked how an Knglish visitor 
succeeded when out hunting, "Oh, he shot 
.divinely, but God was very merciful to the 
birds." Perhaps God has been very merci- 
ful to some of the Wellesley birds. But our 
aini is improving, and some time we shall 
hit just the right spot." 

Mr. Snyder: "The ancient world had a 
substratum of religion in its patriotism. 
Home had gods, but its supreme god was tin* 
intangible but real spirit of life underlying- 
all its activities. The city itself was sacred. 
Christianity developed the importance of the 
individual. Something of the sacredness of 
the whole has been lost, except as it appears 
in the attitude toward the nation. We need 
to revive the sense of loyalty to the com- 
munity life. Concentrated public opinion 
effects great results. Why not have more 
concerted effort in our own town? If we 
subordinate individual interests to the pub- 
lic good and work as one man, we can give 
Wellesley an influence in the affairs of state 
and nation entirely di8i)roportionate to its 
size." 

Mr. Monro: "The Church in a commun- 
ity is what you laymen make it. Y^ou have 
the resources, the brains, the energy, the 
children. Whatever you are the church will 
be. The church does not exist by reason of 
the clergy or for them. It is made up af the 
laity and cannot exist without them." 

Further remarks were made bv Messrs. 
Loring, Peabody, Perrin, Plympton and 
Sheridan. The latter represented St. John's 
Catholic church in the absence of the Rec- 
tor. He said that in four points the Catho- 
lic Church exerted a strong influence in a 
community. It inculcated respect for law 



and order in general by the strictness of its 
laws and its order in the church itself. It 
taught a serious respect for Sunday by its 
emphasis on church going. It made mar- 
riage a sacred and indiss(»luble bond. 
Through its confessional it was a direct and 
powerful infltience upon personal character. 
The attendance at this meeting of the 
Club was largje, and the ministers were very 
glad to have the opportunity of speaking to 
the members upon the subject of the evening. 



MOODY— A BUILDER 

IT IS a signiflcant fact that all classes of 
men, all shades of theological belief, 
honor the name of Dwight L. Moody. 
His hold upon men outgi-ew all sectional 
bounds and became national — aye, inter- 
national. He possessed exactly those qual- 
ities that the men of the world like. His 
a))plication of business energy to religion 
did not repulse, it won men of business. He 
had more pt)ints of contact with life at 
large than any man of his time. His was a 
business organism; he fitted it into aggressive 
Christianity and succeeded. He lived to 
construct, not to destroy. 

.Among the many views of Moody that 
might be taken, we choose "Moodv — A 
Builder." 

(1.) He was a builder of character. 
Moody's aim was that of the ])ractised hun- 
ter — true, unerring. He aimed at the heart. 
It was this direct effort that won him a host 
of friends. It produced a transformation at 
the centie of a man's life. "^I'liis great evan- 
gelist reached aching, sinful, rebellious, skep- 
tical men. His acknowledged purpose made 
the opening of the heart-door possible. Mr. 
Moody's hold on young men was phenomenal. 
The students of Oxford and Cambridge at first 
ridiculed, but they returned to do him honor. 
Glasgow, Edinburgh, Yale, .Amherst, Prince- 
ton, listened to him with unabated interest. 
To the question asked of a Yale student, 
"Whom do the New Haven men like most 
to hear?" the answer was given, "Moody." 
He huilt up character wherever he went. 
He made his hearers feel that to be Christ- 
like was the most vital thing in the world. 

(2.) AhwWA^Y oi institutio)ix. Onelook 
at Northfield and Mt. Hernion reveals 
Moody. His passion for building educa- 
tional institutions for Christ grew out of his 
love for the young and his belief that in this 
world of plenty no ambitious son or daugh- 



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ter of a poor man should fail of au education. 
The matter of money was secondary to the 
burning question, "Do I want an education?" 
Moody had faith in men — men of means 
included. Head the names of the buildings 
at Northiield and see what power Mood}' 
had over rich men. 

. (3.) He was a builder of methods. 
Many methods were original with Moody, 
and they becatne contagious. He popular- 
ized Bible study by topics. He made the 
Holy Book a reality by showing what it had 
to say to you and me on the subject of love, 
faith, sin, salvation, heaven. Luther said, "I 
thank God for the personal pronouns," Moody 
was more specific and said in substance: "I 
thank God for the personal pronoun, second 
person singular — you." He was ever ready 
with an illustration — homely but pungent, 
bare-faced but fitting its place. One of his 
finest qualities was imagination. It was 
never Highty, but luminous and within the 
reach of every mind. By a masterly sweep 
of his pictorial powers he could make Abra- 
ham and Moses, Peter and Paul men of flesh 
and blood. Who that heard hijii in his fav- 
orite character sermon ever foryrot how visi- 
bly real he made Elijah and Elisha walking 
down to the banks of the Jordan together? 
We listen and hear again the voice of the 
youngei' prophet as the elder went u]) in the 
chai'iot, "My father, my father, the chariot 
of Israel and the horsemen tlu'i'eof." 

Moody's method of preaching was so 
squarely from the shoulder that all practical 
men learned to listen. They care<1 no! for 
any slips in the use oi English. The method 
of the preacher was so intensely urgent and 
so natural to the man that they felt his 
i»ower. His mastery over men lay not so 

It.- ■ 

much in his appeal to the emotions as has 
been claimed by some, but in his wholesome, 
unvai'nished appeals to common sense, mak- 
ing the (iospel truth the vehicle of his 
a])proach. He was a wise winner of souls. 

The receipts from the sale of the Gospel 
Song Series were |1, 125,000. Not one dime 
went into Moody's pocket, but was diverted 
into channels of benevolent work. His 
honesty as a builder by methods that seemed 
to him wise secured hundreds of thousands 
of dollars for education and Y. M. C. A. 
work. 

(4.) He was a builder of opportunity. 
Moody sought work. He never waited for 
it to come to him. His service for Christ 
in Chicago opened up a field where work was 



sadly needed. Like the good Samaritan, he 
went where the suffering man was. He gath- 
ered in the urchins of the street. He built 
a church out of material unchurched. His 
zeal shocked the fastidious, but it did the 
work. He was not afraid to advertise his 
own name, provided the name of the Master 
occupied the chief place. He followed the 
course of commerce and population and fixed 
his standards where the people were assem- 
bled. His campaign during the World's 
Fair at Chicago was as wisely timed as the 
performances of Buffalo Bill. 

Moody's respect for the press was only 
surpassed by its respect for him. The news- 
papers have always supported Moody with a 
sort of'chivalric attachment. Now, that he 
has gone, the secular press vies with the 
religious in doing him honor. The I'ribune, 
Sun and Advertiser make the spiritual power 
of this man of God quite as prominent as the 
Congregationalist, the Register and the 
Watchman. . • 

(5.) He was a builder of Jtope. "Give 
me a great thought that I may live on it." 
says Herder. Moody lived on the great 
thoughts of God. He cherished the inspir- 
ing thoughts of men. He inhaled them. He 
breathed them into the life of men. He was 
a born leader of men. Yes, but he knew 
what would lead men farthest and carry th^m 
highest. He could sway men of the broad- 
est culture and the narrowest; men of the 
greatest learning and of the least. One of 
the most thrilling scenes connected with the 
great meetings in Boston, in 1S77, was a 
iratherintr of clertryiien exclusively. There 
were more than two hundred and fifty pres- 
ent. Among the most prominent men in 
that nssembly was Phillips Brooks. 

The power of Moody was not in theology, 
it was in spiritual vitality. He inspired the 
world with hope. He brought to man the 
secret of a life of joy — God, Christ, salva- 
tion, resurrection. 

It was the writer's privilege to hear Mr. 
Moody in the American chapel, Paris, in 
1SS2.' He spoke in his mother tongue, in 
his homespun fashion. Desiring that the 
Parisians should understand him, he said : 
"Tomorrow I shall be translated." Thank 
God his nobler translation has been deferred 
these eighteen years during which his larger 
work for man has been done. Now it has 
been accomplished in the home of his nativ- 
ity, at the call of the Father. 

.TOSEPH B, SEARURY. 



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Cdellesle^ Conareaational Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

£0.30 .Morning Worsliip. 

(2.00 Sunday School and Bible Classes. 

6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 

7.15 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

J. 00 Woman's Union. 

THURSDAY 

4.00 Junior C. E. Society. 

KRIDAY 

7.45 Mid-week Service. 



STATISTICS FOR 1899. During the year there 
were received into the membership of the Church: 
Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Allis, Miss Tannie A. Allis, Pro- 
fessor and Mrs. A. E. Blount, Miss Mary Annette 
Blount, .Miss Janet McPherson, Miss Helen T. Cooke 
.Mr. and Mrs. R. R. Allan, Miss Grace C. Farnham. 
.Mr. Frank S. Farnham, Mr. Henry C. Coulding, Mrs. 
Betsey H. Reed, Dr. and Mrs. W. T. falbot. Miss 
Ella E. Taintor, Miss Florence A. Goodnow, Miss 
Jane P. Allen, Miss Mary Katharine Banner, Miss 
Bessie H. Tucker, Miss Gertrude E. Chandler. The 
Church has lost by death Mrs. Nancy E. Simons, Mr. 
W. Y. Lawrence and Mr. Robert R. Allan; by dis- 
missal, Mrs. Carolyn Banner Whitney, Mrs. Barbara 
Merrill Bartlett, Miss Blenda Benson, Miss Jessie Pea- 
body, Miss Nella Robbins and Mr. W. S. Wilder. 

The memljership on Jan. ist was 284; 89 male, 195 
female. 

NEW MEMHERS. On Jan. 7th, Mr. Elisha Taft 
and Mrs. Marilla M. Taft will he received into the 
Church on confession of faith. 

THE LEND-A-HAND CLUH. A circle of girls 
with this name has been meeting weekly at the par- 
sonage during the past two months, jjreparing a 
Christmas surprise for a colored school in Virginia. 
A barrel containing clothes, toys, scrap books, 
mounted pictures, pop corn, and nearly one hundred 
candy bags was packed and forwarded in time for 
Christmas. The public school pupils tilled most of 
the bags and furnished the pictures. The circle will 
continue to meet fortnightly to take up other similar 
forms of helpful service. 

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the church for the 
hearing of reports and the transaction of business 
will be held probably on Jan. 22. Every member 
should be present. A social reunion and roll-call will 
probably follow later during the same week. 

SPECIAL SERVICES will be held during the 
Week of Prayer, beginning Jan. 7. The general 
topic for the week will be " Personal Devotion to the 
Kingdom of Christ." The meetings of the week 
will be as follows: Monday evening, Jan. 8, a gen- 
eral meeting of prayer for the deepening of personal 
devotion. Tuesday afternoon, at three oclock, a 
meeting for women; subject, " What can I do in the 
women's work ?" Wednesday evening, a meeting for 
young people ; subject, " What can I do for the young 
people of this community .>" Thursday evening, a 
general meeting; subject, "What can I do for my 
church?" Friday evening, a general meeting; sub- 
ject, " What can I do for those who are not Christfans .?" 



Jfirst Congregational Cbnrcb in 
Melleslcp Ibills 

Organized, February 24, 1847 

REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL. Pastor 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

6.30 Y. P. S. C. E. 

7.30 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

WO.MEN'S MEETINGS. Jan. 9, Foreign Mis- 
sionary meeting with Mrs. N. H. Swift at 3.00 P. M. 
Address by Miss Crosswaithe, a missionary from 
India. Jan. 16, regular Sewing Meeting with Mrs. 
Vaughn, at 2.30 p. M. Jan. 23, extra sewing meeting 
for benevolent work with Mrs. Vaughn, at 2.30 p. M. 

CO.MMUNION SERVICE. The first morning 
service of the new year is a communion service. The 
Church cordially invites all among us who love our 
Lord Jesus Christ and are endeavoring to forward His 
kingdom to particij)ate in this communion service. 
It especially urges all members of the church to make 
an earnest effort to be present. 

IHE WEEK OF PRAYER. General subject: 
Our Church and Its Work. Monday, Jan. 8, The 
Worshipping Church. Tuesday, The Home and the 
Church. Wednesday, The Young People in Sunday 
School and V. P. S. C. E. Thursday, The Church 
and the Communitx. Friday. The Church and the 
Kingdom of God in All the World. The value and 
fruitfulness of these meetings will depend upon the 
hearty co-operation of all who are interested in these 
themes. Attendance, especially at the earliei meet- 
ings, is earnestly lequested. 

SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES. Jan. 7, meet- 
ing in the vestry, when reports will be gi\en by the 
secretaries of the various organizations of the chun h. 
It is hoped that there will be a large attendance and 
that interest in the work of the coming year ma\ be 
increased. Jan. 14, a praise service arranged by the 
church Music Committee and given in tie church. 
Jan. 21, Missionary Concert, under the charge of the 
Missionary Committee; Mr. Peabody, chairman. 
Topic: The Work of the Seven .Societies. Jan. 28, a 
church prayer and conference meeting. Topic; How 
Can We Strengthen the .Spiritual Work of the 
Church.' 

THE ANNUAL MEETING on Tuesday evening, 
Jan. 2nd, was the largest of any similar meeting in 
recent years. About seventy-five were seated at the 
tables and the business session was fully attended. 
A valuable report was presented by Mr. .Sargent for 
the Church Committee, and Rev. E. G. Porter fol- 
lowed with greeting and congratulation. Two new 
officers were elected, Mrs. N. H. Swift on the Church 
Committee, and Mr. M. B. Pronk on the Prudential 
Committee. A Music Committee was also chosen as 
follows: Mr. T. W. Travis, Mr. V. J. Loring, Miss 
Conant, Miss Olivia Hazelton and Mrs. G. Bradford, 
Tr. 



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lidellesleii Ibills mnitariau Society 

Organized, 187 i 
REV. JOHN SNYDER, Pastor. 
Relioiotis Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunilay Scliool. 

SATURDAY 

9.00 Junior Branch Alliance. 

TUESDAY 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues- 
day. 

('ommunion Service on the tirst Sundays of Jan., 
Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service. 

THE SOCIETY gave a reception to Mr. and Mrs. 
Snyder on Friday evening, Dec. 29. 

MISS SARAH THACHER died on Monday, Jan. 
1st, and was buiied on Thursday, at 2.00 i'. M., Jan. 4. 

BEGINNING JAN. 14, Mr. Snyder will preach a 
series of sermons on the (!ospe! in the Book of Gene- 
sis. 

rilE SUNDAY SCHOOL Committee have issued 
a three months' calendar for the use of teachers, 
scholars and parents. 

THE COLI.I'.CTION taken at the children's ser- 
vice on Sunday, Dec. 24, was for the benetit of the 
I'eahotly Home for Incurables. 

.\1,EIANCE. l"he regular meeting of the Alliance 
was held on Dc-c. 12. An interesting pa|)er on '' Mod- 
ern Art in Holland "was given by Miss Allen, of 
West Newton. The attendance was smaller than 
usual, owing to the storm of wind and rain. The 
C'hristmas meeting was omitied, and the next in the 
course will be held Jan. 9, wlien Miss bertha l-ang- 
Mi lid will speak on '•Cheerful Letter Work." All 
women are cordially invited. ^ 

THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL has been appro- 
.priately observed at the church this season. An 
artistic scheme uf decoration drawn by Mr. H. I). 
Winton, was most successfully carried out l)y the 
Conmittee and a corps of assistants. During the 
week preceeding Christmas the church was o]3en even- 
ings, and young and old members of the Society 
joined in twining the green garlands. As early as 
the sixteenth of December, the fragrant ground pine 
was g I'hered from the home woods and stowed away 
for use. bv the young people, who enjoyed the strnw 
ride under the ch ijjeronage of Miss Adams and Mr. 
.Snydei . 

On the afternoon of Saturday, Dec. 23, a most 
successful Christmas tree was gi\en to the .Sunday 
School bv their Committee, assisted by the teachers. 
The tree whs introduced to the children by a little 
play, and after the gay Christmas bells were distrih- 
utetl, refreshments were served. Christmas music in 
several solo numbers was rendered by Mr. Myron 
Whitnev, of lioston, and the spirit of peace on earth, 
good will to men hung like the green over the people 
Sunday morning, when the Rev. John Snyder preached 
his first ("hristmas sermon in Wellesley Hills. 



St. Hn^rew's (Iburcb 

Organized, 1891 

REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Religions Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Prayer 
12.00 Sunday School. 
*■ 7.15 Evening Prayer. 
Holy Communion 

FTrst Sunday in the Month, 10.30 A. M. 
Third Sunday, 9.30 A. M. 
Other Sundays, 7.30 A. M. 

TUESDAY 

3.30 Ministering Children's League. 

SATURDAY 

8.00 Girl's Friendly Society. 

The meetings of the Women's Auxiliary will be 
announced. 

GREETING. The Rector wishes all his parish- 
ioners a happy new year. Let us make this last year 
of the nineteenth century rich in character and good 
works, that it may be the crown of all the years that 
are gone. 

PARISH MEEITNC;. The annual meeting of St. 
Andrew's corporation will be held in the chapel on 
Monday evening, Jan. 8, at eight o'clock, for the 
election of officers, hearing of reports, and transaction 
of any business that may properly come before the 
meeting. Let there be a full attendance of all par- 
ishioners qualified to vote in parish affairs. 

GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY. This month 
marks the second anniversary of the organization of 
the Society. Several new members will be admitted 
on Sunday, the 28th. At the recent sale, over twelve 
dollais and a half was made, which, with ten dollars 
already laid in the treasury, will make almost enough 
to purchase a banner to carry in the procession at the 
annual diocesan services in May. 

PAROCHIAL Rl'lPORT. Statistics of the parish 
for the year just past, exclusive of the financial 
report which is not yet made out, include the follow- 
ing items: Baptisms, seven; confirmations, ten; 
marriages, four; burials, none. Communicants, 
admitted ten; received twelve ; died, none; removed, 
twenty-two; present number about eighty-three. 'l"he 
vSunday school reports seven officers and teachers and 
thirty pupils. 

THE RECTOR\'. The Rector is now established 
in his new home, and will be glad to welcome his 
parishioners at all times. He can generally be found 
in his study any afternoon, except Monday from two 
to three. 

MISSIONS. The I''piphany season with its teach- 
ing of Christ's manifestation to the Gentiles, is the 

° . . . . , . . 

most appro])nate time to give attention to the mission- 
ary work of the church. St. Andrew's branch of the 
Woman's Auxiliary to the Board of Missions will 
presently hold weekly meetings at the houses of differ- 
ent members of the Branch to work for the Episcoj)al 
('ifv Mission, Boston. The Ministering Children's 
League will continue to hold its meetings on Wednes- 
days as usual at the rectory. 



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WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 



WINTER TERM. Jan. 4, instead of Jan. 11, is 
the date for the beginning of the winter term, as the 
College closed for the Christmas recess a week earlier 
than was expected, the two cases of scarletina found 
early in December having made the change seem 
expedient. No further case has occurred among the 
students now, at their homes or elsewhere, as far as 
can be learned by the College authorities, after care- 
ful inquiry. 

VAC.A,1T()N EVEN r>. President Hazard spent 
the holidays at her home, < )ak\vood, in Peace Dale, 
R. I. Dean Coman went to her home in Cliicago, for 
the recess. Comparatively few of the instructors or 
students remained at the College, where the usual 
vacation lepairs and renovation went on. A new and 
much-needed extent of sidewalk was laid from the 
foot of Xoiumbega Hill, near the Shakespeare House, 
to the Houghton Me.norial Chapel. On Saturday, 
Dec. 30, a delegation of ihe .American Historical 
Association visited the College and, in the absence of 
President Hazard, were received by Miss Elizabeth 
K. Kendall, associate professoi of history. 

A NI':W PUHLICA ITON. Since with the present 
year the College closes the first quaitei of its first 
century, it has been decided to i>sue a publication 
somewhat after the order f>f the Wellesley Recoid, 
published in rSgi, but with the additions and changes 
which ex lerieuce has shown to be needed. The infor- 
mation thus collected will give a record of students 
attending the College during the first twenty five years 
of its existence — informa'ioii obtained by means of 
circulars recently sent out. In \'iew of the fact th.it 
this work will bring unusual burdens upoii the clerical 
force of the College.it has been decided, with the 
consent of the Alumnas Association, not to issue 
for the year igoo the annual Regi-ter of the Wellesley 
College Alumna; .Association, the publication of 
which the College last year agreed to undertake, in 
general, for succeeding years. 

CALENDAR ANNOUNc;i;MENTS. Many points 
of interest touching the college life aie brought out 
in the calendar for 1890-1900. just issued. Th'ee new 
scholarships, which bring the number up to about 
forty, have been added during the past year. These 
are the Holbrook scholarship of l;^,ooo. founded by 
Sarah J. Holbrook ; the (second) Helen Day Gould 
scholarship of S7.000. founded by Helen Miller Gould 
and the .\lice F'reeman Palmer scholarshij) of $5,000. 
established by Mrs. David I'. Kimball. Three new- 
trustees have come into membership on the College 
Hoard — Miss Caroline Hazard, president (ex officio), 
Rowland G. Hazard, of Peace Dale. R. I., and Anson 
Phelps Stokes, Jr., secretary of the Vale Corporation. 
Mention is also made in the new calendar of the thir- 
ty-eight large photograph"^ from the Raphael cartoons 
in the South Kensington Museum, the gift of Mr. 
John C. Gray, and of the more than four thousand 
photographs which have been added to the art collec- 
tion during the past two years. Wellesley is fortu- 
nate in having secured this year the services of three 
distinguished non-resident lecturers — Dr. John Fiske 
for historv. Dr. Josiah Royce in philosophy, and 
Prof. .Mphonse M. La Meslee. on French literature. 



IN GENERAL 

, THE WOMAN'S CLUB has been giving consider- 
able attention to the subject of Domestic Science. 
It is expected a class in the subject will be formed. 
At the meeting of Jan. 17, Miss Hubbaid will speak 
on " The Migration of birds," and to this charming 
nature study the students of the High .School are 
invited as guests of the Club. The season's program 
is one of unusual interest throughout. 

THE WHIST held in iMaugus Hall, Dec. i, under 
the auspices of the King's Daughters, to benefit the 
Peabody Home for crippled children, cleared $32.65. 
The circle has decided to g've one dozen chairs with 
desks combined and an eight day clock, both for use 
in the school room; also, three dozen knives, forks 
and s])oons for the home. 

IT HAS LONG BEEN A CUSTOM in our High 
School to anticipate a holiday by giving a few hours 
of the closing session to singing and other popular 
exercises. It is a good time, much enjoyed by pupils 
and teachers. Old friends of the school like to drop 
in on that day, and rnany of the former graduates of 
the ■' Wellesley High " come back to join in the fun. 
The morning of Dec. 22nd was an occasion of this 
soil. Few realize, perhaps, what a fine chorus is to 
be foiuid in the High School. Never were the voices 
in better quality and training. Besides the college 
boys and girls who came back that day, Rev. J^hn 
Snyder, Mr. Charles Cabot, Mrs. William Shaltuck 
and Mrs. Calvin Smith were present as guests. After 
the singing, Mrs. Smith told the school how Mrs. 
Julia Ward Howe wrote the "Battle Hymn of the 
Republic," and Mr. .Snyder spoke pleasantly b\ way 
of congratulation. 

Wellesley 
Steam Laundry 

Skirts, Dresses, Shirt Waists, Curtains, Shades, 
Draperies and all kinds of Fancy Ironing nicelv done. 

Plain ironing by the dozen.. 

All work handled carefully. No bleach or acid is 
used, nor anything that will injuie the clothes, which 
are dried in the open air, weather permitting. 

Prices reasonable. Work called for and delivered. 

W'e should be pleased to receive your work. A 
card to the WELLESLEY STEAM LAUNDRY 
will recei\e prompt attention. 

J. T. MELLUS, Proprietor. 

We use nothing hat the very best of supplies. 

Kitchen Furniture 

We have at hand all the necessary kitchen 
furniture one needs to make a kitchen comjilete. We 
wish to call your attention to our line of 
(Jranite Iron Ware. 

I'.lectric and steam 
cars stop in front of 
our store. Call and 
see us. 



Fiske iSc Co. 




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DR. M. O. NELSON 

DENTIST 

Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty 

ROOn 4, WALCOTT BUILDING, NATICK 

O. J. WASHBURN 

DENTIST 

Rootn 26, Clark's Block, Natick 
Established 1872. Office Hours : 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. 



The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 

EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D., Supt. 

Washington >t., Wellesley. Tel.: Wellesley 38-3. 

**ALL ABOARD!'' 

I nOS D. (1 riff II (for fourteen years driver of the College 

Coach) may be found near the WELLKSLEY POST OFFICE 

on arrival of all trains. 

A'umnae carried at same rates as underg;raduates, 

B. & A. Trip Tickets to Boston, 20 cents each. 
Order box at north door of College Hall. 
P. O. Address, Box 132, Wellesley, Mass. 

DENTIST 

EnwAui) E. Hexuy, D. M. D., 
Sliattuck's Block - Wellesley, Mass. 

HOUKS, 9 A. M. TO 5 P. M. 

HR. F. L. STONE 



Teacher of Organ and Piano 



Wellesley, 



Organist in the 

Wellesley Congregational Church 



DANA HALL SCHOOL- WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

Oeneral Cotirse for Non-Collegians. 

Special Advantages in English Literature, Art, 
History of Art, and Music. 
Miss Helen Temple Cooke, Principal. 
Mrs. Harriett E. Page, ) 



Miss Jeannie Evans, ^ 



Associate Principals. 



BURKE & DOLAN, 

THE LEADING DRUGGISTS. 

Prescriptions a specialty. 
1 5 Clark's Block. Natick. 

F. A. COOLIDGE O. E. STEVENS 

F. A, COOLIDGE & CO., 

DEALERS IN 

Choice .. Meats .. and .. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 

Goods, etc. 

WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY. 



RIDGE HILL FARHS DAIRY 

For Four Months, commencing June r.for 
the convenience of their customers, the 
Ridge Hill Farms Dairy will make a Morn- 
ing and Afternoon delivery of milk and 
cream at Wellesley and Wellesley Hills. 

Wn. Q. SMITH, Supt. 



F. DIEHL JR. & CO. 
Livery and Boarding Stable, 

Central Street, Wellesley 

Meet all trains Telephone No, 16-2 

F. DIEHL & SON 



Dealers in Coal, Wood, 
Hay and Grain. 



Telephone No. 16-4 
Wellesley, Mass. 



Natick Five Cents Savings Bank 



Deposits and Surplus, 



$1,800,000 



Deposits go on Interest Feb. i. 
May I, Aug. i, and Nov. i. 



Bank open 9 a. m. to 3 p. M. 



FREDERICK O. BASTON, 

Treasurer 



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NATICK MUSIC STORE 



Pianos, Sheet Music 

and Musical Merchandise. 

Tuning, Repairing 

and Polishing. 
Stock of Second Hand 
Pianos always on hand. 



A. P. DERBY 



Room 3, Clark's Block, Natick 

MISS MARGARET CAMPBELL 
Grove St., Fuller Block, Wellesley 

Order Cooking, Ice Cream and 
Home-made Candies a specialty 
Light Lunches Served 

Board and Rooms for friends of students at 
I)ana Hall and Wellesley College 

MRS. A. n. BANCROFT 
22 Church Street Wellesley 

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comphiint shoul'l be )na(Ie at once to the 
Fublisher, Wellesley HUl.'< 

4 few coin lAirds have been relumed 
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Publisher will be ylad to fnd oat the 
senders. 



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scribers will try to secure new subscribers. 



Manuscripts for publication should be 
sent to the Editor., Wellesley. Articles 
ought not to be over IfiOO words in length. 



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O. A. Brunen, ll'^l^.T. 

Ice Cream, Sherbets and Frozen 
Pudding in all their varieties. 

21 So. Main St., opp. Common, NATICK. 



Remember 

when in need of stylish and 
comfortable footwear go to 

PERKINS & WAIDNER, 

3 Clark's Block, Natick, Mass. 

Summer Clearance Sale 

at (Tolbi^'s 

Shirt Waists, Linen and P. K. 
Skirts, Light Wrappers, Children's 
Dresses and everything of the 
nature of summer Dry Goods clos- 
luif out without regard to cost to 
make room for our fall stock. 

Wil. H. COLBY, 

VValcott Building, Main Street, Natick 

Successor to J. B. Leamy 

C. M. McKECHNIE 

Baker, Caterer and Ice Cream Manufacturer 

Orders delivered in Wellesley 

Connected by telephone 

No. 10 Hain St., Natick, Hass. 

Fancy Rockers! 

licnuties; and not one hut is worth 
more than the price asked. 
CLELAND & UNDERWOOD, 

7 emd 9 West Central Street, NatlcU 

"The Furniture Folks" 

NATICK MUSIC STORE 



Pianos, Sheet Music 

and Musical Merchandise. 

Tuning, Repairing 

and Polishing. 
Stock of Second Hand 
Pianos always on hand. 



GOOD WORK 
AND LOW PRICES 

in Engraved Visiting Cards and 
Wedding Invitations and Receptions 
You will find at 

J. E. DeWITT'S 

Stationer and Picture Dealer 
Saving:s Bank Building: - - Natick 

JAMES H. McNEIL, 

Baker and Caterer 

LADIES' AND GKNTS' DINING ROOM 
Ice Cream, Wholesale and Retail. Open Sundays 

47 Main Street - - Natick 

Connected by Telephone. 



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Quality 

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Kdited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the Sat- 
urday before the first Sunday of each month. 

M.tnaging Editor, Rev. Edward H. Chandler, Wellesley. 

Publisher, Charles iM. Eaton, Wellesley Hills. 

Advertising Agent, Miss Vinthia Ingram, Wellesley. 

Subscriptions may be left at Flagg's News Stand, or at Mrs. 
H, E. Currier's, Weilcslev; .Mrs. llsfey's, Wellesley Hills, or at 
the Publisher's Office. 

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Office. 



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EDITORIAL 

THE town meeting voted in favor of elect- 
ing a lioard of Health, consisting of 
three members. One of those membei-s, 
an expert physician, should receive a salary. 
Two other gentlemen can easily be found to 
do that part of the labor which requires no 
technical skill. 



WE would call special attention to the 
brief but effective re]>ort offered by 
Col. Plympton at the last town meet- 
ing on the subject of town lighting, and 
printed elsewhere in this issue. It makes a 
strong argument in favor of the establish- 
ment by tlie town of its own electric plant. 
We note with great satisfaction that, upon the 
recommendation of Mr. Pulney, ably sec- 
onded by Col. Plympton, the town lias a))pro- 
priated ^500 to meet the expense ot making 
a thorough and scientific report upon the 
municipal ownership of eltH-ti'ic lights. ' 



PKE.SIDENT Caroline Hazard, whose 
porti-ait we have the privilege of pre- 
senting this month, has already become 
one of our most honoi-ed residents. Many 
of the Wellesley people have learned to know 
by experience her gracious hospitality. 'J'lie 
town, as well as the College, may be con- 
gratulated upon her coining to Wellesley. 



TIIK question presented by Mr. Parker, 
in this issue, is one well worth raising. 
The case is so clearly stated that no fui-- 
tlier word is necessary. We would urge our 
readers to give the article a careful reading, 
and to express themselves in regard to it. 
We shall be glad to have a further discus- 
sion of the subject in our next number. 



IF OUFv subscribers won hi undertake to 
extend the cii'culation of this paper among 
their friends and neighbors it would be a 
very great assistance to the Editors. For 
financial support we are compelled to depend 
mainly on tliose who advertise, and we would 
urge every reader to recognize these adver- 
tisers by as much patronage as possible. 



MT. HOLYOKE COLLEGE lias called 
Professor Mary E. Woolley, head ot 
the Biblical Department at Wellesley 
College, to be its president. There seems to 
be a unanimous a]»proval of the choice. 
]\Iiss Woolley has n(tt only a most honorable 
record as a scholar and teacher, she has what 
is u'orth still moi'e — a veiy gi'cat pei'sonal 
hold upon those who study with her. The 
opportunity now presented to hei- is one 
which is commensurate with her ability, and 
the College, even though deeply regretting 
her removal, can well afford to lejoice in 
her success. 

IT is a little difficult to untlci'stand the 
objection made to the three-year ])Ian in 
the election of Selectmen on tlie gi-oiind 
of "politics." The word has a vague, misty 
and uncertain significance. It it is nieanl 
that men having political as])irations would 
be moi-e likely to seek office under the three- 
year system, it is hard to see whei'e this 
would constitute an objection. If the faith- 
ful and efficient performance of the duties of 
Selectman would help ti-ain a man for higher 
forms of political duty, surely such a result 
would be beneficial both for the town and 
the man. 



EVEKY indication of increasing atten- 
tion to the beauty of the public streets 
deserves the notice and approval of all 
good citizens. One of these improvements 
is to be found in the handsome street signs 
which have been put up at many corners. 
Now if we can have one of these ornamental 
l)osts, with black and gilt signs, in Welles- 



PLTBLIC spirit demands a subordination 
of personal interest to community inter- 
est. This remark we commend to all 
voters who are talking about what is lo be 
done at the March annual meeting. Mr. 
Bryce, of England, has said that in private 
moi-ality America is ahead of P^ngland; in 
commercial morality, on an equality; and in 
public moralit}^ much below. And we are 



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inclined to believe that Mr. Bryce is right. 
A man who allows himself to treat the pub- 
lic in a way that he would be ashamed to 
treat the members of his own family has yet 
much to learn of manhood and citizenship. 



SOME of the clergy of Washington were 
asked recently by advocates of a high 
tariff, regarding the effect of the tariff 
on church support. The answers in all 
cases were that the tariff had but little effect 
whatever. If the question had only been, 
What effect have good times on church sup- 
port, some interesting facts might have been 
brought out. But, as one clergyn)an says, 
it all depends upon how large a congrega- 
tion you have. And this is very often a 
question of weather. Aside from the weather, 
however, and other things that affect attend- 
ance at church, one wonders whether people 
go to church more in good times than in 
hard times. Prosperity is very apt to make 
peo|)le careless about their religious duties, 
while adversity pricks their consciences. 
There is still a remnant of the old propitia- 
tory idea, that going to church will ap])ease 
an offended deity. It is something after the 
analogy of the old song: 

"When the devil was sick, the devil a saint could be 
When the devil was well, tlie devil a saint was he ! " 



THE PROBATION LAW 

AMONG the many wise things which 
Mayor Quincy did during his teiin of 
office was the appointment of a commit- 
tee to investigate the penal aspects of drunk- 
enness. This committee was composed of 
such men as Hon. J. (4. Thorp, Prof. Edw. 
Cummings, of Cambridge, Rev. F. 1>. Allen, 
and John Koren, an expert statistician. 
It is safe to say that no study of the sub- 
subject for Suffolk County, of equal impor- 
tance, has ever been presented to the public. 
Their report can be obtained at the City Hall 
in Boston, or of Mr. John Koren, 64 Pem- 
berton Square, Boston. We have room to 
give here only a brief reference to its contents. 
The size of the problem is suggested by 
the fact that in 1898 there were 26,000 
arrests for drunkenness in Boston alone. Of 
this number over 12,000 were simply released. 
This seems to be the popular method of 
treatment in the central court, where six^ijjer 



cent of all cases were so disposed of. The 
penal value of such treatment may well be 
questioned; and yet it is better than to send 
the men to Deer Island. About 7,000 more 
were fined and discharged. Over 4,000 more 
were committed to prison, and 1,200 were 
placed OH probation. The cost of drunken- 
ness to the city under this method of treat- 
ment is estimated at $839,000 annually. 

Now how should these 26,000 persons have 
been treated? Is there any sense in the 
method employed in the majority of cases? 
It is manifest that for the large number 
(12,000) who were simply discharged, their 
experience with the city has not been deter- 
rent. The drunken man has been kept out 
of the hands of thieves, removed from harm's 
reach, given a chance to sleep off the effects 
of his debauch and let go free. He might 
well conclude that Boston is a safe place to 
go on a spi'ee. 

Another considerable number (4,000 ) were 
committed to prison. They were sent there 
because unable to pay their fines. By far 
the greater pi-oportion of this class, it is to 
be remembeied, are in no sense criminals. 
That is, they are not, in other ways, law- 
bri-akeis. Many of them are sent to Deer 
Island foi- the first time for drunkenness. 
Here they are thrown in with the most 
vicious classes. They see men who laugh at 
their sli.i:iu', and they come away with the 
brand of the Island upon them. All students 
of thesi- matters are agreed that evei-y eftort 
should be made to keep men and women 
out of prison as long as possible. I'his is 
not the .solution; it is an aggravation to the 
t'vil of intc'Tuperance, and prepares tlie way 
for the life of "the rounder." 

Another number (7,000) were discharged 
on payment of fines. But the fine often conies 
out of the innocent and hard-working wife 
or children, and is, at best, an unfair distinc- 
tion in favor of the man who has money and 
fi-iends. 

The only wise treatment of this class of 
persons is wn^er the prohatioi .s//s^e??>, which 
allows a man to be discharged under the care 
of a probation officer, with the understand- 
ing that if he does well during his period of 
probation his case is dismissed; if not, he is 
re-arrested and sent to prison. This system 
is distinctly preventive and reformatory in 
its influences, and has attracted the widest 
attention. And yet only 1,200 were placed 
"on probation." The recommendation of 
the Committee is that this system be improved 



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and extended. Under it- a man who is fined 
might be helped to earn and pay for his fine. 
Under it a strong infiuence is exerted to pre- 
vent future drunkenness. Under it the 
expense of drunkenness to the State would 
be reduced, as even the salaries of additional 
probation officers would be less than the cost 
of maintaining the men who now are com- 
mitted to prison. To this end certain legis- 
lation will be asked, in which all good citi- 
zens should be interested. 

PAUras T. FAKVVELL. 



ECONOMY AT HOME 

WORK these words in silk or worsted 
and hang them on the jyarloi- wall. 
I)Ut don't begin to work at the wrong 
end. Economy is not merely saving money; 
it is cutting off uiintcest<avi/ exj)enses, and 
men and women go about the solution of 
this serious domestic problem in widely dif- 
ferent ways. The man says to his wife, 
"My dear, we must begin to retrench. We 
spent too mucli money last year. We will 
have to give up our pew in chui'ch aii<l cut 
off our subscri[)tion to the Peabody Home." 
And the wife probably replies, "Must the 
children stay away from Sunday school? 
1 hey have become very mucli interested in 
their new teacher." And tluMi the husband 
replies, "I am veiT sorry, but I am too proud 
to take what I can't pay for. T know some 
men who steal their preaching, but I don't 
belong to their number. And I am afraid 
we can't afford to give any Christmas pres- 
ents this year. Charity must begin at home, 
you know. We shall have to give up the 
Christmas tree. The children are old enough 
to grow out of that Santa Claus nonsense 
anyway. I don't think we can subscribe for 
the Youth's Companion or the Century. 
i\[argaret will have to give up her music les- 
sons for a time, and she must understand that 
she can't run to Boston every week to the 
Symphony rehearsals. Every little counts. 
If you women knew how liard it is to make 
money you wouldn't spend it as freely as you 
do." And then he takes the train for Bos- 
ton, and forgets that it is his wife's birthday, 
stopping on his way to the office to get a box 
of imported cigars. 

It is said that some of these "economical" 
men even go further than this and reduce 
their yearly supply of Havana cigars, expen- 
sive lunches, winter flowei's, light kid gloves, 
and high-priced theatie tickets. But they 



are evidently ])reparing for a cloister, and 
so cannot be used as examples of pure domes- 
tic matrimonial economy. 

Let us be careful, friends, n(»t to begin our 
economy at the v/rong end. True economy' 
is not the strii)ping ourselves bare of those 
things that make the beauty and grace of 
life. Education, accomplishments and the 
things that minister to our love of beauty are 
not luxuries. They are necessary to the har- 
monious growth of our better life. Let us 
economize in our use of titose things that 
perish in the using, that bring but transient 
gratification and that gratification often 
tinged with regret and self-dissatisfaction. 
Do not let us emulate the astute farmer who 
said that he sold two crops last year. He 
first sold his corn, and then when his cattle 
were starving for the corn he sold them for 
the shambU's. 

.JOHN SNYDKi: 



READING IN GENERAL 

READING maketh a full man," wrote 
Lord Bacon. That may have been true 
of his day and generation, but is it true 
to(,lav, wlieii, rathei'. it seems sonutinies that 
reading inakts an empty man. Such is the 
multipli'-ity of boof s, magazines, newspapers, 
and such the indulgence therein, that we are 
ill danger of ment il poveiiy lliroiigh the very 
excess of siipplv. Tiie best cdncation is to 
1)6 taught to think. As a wise man put it 
long ago 

— '' who reads 
Incessantly, and to his reading brings not 
A spirit and judgment equal or sujierior, 
Uncertain and unsettled still remains. 
Deep versed in books and shallow in himself." 

Literature probably has more students in 
this country than in any othei- country, and 
their number is increasing. In some of the 
colleges, especially in some western state 
universities, scientific and practical studies 
have almost banished culture studies; but in 
nearly all institutions of the first rank ample 
provision is made for literature, and the 
opportunities offered are well and generously 
used. In the colleges for women, es])ecially. 
literary studies are pursued not only witl; 
faithfulness but with enthusiasm. Nor is 
interest in these subjects confined to colleges 
the country is full of eager readers, well- 
organized clubs, and solitary students benl 
upon acquaintance with the best that has 
been thought and said in the world. S< 
lono- as literature remains the most human- 



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izing and liberalizing of studies, when rightly 
followed, its value can hardly- be overstated; 
it is a prime spiritual influence in the rush- 
ing current of practical activity. Martineau 
says, aptly: "It is the function both of 
religion and poetry to re-baptize us, when 
parched up, in floods of wonder. ... It 
was not then without ground that the Greek 
philosophers laid such stress upon this senti- 
ment (of wonder) and set it at the first 
approaches of all culture. We wondered 
before we knew ; and must ever wonder again 
before we can know more," 

The question is never "Shall we read?" 
Katjier, "What shall wa^ read, how shall we 
dis:.u"iminate among the numberless books 
from which we have to choose?" Culture, 
as the first object, information second, is per- 
haps the best order in which to consider the 
question of reading. 

No educational system can be considered 
well grounded, no culture even apjjroaching 
com))letion, which does not have for its 
foundation an acquaintance wath the classic 
stories, the old-time mythology, of the Greeks 
and the Germanic races. These old stories 
are a part of and blend natni-ally into the 
history of the nations that have been upon 
the earth; all knowledoe of this kind is inter- 
woven, every one thing helps the other. 
With the growth of civilization comes the 
individual development, and the lines of 
literature grow more clearly defined, down 
through the ages. We turn most naturally 
to what has been written in our own tongue, 
to our Shakespeare, Milton, Spencer, the 
eighteentli and nineteenth century writers, 
<l()wn to the present day for our foundation 
in English literature. And these wi'ilers 
would better be taken at first hand; in no 
other way can a real love for them be fos- 
tered. 

When we come to the literature of our 
own time, what to read becomes a vexed 
question. We live in a wilderness of print, 
l^ut, as Carlyle says, "Literature, with all its 
printing presses, pufling engines and shore- 
less, deafening triviality, is yet the Thought 
of Thinking Souls." We w\ant this thought 
fresh from the mint. We must keep up with 
the South African struggle, we want to know 
the last good story in Life, the leading arti- 
cles in the latest magazines, we must have 
read David Ilaium and Janice Meredith. 
Where shall we draw^ the line, how can we 
best spend the brief time at our disposal for 
reading? 



Some one good daily paper will give us a 
summarj^ of current events. A few maga- 
zines — it is useless to try to read them all — 
will keep us in touch with passing literature. 
As for books, there is Emerson's rule — 
"Never read a book until it is a year old." 
And when we remember that Robert Els- 
mere and Quo Vadis are relegated now to 
dusty book-shelves, while the Nibelungen 
stories are eternally new, we realize the force 
of this advice. But Emerson w as something 
of a stoic; moreover, it is to be doubted 
whether he always followed his own rule. 

Is it not the best plan to have a motive in 
what we read? If for recreation, for infor- 
mation, for general culture, recognize it as 
such. Then, once in a while, wouldn't it be 
well if we would try to tell what we read? 
This might save time for somebody else, and 
might also enlighten us as to how well our 
own time had been spent. 

EDITH A. SAAVYKK. 



WHO OWNS LAKE WABAN? 

WHO owns Lake Waban? You do, 
my friend; you have to share your 
ownei'ship with every other man, 
woman and child in Wellesley, but, even 
then, as the lake is of fair size, there is 
enough of it left for you and all practical 
]>urposes. 

How do yini happen ti> own this lake or a 
portion of it? Well, the great and General 
Court, some two hundred years ago, passed 
a law that every pond in this Commonwealth 
above a certain size should belonjji; to the 
people and that they should have a right of 
access to it. This is a well-known law, and 
every person accjuiring land bordering on a 
"great poTid" takes his land subject to this 
law and its consequences. 

Now, let us go up and look at your pi'op- 
erty. We follow along Washington street 
until we come to where the outlet of the 
Lake crosses the street. Naturally, you 
would suppose this to be the place where 
you would have the right of access to the 
water, for it is in plain sight, only a hundred 
yards away; but no, there is no public way 
leading to it, and a stone wall divides private 
grounds from the street. If vou cross these 
private grounds, you do so as a trespasser, 
or on suffrance, or as the possessor of certain 
special privileges; you have no right to enter 
these grounds to reach the Lake from this 



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point. If we follow along Washington street, 
something more than half a mile, and take 
Pond Avenue, on the right, for something 
less than half a mile, we tind a way of aecess 
to the Lake on the right. You travel a 
measured mile and one-tenth from the near- 
est and most convenient point of access to 
the Lake, and when you have reached its 
legal access you find yourself standing "like 
a lone penguin in the middle of the Latin 
Quarter of Paris," trying to think what you 
can do to enjoy yourself ujjon your property. 
Perhaps you say to yourself, if it happens to 
be a warm summer day, "This is a secluded 
spot; I should like to go into my pond; I 
should like to bring my boy up here and 
teach him how to swim." Your eye happens 
to catch a notice on a tree near by, signed 
by the Chief of the Wellesley Police, forbid- 
ding any one to bathe in the Lake without a 
b ithing suit. As no place is provided where 
a bathing suit can be donned, it may occur 
to your mind that the real intent of this 
notice is to foi'bid your bathing in the Lake 
at all, and it will })erhaps l)y this time Ofcur 
to your mind that tiie real reason the right 
of way to your Lake is placed so far away 
fi'om the town and is so difficult of access — 
tliat the I'eal reason of this, I repeat — is to 
have as few pers )ns make use of the Lake as 
passible, outside of those whose estates abut 
upon it. 

Now, this Lake of yours is a very valuable 
possession. It is a great open space whence 
you can have the most beautiful views, ])ei'- 
haps, of any place in the town, especially at 
sunset. It contains possibilities for pleasure 
for every person ot' the town, to row, to 
swim, to fish, to paddle, to skate; all those 
things the Lake furnishes; and if you do not 
care yourself about any or all of these pleas- 
ures, be sure that others do. 

Now, remember that the abuttoi's on this 
lake do not own, as such, a single square foot 
of its bottom or a single drop of the water 
that it contains; yet, by their control of the 
land about it, and by placing of the means 
of access so far away from the centre of the 
town, they are able practicalh' to control the 
whole business. 

Now, what I propose is this: LTnder the 
Park Act passed by the Town, the Park 
Commissioners have a right to take land in 
any part of the town for Park purposes. 
The Town has appropriated $25,000 this last 
year under the Park Act. The Commis- 
sioners inform me that they consider that 



this 125,000 was appropriated for the puri- 
fying, straightening and deepening of Dew- 
ing and Fuller ibooks; that the amount will 
only be sufficient for that purpose, and they 
do not feel justified in taking any portion of 
the above $25,000 for strictly Park purposes. 
I proi»ose that the Town of Wellesley appro- 
priate $6,000 to jnirchase land on the shore 
of Waban Lake to give convenient access to 
same, and to build a boat house and bath 
houses at a point, or points, on the Lake 
where they will be convenient for the use of 
the people of the town. 1 would suggest 
that the boat house be placed at the outlet 
of the lake and that the bath houses be 
located directly across, at what is known as 
"Sandy Bottoni," on the western shore of 
the lake, where there is a sloping beach of 
hai'd sand admirably adapted for bathing 
]»urposes, especially for childi'en, who would 
find it impossil)le to get out of their depth. 

The purpose of a park is to give pleasure 
to the people; is it not? And how, or in 
what way, could the 'J'own spend money for 
park purposes with bettei- results? The sum 
mentioned is a mere trifle com|)ared with 
what other towns spend for such pui[)Oses, 
and continual expense is necessary to keep 
u}> the roads and paths, to cut the grass, ti-im 
the trees and shi-ubl>ei'y, etc. Now, the 
Lake will need no i-epairs; it will be there 
just the same while grass grows and water 
runs. The one or two men needed to care 
for the l)oat and bath houses will not l>e 
needed more than six or seven months in the 
year, and less than a thousand dollars a year 
would cover all running expenses. 

There are many persons in the town who 
would be only too glad to be able to keep a 
boat or canoe on the lake, if they had the 
chance, and it would seem a practical thing 
to give any resident of the town a permit to 
keep his boat in the Pai-k boat house during 
good behavior. The bath houses, being 
among the trees, would not, if properly 
placed and painted, l>e a blot on the land- 
scape. 

It is a very simple matter to get this before 
the people. But ten voters are necessary to 
insert the above provision in the Warrant at 
the March Town Meeting. 

I should be very glad to hear from any 
one who is disposed to help in this matter, 
and I am open to any suggestions that may 
be made on the subject. 

FRANKLIN W. PARKEK. 

F. (). Box 40U Wellesley. 



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(imellesles ConoreGational Cbiuxb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Worship. 

12.00 Sunday School and Bible Classes. 

6.15 Senior C. E. .Society. 

7.15 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

j.oo Woman's Union. 

THURSDAY 

4.00 Junior C K. Society. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Mid-week Service. 

MRS. MARY RICHARDS GATES, the senior 
member of the church, now living in Worcester, was 
ninety year.s old on January 24. There are eight 
meml)ers in the church over eighty years of age and 
forty-four who have been members for over thirty 
years. Mrs. Saul Seagrave, the second oldest mem- 
ber, was eighty-nine years of age on Jan. 30. 

MEN'S LEA(iUK. .An organization for the pro- 
motion of the social and religious interests of men and 
for the extension of the usefulness of the Church has 
been formed, with about thirty charter members. 

The first regular monthly meeting was held on Thurs- 
day, Feb. I. The officers of the League are a board 
of five (iovernors, Messrs. F. B. Ingraham, I. H. 

Karnham, C. F. Ford, G. !■;. Seagrave and the Pastor; 
also a Secietaiy and Treasurer, Mr. Robert E. Ander- 
son. All male meml)ers of the community eighteen 
years of age or ovei aie eligible for membership. 'The 
annual dues are fifty cents. The next regular meeting 
will be held on Tliursday, March i. 

A.VNUAl. GATHERINGS. At the annual meet- 
ing of the Church, held on Jan. 22, there was a large 
attendance and a most satisfactory completion of the 
business in hand. Reports from all departments 
showed new activity and encouraging progress. The 
Treasurer reported an unusual increase in the regular 
income and extra receipts of about $600 toward the 
balance of the I'.xtension Debt, l-.xpenses have also 
increased, so that the year closed with a debt of aliout 
$540 on the current expense account, against $400 at 
the end of 1898. Officers elected were as follows: 
Moderator, B. H. Sanborn; clerk, Miss Gertrude A. 
Pomeroy; treasurer, G. 'T. Hall; deacon for four 
years, F. 15. Ingraham; executive committee, A. Jen- 
nings, Miss Julia I'.astman, Mrs. E. A. Benner, N. H. 
Dadmun, George Gould; Pastor's aid committee, Mrs. 
E. H. Wiswall, Mrs. G. A. Ross, Miss Fanny C. Guild, 
Mrs. H. M. Burrill, Miss Emma Kingsbury; music 
committee. Miss Sarah P. Eastman, Miss Ethel Hub- 
bard, Miss Janet Ferguson, Robert E. Anderson, C. 
H. Palmer. 

About two hundred attended the annual social 
reunion on Wednesday evening, Jan. 25. The chapel 
was very handsomely decorated. There was music by 
Miss Lum, Mr. I. B. Hazelton and a mixed quartet. 
Speeches were made by Professor Sarah F. Whiting, 
Miss Ethel Hubbard,' Mr. E. H. Walcott and the 
Pastor. Rev. E. N. Pomeroy sent a poem to be read. 
There were several letters from absent members. 
Light refreshments were served. 



IFirst Coiiareoational (Iburcb in 
Melleslcp fbills 

Organized, February 24, 1847 

REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

6.30 Y. P. S. C. E. 

7.30 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

SUNDAV MORNINGS. Feb. 4ih, Christian 
Endeavor Day ; sermon to the young people. Feb. 
iS, the Pastor will exchange with Rev. Chas. E. 
Havens, of Newton Highlands. 

CHURCH CO.MMITTEE MEETING, at the 
close of the Friday evening prayer meeting, on Feb. 
16. At this meeting opportunity is given to any who 
wish to unite with the church at the March commun- 
ion to confer with the Committee. 

THE CONGREGATiONALlST. It is a good 
thing for every family to take at least one religious 
paper. The Congregatioiialist is the best newspaper 
of our denomination. Club suliscription rates, two 
dollars- Mv. Will Shatiuck is ourchurcli agent. 

CHRISTIAN l<:.\nEAVOK. On Feb. 4,'-Chri.s- 
tian I'ndeavor Day," there will be an open meeting in 
the church at 4.30, with an address by Re\-. W. G. 
Puddefoot. Invite everybody and give our speaker 
a royal Welcome. The consecration meeting will be 
held on the evening of Feb. I I. All coming meetings 
will begin at 6.30 o'clock. 

FRIDAY EVENI.\'(iS. The topics for the month 
are of extraordinary importance. " Modern Hindrance 
to Conversion,"" Conquering liesetiing Sins." "Reject- 
ing Christ without Actual Intent," "Christ's 'Teach- 
ing about Personal Resijonsibility." Aie not these 
subjects that should interest us all, and worthy of our 
thought and prayer.? 1"e.\ts and sub-topics may be 
found in the Congregational Handbook. 

WOMEN S MEETINGS. Feb. 6. extra sewing 
meeting for l)enevolent work at 2.30 P. M.; dime col- 
lection. Feb. 13, Home Missionary meeting at 3 v. M. 
" 'The Negro Problem." A .Southern lady has accepted 
an invitation to relate at this meeting some of her own 
personal knowledge of and experience with the .South- 
ern Negro ])eople. Feb. 20, regular sewing and iuisi- 
ness meeting at 2.30 \\ M., followed by afternoon tea. 
Nope. All these meetings will be held with Mrs. ^^■. 
O. Robson. Notice change in order of meetings. 

SUNDAV EVENINGS. Feb. 4. at 4.30 o'clock, 
there will be a union meeting, under the charge of the 
Christian Endeavor Society, addressed by Rev. Wm. 
G. Puddefoot, There will be .special music by the 
choir and a collection for the cause of Home Mis- 
sions. Feb. I I. a question l)Ox service at 7.30. 'The 
Pastor requests that questions for this service be 
handed to him in writing at anv time. Eel). iS. the 
monthly missionary cf)ncert will he addressed bv Mi-s 
Woodbury of the .American Missioiiarv Association. 
Feb. 25, "Conversion by Grace," selections from a 
chapter on Pres. Hyde's latest book — " God's I-.duca- 
tion of Man," with comment and discussion. 



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Mellesle^ HDills Xllnltarian Society 

Organized, 1871 
REV. JOHN SNYDER, Pastor. 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

SATURDAY 

9.00 Junior Branch Alliance. 

TUESDAY 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues- 
day. 

Communion Service on the first Sundays of Jan., 
Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service. 



M I'.ETINGS for the practice of hymn singing have 
been held every Sunday evening at the parsonage. 

MR. SNYDKR will preach at the Young Men's 
Christian Union hall on the evening of Feb. 11, and 
take part in missionary meeting at Salem, on the 
evening of Feb. 18. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL has held two socia' 
entertainments during tlie ]jast month, and the Church 
and Sunday Scliool will give a Coffee Party on the 
evening of t'eb. 16, at Maugus Hall. 

DURING THE MONTH the Pastor has been 
preaching a series of set mons on the sul)ject of "The 
Gospel in the ]>ook of Genesis." The sulijects for 
Eeliruary will be as follows: Feb. 4, Man in Paradise; 
Feb. ri, Cain and Abel. Feb. 18, The Flood. Feb. 
25, The Tower of Baliel. 

SUNDAY, Jan. 7, quarterly communion service at 
4 p. M. Tuesday, Jan. 9, meeting of Woman's Aux- 
iliary at 3.30 p. M. Sunday, Jan. 14, Mr. Snyder spoke 
at missionary meeting at Lawrence, Mass., at 7.^0 
p. M. Sunday, Jan. 21. Mr. ^nyder preached at Natick 
at 4.30 P. M. Tuesday, Jan. 23, Mr. Snyder gave 
paper before Woman's .Alliance on " New View of 
Uncle Tom's Cabin," at 3 p. M. -Sunday, Jan. 28, 
Mr Snyder spoke at missionary meeting at Lowell, 
Mass., at 7 p. M. 

THE ALLLANCE had a very practical and inter 
esting meeting on Jan. 9, with Miss Bertha Langmaid 
as speaker. Miss Langmaid is secretary of the Na- 
tional Committee on Cheerful Letter Work, and spoke 
with definiteness and earnestness of this admirable 
work. It transpired at this meeting that many mem- 
bers of the Alliance had carried on this work for many 
years as individuals. One lady has supplied reading 
matter and sent regular letters to seven "shut-ins" 
for twelve vears. A very delightful as well as 
unique entertainment was given by the Alliance on 
Monday evening, Jan. 29. Rev. Thomas Van Ness, 
of the "Second Church, Boston, gave a graphic and 
dramatic account of Life and Scenes in Russia from 
his personal experiences. Also of Count Tolstoi, 
whom he visited at his home. 



St. ?ln^rew's Cburcb 

Organized, 1891 

REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Prayer 
12.15 Sunday School. 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the Month, 10.45 A. m. 
Third Sunday, 9.45 a. m. 
Other Sundays, 7.30 a. m. 

WED.NESDAY 

3.30 .Ministering Children's League. 

THURSDAY 

2.30 Women's Au.\iliary. 

SATURDAY 

8.00 Girl's Friendly Society. 

GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY. At an initiation 
held after evening prayer on Sunday last, four new 
members were admitted to the Society. 

THE RECTOR takes this opportunity to express 
the gratitude of himself and his sisters for the many 
kind expressions of sympathy that have been received 
during the past two weeks. 

A SERVICE of thanksgiving for the extinction of 
the debt was held on Thursday evening, eve of the 
Feast of the Purification. 'The music was rendered 
by the choir of Grace Church, Newton. 

.MINISTERING CHILDREN'S LEAGUE. Meet" 
ings are now held at the house of Miss Mabel Hall" 
on Waban street. The attendance has increased con- 
siderai)ly during the last month, and more work is 
being accomplished. 

LT'NT begins with Ash Wednesday, Feb. 28" 
There will be services on that day at 10.30. 4.30 and 
7.15. During the season there will be services every 
day in the week except Monday. Announcements of 
these services will be made in the next number of 
Our Town. 

EXTINCTION OF PARISH I)1:T.T. By a gift of 
$4,000 from Mr. F. W. Hunnevvell, which was received 
Jan. 13, the mortgage on the rectory was cancelled, 
thus leaving the parish entirely free from debt. This 
makes $12,000 that Mr. Hunnewell has given already. 
Would that other rich men might follow his example. 

WOMAN'S AUXILIARY. St. Andrew's branch 
of the Woman's Auxiliary and the Board of Mis- 
sions meets on 'Thursdays at the houses of different 
members. Following are the appointments for Feb- 
ruary and March: F'eb. i, Miss Hastings. Feb. 8, 
Miss Jennings. Feb. 15, Mrs. Stanwood. Feb. 20, 
(Tuesday) Mrs. Clark, Central Ave., Needham. March 
I, Mrs. Lauderburn. March 8, Mrs. Nye. March 15, 
Mrs. Stanwood. March 29, Miss Jennings. All 
women of the church who are interested in the work 
of missions are cordially invited to attend these meet- 
ings, even though they cannot come regularly. Those 
who cannot attend at all, may become honorary mem- 
bers of the Bra-irh by the payment of one dollar to 
the Treasurer, Miss Virginia Ely. This money will 
be used to buy materials for the work. 



10 



OUR TOWN 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

WINTER TERM. College opened for the winter 
term Jan. 4. The mid-year examinations began Feb- 
ruary, first, and will extend to the tenth inclusive. 

THE PK.ESIDENT'S REPORT. President Haz- 
ard's first annual report to the College trustees con- 
tains much of interest regarding the general condi- 
tion of the College. To her predecessor in ofiice, 
Mrs. Julia J. Irvine, the new president pays a graceful 
and fitting tribute in the following words : "At the 
close of the academic year 1898-1899, I came to 
Wellesley and devoted some time to going over the 
grounds and buildings and informing myself as to the 
methods of administration. To the kindness of the 
retiring president I owe a debt of gratitude. The per- 
sonal admiration I had learned to entertain for her 
was deepened as I saw her ability in the management 
of affairs, and the excellent condition in which they 
were placed in my hands." 

Of the Welleslev faculty. President Hazard speaks 
in cordial terms: "The academic council of the fac- 
ulty has the i)sst interests of the College close at 
heart. It is to the last degree conscientious and thor- 
ough, and I cannot express too wainily my apj^recia- 
tion of the kindness with which it has welcomed me." 
Concerning the new division of administrative 
duties which went into effect at the opening of the 
year, the President says: "In beginning mv work 
here it seemed very necessary to make a division of 
administrative duties someuhat ilifferent from that 
before existing, and I thought it wise to request the 
appointment of a dean who should assume such duties 
and take' the more strictly academic side of the work, 
leaving me free for the general supervision of college 
aff lirs, the external relations of the College, and the 
home administration. This last I find to be a very 
important factor in Wellesley life. Our duty includes 
not only the instruction of a large body of stulents, 
but their housing, their livino:, their amusement and 
general welfare; and the numherless daily questions 
which arise to be settled make the difference between 
comfort and happiness, or the contrary conditions. 
By the appointment of Dean Coman the trustees have 
done honor to the College, and secured a most efficient 
officer." 

After a review of the new appointnients on the 
corps of instruction, and of the presidential inaugura- 
tion services in October, President Hazard names the 
distinguished lecturers and preachers whose presence 
has enriched the college life this year, and adds: 
" One of the pressing needs of the College is a fund to 
devote to the maintenance of the chapel services. 
While we have inany advantages in having eminent 
men of different denominations, there must be some 
loss resultino; from a lack of continuity of instruction. 
We should look toward some system of college 
preachers, when each minister can come into residence 
for a month or more. The opportunity for useful 
work is large, the congregation most responsive, and 
with the beautiful new chapel, the results aimed at 
should be higher than ever." 

Considerable space in the report is devoted to the 
building and repairs which have been recently in 
progress, — matters generally known to the people of 
Wellesley. Regarding student numbers. President 
Hazard says: " It is gratifying to report the entrance 
of a large freshman class; 223 new students were 
admitted in September. . . . The total registra- 
tion for .September, 1899, is 687." 



An Interesting: Report 

THOSE who have stumbled about town in 
the dim light of our electricity during 
the fall and winter will be glad to have 
the following report from the Chief of Police. 
It confirms the suspicion that we have not 
been getting as much light as we have been 
entitled to. By contract the street lights 
should burn every night until 12.80 a. m. 

Lights out from 8.15 p. M. to 11.30 P. m. 
10.45 P- ^^- ^° ' 1-30 !'■ M. 
7.30 " " 8.30 " 

8.30 " " 12.30 A. M. 

Out all night — rainy and very dark. 
8.45 p. M. to 10.10 p. M. 
12.15 ^- ^'- " I--30 A. M. 
9.15 p. M. " 10.50 ('. M. 
9.00 " " 9.15 " 
6. GO " " 7.30 " 
7.20 " " 8.00 " 



Sept 


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12. 


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23- 


Oct. 


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26-31. 


Nov. 


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27. 


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30. 


Dec. 


24. 


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28. 



THE next regular meeting of the Chris- 
tian Workers Circle of King's Daugh- 
ters will be held at Mrs. Clarence Wis- 
wall's, Wellesley Falls, on Friday, Feb. 23d, 
at 2.30 p. M. Any lady wishing to join the 
Circle will ]>lease notify the Secretary, Mrs. 
Frank Morse, Wellesley Farms. 

Wellesley 
Steam Laundry 

Skirts, Dresses, vShirt Waists, Curtains, Shades. 
Draperies and all kinds of Fancy Ironing nicely done. 
Plain ironing by the dozen. 

All work handled cirefully. No bleach or acid is 
used, nor anything that will injure the clothes, \\1 ii ii 
are dried in the open air, weather permitting. 

Prices reasonable. Work called for and delivered. 

We should be pleased to receive your work. .\ 
card to the WELLESLEY STEAM LAUNDRN" 
will receive prompt attention. 

J, T. MELLUS, Proprietor. 

We use imthing hut the very best ofsnpplies. 

Kitchen Furniture 

We have at hand all the necessary kitchen 
furniture one needs to make a kitchen complete. We 
wish to call your attention to our line of 
Granite Iron Ware. 

Electric and steam 
cars stop in front of 
our store. Call and 



see US. 



Fiske & Co 




NATICK ' 

Hardware, Plumbing and Heating 



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DR. M. O. NELSON 

DENTIST 

Crown aiul Bridge Work a Specialty 

ROOn 4, WALCOTT BUILDING, NATICK 

O. J. WASHBURN 

DENTIST 

a 00)71 26, Clark's Block, Natick 
Established 1872. Office Hours : 8 a m. to 5 p. m. 

The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 

EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D., Supt. 

Wasiiington St., Wellesley. Tel.: Wellesley 3S-3. 

"ALL ABOARD!" 

ThoS. B. Griffin (for fourteen years driver of the College 

Co.icli) may be found ne.ir the WELLKSLEY POST OFFICE 

on arrival of all trains. 

Alumns carried at same rates as undergraduates. 

B. & .\. Trip Tickets to Boston, 20 cents each. 
Order box at north door of College Hall. 
P. O. .Address, Box 132, Wellesley, Mass. 

DENTIST 

Edward E. IIenuv, D. M. D., 
Sliattuck's Block - Wellesley, Mass. 

HOURS, 9 A. M. TO 5 P. M. 

HR. F. L. STONE 

Teacher of Organ and Piano 



Wellesley 



(Jrgaiiist in the 

Wellesley Congregational Church 



DANA HALL SCHOOL- WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

CJeneral Course for Non-Collegians. 

Special Advantages in English Literature, Art, 
History of Art, and Music. 
Miss Helen Temple Cooke, Principal. 
Mrs. Harriett E. Page, ^ 



Miss Jeannie Evans, ^ 



Associate Principals. 



BURKE & DOLAN, 

THE LEADING DRUGGISTS. 

Prescriptions a specialty. 
15 Clark's Block. Natick. 

F. A. COOLIDGE O. E. STEVENS 

F. A. COOLIDGE & CO., 

DEALERS IN 

Choice .. Meats ,. and .. Provisions 

Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned 

Goods, etc. 

WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY. 

RIDGE HILL FARHS DAIRY 

For Four Months, commencing June i,for 
the convenience of their customers, the 
Ridge Hill Farms Dairy will make a Morn- 
ing and Afternoon delivery of milk and 
cream at Wellesley and Wellesley Hills. 

Wn. G. SMITH, Supt. 



F. DIEHL. JR. 
Livery and Boarding Stable, 

Central Street, Wellesley 

Meet all trains Telephone No. 16-2 

F. DIEHL & SON 



Dealers in Coal, Wood, 
Hay and Grain. 



Telephone No. 16-4 
Wellesley, Mass. 



"Our Town" 



is the best advertising medium for 



Wellesley Trade 



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OUR TOWN 



r Ladies^ and Gent's Quick Lunch 
1 East Central St. Opposite Morse Institute 

NATICK 

MISS M. E. FITZPATRICK 
Dressmaker 

,,. Cor. Cross and Central St., Wellesley 

MISS MARGARET CAMPBELL 
Grove St., Fuller Block, Wellesley 

Order Cooking, Ice Cream and 
Home-made Candies a specialty 
Light Lunches Served 

Board and Rooms for friends of students at 
Dana Hall and Wellesley College 

MRS. A. n. BANCROFT 
22 Church Street Wellesley 

To Oar Readers 

If papers do not reach subscribers, 
complaint should be made at once to the 
Publisher, Wellesley Hills, 



A few coin cards have been returned 
with the money but with no address. The 
Publisher will be glad to find out the 
senders. 

Iff 

It will be a great help if our sub- 
scribers will try to secure new subscribers. 

Manuscripts for publication should be 
sent to the Editor, Wellesley. Articles 
ought not to be over 1,000 words in length. 



Advertising rates will be furnished by 
Miss Vinthia Ingram, Wellesley. 




Porosis 



The 

Masterpiece 
of the 
Shoemakers* Art 



The standard of the ivorld and most advanced 
..ivoman's shoe in existence,. 

Sold exclusively bv 

J. TAILBY & SON 

THE WELLESLEY 
FLORISTS 

Artistic Flora! Decorators. Choice Cut Flow- 
ers and Plants 

LINDEN STREET, OPPOSITE B. & A. R. R. STATION 
TELEPHONE CONNECTION 



Do you read 

Zhc ©utlooh? 

It is a weekly paper and monthly maga- 
zine combined, published in New York City, 
and edited by Lyman Abbott and Hamilton 
W. Mabie. New subscriptions for 1900 
furnished at the rate of 

$2.15 

Send to the Managing Editor of "Our 
Town," Wellesley, Mass. 



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OURTQWN 



MARCH, 1900 



Volume 111 Number 3 " " " lls'tenlsVyZ'r 



CONTENTS 

Editorial ,...♦. 3 

Town Meeting Matters, . Richard Cunningham 3 

Does the Town Properly Care for its Poor? . .4 

Manual Training:. . . ♦ . ♦ 3 

The Wellesley Free Bed . SMary C Batchelder 5 

History of the "Wellesley Club George E, Richardson 5 

Mrs. Howe^s Reminiscences . HoJi?atd B, Grose 6 

February Happenings ..... 7 
Items of Church News 

Wellesley Congregational Church . . 8 

"Wellesley Hills Congregational Church ♦ 8 

Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society ♦ . 9 

St. Andrew^s Church . . ♦ ♦ 9 

Wellesley College Notes . « ♦ ♦ 10 



CMA.RIvES y/l. EA.XON, F»vibU«tier, 
Wellesley Mills, Mass. 



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0. A. Brunen, lir."..T 

Ice Cream, Sherbets and Frozen 
Pudding in all their varieties. 

21 So. Main St., opp. Common, NATICK. 

Dishes to let at reasonable rates. Connected by telephone. 



Remember 

when in need of stylish and 
comfortable footwear go to 

PERKINS & WAIDNER, 

3 Clark's Block, Natick, Mass. 



Colby's 



Do you buy your 
Corsets of us? 



F/'e carry the P. D. Corsets at$i.j^, $2.2^, $2.j^ 

The R. &' G. in five styles : Shorty Mediwn, and Long 

Waist. Thompson' s Glove Fitting. Royal Worcester 

Cresco Nemo 

Fern's Waists for Girls. 

Voung Ladies' and Ladies' Equipoise Waists 

TRY US 

\vn. H. COLBY, 
Walcott Building, Main Street, Natick 

C. M. McKECHNIE 

Baker, Caterer and Ice Cream Manufacturer 

Orders delivered in Wellesley 

Connected by telephone 

No. 10 Hain St., Natick, Hass. 

N. F. MURCH 

Ladies' and Gent's Quick Lunch 

1 East Central St. Opposite Morse Institute 

NATICK 

NATICK MUSIC STORE 



Pianos, Sheet Music 

and Musical Merchandise. 

Tuning, Repairing 

and Polishing. 
Stock of Second Hand 
Pianos always on hand. 



GOOD WORK 
AND LOW PRICES 

in Engraved Visiting Cards and 
Wedding Invitations and Receptions 
You will find at 

J. E. DeWITT'S 

Stationer and Picture Dealer 

Savingfs Bank Building: - - Natick 

JAMES H. McNeil, 

Baker and Caterer 

LADIES' AND GliNTS' DINING ROOM 

Ice Cream, Wholesale and Retail. Open Sundays 

47 Main Street - - Natick 

Connected by Telephone. 



A. P DERBY 



Room 3, Clark's Block, Natick 



Queen 

Quality 

$3.00 




Sold exclusively in Natick by 

VV. F. Buffington. 

Plea.se patronize our ad<vertisers — they are all 
reliable. 



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OUR T2WN 



Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the Sat- 
urday before the first Sunday of each month. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Edward H, Chandler, Wellesley. 

Publisher, Charles M. Eaton, Wellesley Hills. 

Advertising Agent, Miss Vinthia Ingram, Wellesley. 

Subscriptions may be left at P'lagg's News Stand, or at Mrs. 
H, E. C\irrier's, Wellesley; Mrs. llsley's, Wellesley Hills, or at 
the Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Wellesley Hills Post 
Office. 



EDITORIAL 

ONCE in every season the Wellesley 
Club holds a purely social evening. 
This was successfully done at the Feb- 
ruary meeting. A paper read by Mr. llich- 
ardson at that time is printed in tliis num- 
ber. It tells of the formation of the Club 
and its spirit and purpose throughout the 
ten years of its history. The four men meji- 
tioned as having called tlie original meeting 
were Messrs. George E. Richardson, Joseph 
VV. Peabody, Joseph E, Selfe and the late 
Mr. S. Herbert Whitney, of Newton Lower 
P^'alls. Mr. Richardson may properly be 
called the father of the Club, and has the 
unique record of having attended evei-y 
meeting during the ten years since the Club 
was founded. 



MATTERS TO COME BEFORE THE 
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING 

TREE WARDEN 

THE law enacted by the Legislature, May 
4, 1899, vvhere])y towns are compelled 
to elect ti'ee wardens yeai-ly, will come 
before the town for the first time at the 
annual meeting. It is an important office to 
fill. The warden must understand dendrology 
thoroughly. As his power is almost un- 
limited in regard to trimming or cutting 
trees down, he must be a man of good judg- 
ment, and free from prejudice, when his 
neighbors apply to him either to remove or 
to trim trees. 

EXTENSION OF WATER MAINS 

There will be several requests for the 
extension of water pipes. One of these reads : 
"To see what action the town will take in 
regard to the guarantees given for the exten- 
sion of the water mains." This subject 
means a great deal to the town of Wellesley. 
It has been the custom of the town, since 
water was introduced, to charge takers of 



water who lived some way from the center 
of the town, from five to ten per cent on the 
cost of laying the pipe, a custom that has 
been almost universal in Massachusetts 
"towns. To some of the citizens it seems 
unfair to charge a guarantee outside of a 
certain zone, arbitrarily fixed by the Water 
Connnissioners. Unless some limit is estab- 
lished, it might cost the town thousands of 
dollars to extend pipes at the request of 
Mr. Ix, and receive from him in return per- 
haps six dollars per year for water used. 
There are other citizens who uphold the offi- 
cials in fixing a rate for water takers beyond 
a certain limit, because of the low valuation 
of lands in the sparsely-settled districts. 
There is no doubt but every body can have 
w^ater in Wellesley, if he is willing to have 
the outlying land taxed at the same rate per 
foot that land is taxed in the center of the 
villages. The adjustment of taxes so that 
everyone shall pay his i)roportionate part 
has been and always Avill be a difficult prob- 
lem. 

LAKE WABAN 

The article relating to the taking of land 
bordering on Lake Waban for park purposes, 
and to build bath houses on same, will be of 
interest to all the citizens. It will l)e well 
for the inhabitants to look up their rights to 
this beautiful sheet of water before town 
meeting, and they will realize what they 
have been losing all these years. 

TOWN FARM HOUSE 

For several years the State inspectors have 
recommended changes in the plan of the 
Town Farm house, for sanitary and other 
reasons. A number of disinterested citizens 
have looked into the matter, and, after a 
thorough investigation, procuring plans and 
estimates, have drawn up an article for the 
March meeting, in which they ask for a sum 
of money to carry out the proposed improve- 
ments. The Wellesley officials have always 
been instructed to deal generously and jnstlj' 
with the unfortunate who come under their 
care, and the town will undoubtedly be ready 
to grant the amount required. 

ELECTRIC LKiHTS 

The committee appointed some time ago 
will report on the advisability of the town 
owning its own plant. They have been mak- 
ing investigations in different parts of the 
State, and Avill be prepared to place before 
the town a complete plan for building, cost 
of maintenance, and also the cost to each 
citizen for commercial purposes. 



OUR TOWN 



IN GENERAL 

The usual appropriations for schools, high- 
ways and incidentals will be asked for, all of 
which will be of interest to the voters and 
taxpayers. As the town grows, the impor- 
tance of the citizens becoming familiar with 
the town government, and attending the 
town meetings, becomes more urgent. 

RICHARD CUNNIN(iHAM. 



DOES THE TOWN PROPERLY CARE 
FOR ITS POOR? 

OUK town farm has been criticised 
severely in the State Report for the 
year lb99. Our pride is aroused. Is 
the criticism just? The house is immacu- 
lately neat, and there is evidence everywhere 
of painstaking care to be clean; but the con- 
veniences for housekeeping are of the most 
primitive type. The store closet is a small, 
unlighted brick vault leading from the 
matron's bedroom. It is inconvenient to 
make this bedroom a passage-way, besides 
being a detriment, to say the least, to the 
food supply. The kitchen, where the in- 
mates eat, is insufferably hot in summer, and 
it is difficult to serve the meals for so many 
from such confined quarters. A separate 
dining-room for inmates, with serving pan- 
try connected with kitchen, is needed. Lead- 
ing from the kitchen is the laundry, so-called. 
There are no set tubs, but an old-fashioned 
copper boiler over a brick oven, with a floor 
worn out and splintered to the last degree. 
We find the ice chest in a small closet, in a 
situation that our Wellesley women would 
not tolerate a day in their own households. 
There is no sitting-room for the women; the 
feeble must stay in their own small rooms 
week in and week out. Thei-e is only one 
bath room in the building. 

Is all this crowding of closets, pantrys, 
domestic apartments and bedrooms for both 
sexes necessary? There is a hall in the sec- 
ond story, 75 feet by 35 feet, which, so far 
as we can learn, has never been used since 
the days when the town meetings were held 
in it, before the town of Wellesley was set 
off from Needham, except for storing a few 
squashes and pumpkins and festoons of dried 
apples. 

The roseate view given in our last few 
town reports does not seem to be confirmed 
by our State inspector, who says: "This 
almshouse, as has been reported in previous 



years, is cheerless and poorly arranged. 
. . . No provision for the separation of 
the sexes is provided." 

Let the citizens examine into the condi- 
tion of affairs. There is plainly a State 
standard for the management of almshouses; 
we fall far below this standard, as reports 
and investigations show. Do we wish to be 
one of the few towns where the almshouse 
is continually reported to be cheerless and 
poorly arranged ? 

The amount required to improve this 
building is so small that the town could eas- 
ily afford the appropriation, and it would 
make it possible for us to retain the services 
of a competent warden and matron. 

Should such an appropriation be made, 
Wellesley could take as much pride in its 
almshouse as in :ts school buihlings, pro- 
jected expensive paiks and other measures 
for public welfare. 

THE FRIENDLY AID C05IM1TTEE. 



MANUAL TRAINING 

PROF. William G. Ward of Cambridge, 
whose name is familiar to all interested 
in the development of manual training 
among the younger portion of the popula- 
tion, was the speaker of the afternoon at the 
meeting of the Wellesley Llills Woman's 
Club on February 2L 

In speaking upon the subject of manual 
training. Prof. Ward reminded his hearers 
that the question was not a new one. To 
the child of a few generations ago, living 
upon a farm, manual training was uncon- 
sciously a necessity. 1\) the child living in 
crowded cities and thickly-settled communi- 
ties nothing of the kind exists. It is to 
bring to these city children the knowledge 
of the use of their hands, that is common to 
all country children, that the work of man- 
ual training is being urged in the city- 
schools and institutions. "For the best 
development of the brain," said the speaker, 
"it was necessary during the youth of the 
child to employ his hands." The average 
intelligence of the children in reform schools 
and penitentiaries is greater than that of 
children of the same age outside. Without 
some occupation this intelligence is in many 
cases a power of evil. Therefore, the speaker 
urged the need of training all children to 
the skilful use of their hands in some one or 
more branches of work by which they could 
be self-supporting, and therefore self-respect- 
ing and have a knowledge of thine and 



OUR TOWN 



mine. "This in itself," said Prof. Ward, 
"would be a great step toward solving many 
of the social problems which confront us at 
the present day." The lecture was listened 
to with marked interest by the audience, 
many persons remaining afterward to ask , 
Prof. Ward questions which his address had 
suggested. 



THE WELLESLEY FREE BED 

THE readers of Ouu Towx may be inter- 
ested to learn of the success of the 
Wellesley Free Bed these past months. 
We are very glad to say that the advantages 
of having a free bed so easy of access as 
the Newton Hospital have been made evi- 
dent, while the demand for such an aid to 
our citizens has proved its need. The ])hy- 
sicians of the town have repeatedly made 
application for the use of the bed, and, as no 
patient is admitted to the hospital without a 
physician's certificate, we are confident that 
only worthy cases have been treated. Dur- 
ing these months the bed has been occupied 
many weeks, and men, women and children 
have received wise and faithful treatment. 
One woman, after a week in the hospital, 
returning home with restored health, sj»oke 
not onl}' of the good care from the doctors 
and nurses, but of the pleasant surround- 
ings and cheerful spirit which pei'vaded the 
ward. This seems to be the general expres- 
sion of all with whom we have spoken. 

Another patient, with a serious trouble 
making it impossible for her to work for her 
family, received rest and care for two weeks 
and has since been able to i-esume her for- 
mer activities. The life of at least one little 
bay, critically ill with pneumonia, has been 
saved, while in other cases serious results 
were averted by prompt attention and skil- 
ful treatment. 

Is it not of some value to us to have a feel- 
ing of security and to know that in emer- 
gency cases we have a near place of refuge 
to wliich we may resort? 

A few cases were pronounced chronic and 
were dismissed, after reliable medical advice 
had been obtained and the general system 
of the patient had been benefited. We are 
assured that those who have been most 
closely connected with this interesting and 
worthy benevolence, and have been able to 
personally observe, feel most confident of 
the practical advantages of having a free 
bed. Early this spring our year will expire, 



and it is again necessary to raise |300 for 
another year. On Sunday, March 25, the 
Wellesley churches will have a Hospital 
Sunday, and a special collection will be 
taken on that date. Also any donations 
will be gladly received from other friends 
who are interested. 

MAKY C. BACHELDER, 

WelL'sUv Director of Newton Hospital Aid. 



THE HISTORY OF THE WELLESLEY 
CLUB 

A Ta meeting held at the house of President 
Fiske, about twelve years ago, a paper 
on purely social clubs was read by the 
late S. Harris Austin, and an outline of the 
work the Cambridge Club had been engaged 
in for some years followed. An eftort was 
then made to show that there was a ])lace in 
our community for a similar club, in which 
the practical featui-es of debate on town 
topics might follow a social hour at the din- 
ing table. No attem]>t was made at that 
time to sound the sentiment of the towns- 
men upon this subject, ])aitly because it was 
asserted, bv oentlemen who ha\e since 
proved most active in contributing to the 
Club's success, that the peculiar conditions 
existing between the thi-ee villages, and also 
in each village, would render it impossible 
to persnade enough men to meet and nuike 
the attempt. 

The chief agitator in this movement was 
very like a raw recruit in his fii'St battle; 
for, not knowing the danger of the battle- 
field as did the veterans, he insisted on 
charging straight at his friends — the enemy. 
Four gentlemen met, canvassed the voting 
list and issued invitations to meet and dis- 
cuss the advisability of forming a club of 
this kind. The response was very enccnir- 
aging; the club was organized and the 
debates and social features have advanced 
hand in hand for ten years. 

There are misinformed individuals in our 
town who ask, "Of what good is the Welles- 
le_v Club, meeting as it does in Boston and 
never taking an active part in town poli- 
tics?" There have been many instances of 
its usefulness of which I will mention but 
one. Those of us who have been members 
from the first can recall the town meetings 
of twelve years ago, and, with a little 
thought, compare them with those of today. 
Has there not been a distinct advance in 



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their action and their general morals? I, 
for one, claim the improvement as largely 
due to the unconscious influence of our Club, 
bringing as it does many of the citizens of 
the three villages to one common social cen- 
ter at least once a month; making thera 
acquainted with each other, and as a result 
of that acquaintance showing them that they 
are members of one community — not three, 
and that forbearance, generosity, public 
spirit and good judgment are really what all 
woidd practice. The Club has never recom- 
mended action to the town on any subject; 
it never will. It seeks from its own mem- 
bers and from distinguished guests the latest 
experience and opinions on special subjects, 
and then leaves each member free to form 
his own judgment. To that liberal policy 
the Club owes its success, best shown by 
the recent election of its hundredth man — 
its limit of membership. 

It is not easy for one who has not been 
associated with the management during the 
ten years of the Club's life, and next to im- 
possible for a new member, to realize the 
sense cf pride and satistaetion that some of 
us take in seeing the Wellesley Club strongly 
suppoi-ted. As long as it maintains its pres- 
ent standard, so long will there be a place 
for it and so long will its quiet influence 
permeate the whole conmiunity. 

GEORGE E. RICHARDSON. 



MRS. HOWE'S REMINISCENCES 

MRS. Julia Ward Howe had evei'y 
advantage of environment. For her 
heredity she has reason to be pro- 
foundly thankful. Hei' mother was beauti- 
ful in face and character. Married at six- 
teen, she died at twenty-seven, beloved and 
mourned by all who knew her, leaving an 
inconsolable husband and six children — a 
motherless group. Julia was a little more 
than four years old. Her father was of 
Rhode Island birth and descent, a man of 
flne culture, a Puritan, conscientious to a 
degree, and one of the honored and success- 
ful merchants of New York. Julia was 
born May 27, 1819, in the fine home — for 
that day — on Bowling Green, then a region 
of high fashion. The Battery was her play- 
ground. After the mother's death the father 
was especially solicitous about the rearing 
of his children. An unmarried sister of 
Julia's mother was charged with the care of 
the family. She was of rare honesty, entirely 



conscientious, possessed of few accomplish- 
ments, but endowed with the keenest sense 
of humor. She had previously been an 
inmate of the home, helping her sister in the 
care of the little children, and had often 
threatened to hang a sign over her door with 
the inscription, "Cheering done here b\' the 
job, by E. Cutler." She watched over her 
nieces and nephews, as they sometimes 
thought, too carefully, keeping them in over- 
heated rooms for fear of their catching cold, 
which consequently they constantly did. 

Julia's education was rigidly superin- 
tended, and her associates were selected by 
her father with extreme care. She had gov- 
ernesses and masters and private schools. 
She was precocious and gifted with a good 
memory. At nine she studied Paley's Moral 
Philosophy, and committed many pages of 
it to memory. Languages were very con- 
genial, and she learned to read and speak 
French fluently, and added knowledge of 
Latin, Italian and German. Her father was 
fond of books and paintings, and had one of 
the best galleries of his day. Good music 
and good society were much enjoyed. Her 
father's religious views became moie strict 
after the mother's death, and, looking back 
upon it, Mrs. Howe thinks that her earlier 
years were somewhat hampered b}' the 
restricted routine of tlie Puritan family life, 
with its abstinence and simplicity and morn- 
ing and evening prayers. Her father, with 
all his noble generosity and overweening 
affection, '-sometimes appeared to me as my 
jailer." Yet she would doubtless be the 
last to fail to appreciate those qualities of 
character which were due in her to her pai*- 
entage and rearing. Few have had advan- 
tages so ample for true culture, and it was a 
culture that could not have resulted from 
such devotion to the simply fashionable soci- 
ety of the time that at times would have 
gratified the young woman's desires and 
inclinations. What she lost in the way of 
social gayety she far more than made up for 
in the study of German and English litera- 
ture, and the acquirement of the education 
which fitted her for the larger part she was 
destined to play in life. It was worth while 
missing society's whirl to make a Julia 
Ward Howe. 

This volume of "Reminiscences," to which 
I am thus introducing my readers, is charm- 
ing from beginning to end. The chapters 
on literary New York, New York society, 
the home life, the studies, her marriage to 



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Dr. Howe and tour in Europe, the lirst years 
in Boston, the anti-slavery agitation, literary 
work, men and movements in the sixties, 
the women's peace crusade, and the wom- 
an's suffrage movement, with the pages given 
to personal recollections of the great men 
and women with whom Mrs. Howe was 
thrown, are all of them delightful. The 
circle into which she came when she mar- 
ried Dr. Howe and transferred her life inter- 
ests from New York to Boston, was the 
most interesting that this country has known. 
With what envy we regard those who were 
on terms of friendship with Emerson, Long- 
fellow, Holmes, Lowell, Wendell Phillips, 
Charles Sumner, James Freeman Clarke, 
Dr. Hedge, Colonel Higginson, and Phillips 
Brooks later. It was the circle of genius, 
in wdiich thought was master, and great 
ideas had pre-eminence. 

With natural endowments developed by 
an unusual training, Mrs. Howe was compe- 
tent to set the most out of the new associa- 
tions. In her husband she had a man of the 
highest type, devoted to the amelioration of 
the condition of those who had been left 
most helplessly in their blindness. In a 
true sense he opened the eyes of the blind, 
and brought possibilities of education and 
happiness to thousands. It was an appre- 
ciated privilege to associate thus closely 
with such a charactei-. Those first years in 
New England were great years, full of toil, 
full of study, full of high enterprises, such 
as bring out the most and best of one. Mrs. 
Howe grew intellectually and spiritually, 
and found the larger horizon for which as a 
young woman she had longed. Abolition 
became to her a living subject, and she was 
with Garrison and Wendell Phillips and 
good old John Brown. Then came the spe- 
cific woman's movements, and into these she 
threw her energy and infiuence. Whatever 
one may think of some of the arguments, 
the ability and character of Mrs. Howe as 
an advocate will not be denied. And the 
character of such a woman goes much fur- 
ther in support of her cause than any argu- 
rnent. 

I wish I had space to give some cf the 
incidents, characteristic and brimful of inter- 
est. But my purpose will be accomplished 
if these desultory comments lead my readers 
to read the book in which Mrs. Howe tells, 
as she only can, the story in part of her 
eventful life. 

HOWARD B. GROSE. 



FEBRUARY HAPPENINGS 

[NOTE. Whatever may have occurred during the previous 
month of special interest to Wellesley people will hereafter be 
noted in this column. Readers are requested to aid in making the 
record complete.] 

LECTURES AND ADDRESSES 

Rev. Samuel Eliot, secretary of the American Uni- 
tarian Association, addressed the ladies of the Wom- 
an's Alliance, Wellesley Hills, on Feb. 27. Subject, 
"Denominational Work." 

Rev. W. G. Puddefoot, Field Secretary of the Con- 
gregational Home Missionary Society, gave the Men's 
League, Wellesley, one of his witty and brilliant talks, 
March i. Subject: " Past and Present." 

Prof. Katharine Coman, Dean of Wellesley College, 
gave a stereopticon lecture at the Wellesley Congre- 
gational Church, Feb. 28, on the " Highways and 
Byways in Spain." The proceeds were divided l)e- 
tween Mrs. Culick's Institute for Girls in Madrid, 
Spain, and the Church. 

Mrs. P. T. Farwell addressed the Woman's Union, 
in Wellesley, Feb. 27, on "The Creed of a Young 
Child." 

On "Gentlemen's Night," Feb. 7, before the 
Woman's Club and its guests. Miss Helen Brooks 
gave a delightful musical lecture on " The Picturesque 
in Music," with piano illustration and songs by Mrs. 
Louise Brooks. 

Another musical lecture was given at Dana Hall, 
Feb. 26, by Mr. Homer A. Norris, on " The Evolution 
of the Art of Music," with baritone songs by Mr. 
Arthur Phillips. 

The Wellesley Tuesday Club has listened during 
the past month to a most instructive talk by Dr. 
George B. Rice, Boston University School of Medi- 
cine, on "Medical and Sanitary Progress of the Clos- 
ing Century;" also to a comprehensive paper by Mr. 
B. H. Sanborn, on " lulucational Piogress of the Cen- 
tury." 

IN IHE PULI'ir 

Mr. Snyder preached at the Young Men's Christian 
Union, Boston, Feb. 11, and in Washington, D. C, 
Feb. 25. He also made an address in Salem, Feb. 18, 
in the " Forward Movement " course. 

Rev. Joshua Coit, Secretary of the Massachusetts 
Home Missionary Society, preached in the Wellesley 
Congregational Church, Feb. 18. 

ENTERTAINMENTS. 

On St. Valetine's Day the younger classes of the 
Unitarian Sunday School, Wellesley Hills, gave a 
Mother Goose party. (Jn Feb. 16, the Society and 
Sunday School met together in a social coffee party 
at Maugus Hall. 

The girls of the seventh and eighth grades of the 
Hunnewell school appeared in Colonial custom on 
the afternoon before Washington's Birthday and 
entertained the boys with cocoa and cake. 

On Feb. 22, there was a very successful entertain- 
ment at the Wellesley Hills Congregational Church. 
Prof. J. K. Richardson gave a thrilling account of his 
war experiences with the Army of the Potomac, and 
Miss Jones sang several pieces very acceptably, clos- 
ing with the Star Spangled Banner. 



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WHeUesle^? ConGrcQational Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Worship. 

12.00 Sunday School and Bible Classes. 

6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 

7.15 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

J. 00 Woman's Union. 

THURSDAY 

4.00 Junior C. E. Society. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Mid-week Service. 

REV. A. W. HITCHCOCK, of Newburyport, will 
preach on Sunday, March 18, in exchange with the 
Pastor. 

THE PASTOR will address the annual meeting of 
the Associated Charities of Newburyport, on Sunday 
evening, March 18. 

PROPHETS AND PROPHECY. A class for 
the careful study of the Prophets of Israel has been 
formed at the Parsonage on .Saturday evenings at 
7.30. All are invited. 

INDIA FAMINE RELIEF. Special contribu- 
tions to the amount of $28 have already been made to 
the Relief P'und. The Pastor will be glad to forward 
anything more that is sent to him. 

NEW MEMBERS. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. J. Anderson 
will be received into this church on March 4, by letter 
from the Wellesley Hills Congregational Church. 
Mr. Anderson was formerly a member of this church, 
having been transferred to Wellesley Hills in 1893. 

THE MEN'S LEAGUE already numbers about 
forty members. Committees on religious work, on 
fellowship, on entertainment, on good citizenship and 
on fraternal aid have been formed and are actively at 
work. The next monthly meeting will lie held on 
Thursday evening April 5. 

ARMENIAN ORPHANS. The Foreign Mission- 
ary Department of the Woman's Union will send 
away this month a bo.x of garments which have been 
made for the orphans under the care of .Miss Agnes 
Lord, now in Turkey. The Junior Endeavor Society 
is collecting funds for the same object. 

HOSPITAL SUNDAY. On March 25, an offer- 
ing will be made for the support of the Free Bed in 
the Newton Hospital, established last year. Else- 
where in this issue the value of the Bed is set forth. 
The offering for the Congregational Church Building 
Society, scheduled for this month will, be postponed 
until December. 

SPECIAL SERVICES. Beginning on Sunday, 
March 4, a series of printed musical and responsive 
services will be used on Sunday evenings, having for 
a general subject, "Types of Discipleship." The 
topics for the several evenings are as follows : March 
4, "The Master and His Disciples;" March 11, 
"Simon Peter;" March 18, "James;" March 25, 
"John;" April I, "Paul." A male chorus has been 
formed to conduct the singing and furnish special 
music. 



jfirst Conoreaational Cburcb in 
Melleslei^ ibills 

Organized, P'ebruary 24, 1S47 

REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastc r 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. • 

12.00 Sunday School. 

6.30 Y. P. S. C. E. 

7.30 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

READING by MRS. EMILY SHAW FORMAN, 
on Tuesday, March 6, at 8.00 P. M., under the aus- 
pices of the Christian Endeavor Society. There will 
also be special music, and the reading will be followed 
by tea and a sale of candy. Admission, twenty-five 
cents. 

Y. P. S. C. E. The Pastor asks the young people 
to make a special effort lo be present at those Fiiday 
evening prayei meetings which are marked "C.E" 
on the printed list. The first of these is on March 9. 
Topic : " Shaping Conduct by Truth," meeting to be 
led by Dr. Sanborn. For entertainment given by this 
Society see notice elsewhere in this column. 

FRIDAY EVENINGS. A new plan has been 
adopted by the Church Committee for the coming 
months, in order to introduce an element of variety 
and more life in the meetings. If routine is the fault 
of the meetings, there will be every chance to avoid 
it in the future. Each meeting is to have its own 
leader with perfect freedom to follow out his own 
plan. Let the people help. Slips containing names 
of leaders can be had of the Pastor. The topics are 
those of the Congregational Handbook. 

WOMEN'S M EETINGS. Mar. 6, the annual meet- 
ing of the Suffolk Branch of the W. B. M. will be held 
at Dedham, morning and afternoon sessions. For 
this reason there will be no women's meeting held 
here. March 13. Extra sewing meeting for benevo- 
lent work with Mrs. Oldham at 2.30; dime collection. 
March 20. Regular sewing meeting at 2.30 with Mrs. 
Oldham. Business meeting and afternoon tea. 
March 27. Foreign Missionary meeting, postponed 
from March 6, to be held with Mrs. Oldham at 3.00 
o'clock. It is expected that there will be an address 
by a missionary. 



be taken. There is no better way n/ ncip iium 
Missionary work. Let our offering be generous. 
March 25, Hospital Sunday. All the churches in 
Wellesley are to observe this day as Hospital .Sunday. 
Sermons appropriate to the occasion and a collection 
for the support of the Wellesley Free Bed at the 
Newton Hospital. 



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Mellcslcg Ibills muitariau Society 

Organized, 1871 
REV. JOHN SNYDER, Pastor. 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
t2.oo Sunday Scliool. 

SATURDAY 

g.oo Junior Brancli AlliLince. 

TUESDAY 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues- 
day. 

Communion Service Qn the tirst Sundays of Jan., 
Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service. 



WEDNESDAY evening, March 28, Mr. Snyder 
will preach at Athol. 

SUNDAY, March 11. The Pastor will preach at 
7.45 1'. M^foi Rev. Mr. Fowle, of Brookline. 

THE JUNIOR ALLIANCE are working busily 
for their annual sale and entertainment. 

Till': ST.ANDL\(; COMMITTEE held its regular 
monthly meeting on Monday evening, February 26. 

THE SOCLAL MEETINf; arranged for March 7, 
at the parsonage, has been postponed until the 
following week. 

KEY. LSAAC PORTl';R,of Newton Lower Falls, 
occupjied the pulpit on February 25, while Mr. Snyder 
was in Washington, D. C. 

FN ITIE COURSI': on "The (Jospel in the Book 
of Genesis," the Pastor will speak on '• The P'lood," 
" The Tower of Babel," and "The Founding of the 
Hebrew Commonwealth." 

THE PASTOR desires to emphasize the fact stated 
by Rev. Mr. Eliot, Secretary of the A. U. A., that the 
ne.xt annual meeting of the organization will celebrate 
its seventy-fifth anniversary, and to express the hope 
that our Society's contribution for missionary work 
may be unusually large this year. 

THE WELLESLEY HILLS Branch Alliance 
held no meeting on February thirteenth owning to 
the severe storm. 

On February twenty-seventh the meeting was held 
in the evening in order that the gentlemen of the 
parish could have an opportunity to hear Rev. 
Samuel A. Eliot, Secretary of the American Unitarian 
Association. Mr. Eliot spoke with earnestness of 
our denominational work and his audience listened 
with great interest. 



St. Hn^rew's Cburcb 

Organized, 1891 

REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Religions Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Prayer 
12.15 Sunday School. 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the Month, 10.45 ^- ^■ 
Third Sunday, 9.45 A. M. 
Other Sundays, 7.30 a. m. 

WEDNESDAY 

3.30 Ministering Children's League. 

THURSDAY 

2.30 Women's Au.xiliary. 

SATURDAY 

8.00 Girl's Friendly Society. 

FRESCOING THE CHAPEL. As a token of 
gratitude for the reduction of the jjarish debt, the 
interior of our house of worship has been beautified. 
Over the chancel arch runs the inscription. " O wor- 
ship the Lord in the beauty of holiness; let the whole 
earth stand in awe of him." 

LENTEN SERVICES. Besides the usual ser- 
vices on Sunday, there will be special week-day ser- 
vices as follows : 

Tuesdays, at 4.45. with reading from the great 
preachers. 

Wednesdays at 1.45, with address on "The Fruits 
of Faith." 

Thursdays at 4.45, with lectures by the Rev. Cliffoid 
Gray Twombly, of Newton Highlands, on "The His- 
tory of the Jews between the Old and New Testa- 
ments." 

Fridays at 7.15, with sermon by visiting clergymen. 
March 9, Rev. J. P. Hawkes of Dedham ; March 16, 
Rev. M. H. Gates, of Cohasset; March 30, Rev. S. 
H. Milliard, of Boston; April 6, Rev. C. P. Mills, of 
Wollaston. 

Saturdays, Girls' Friendly Society service at 8.co 

P. M. 

WOMAN'S AUXILIARY. Meetings for March 
will be held as follows: March 8, Mrs. Nye; March 
15, Miss Hastings; March 22, Mrs. Stan wood; March 
29, Miss Jennings. Archdeacon Appleby, of the new 
missionary diocese of Duluth, spoke of his work at 
Evening Prayer last Sunday. Several members of 
the Auxiliary were present. 

CONFIRMATION. The Bishop of the diocese 
will visit the parish to confer the rite of confirmation 
on Sunday morning, May 20. A confirmation class 
will be formed for instruction after Easter. During 
Lent, the Wednesday afternoon service is intended 
especially for candidates. 

ADDRESSES on Sunday evenings. During Lent, 
the rector proposes to take for a subject of Sunday 
evening addresses " Some Practical Phases of Chris- 
tian Life." The subject for ne.xt Sunday evening 
will be " Heredity Versus Moral Responsibility." 



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WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

VISIT OF AUTHORS' CLUB. A most interest- 
ing event took place Saturday afternoon, Feb. 24, 
when the Author's Club, of Boston and the immediate 
vicinity, visited the College by President Hazard's 
invitation. This large company of distinguished 
guests was entertained first with a reading by Mr. 
Charles G. D. Roberts, the Canadian author, from 
his own writings, and President Hazard afterwards 
gave a reception to the guests. 

RUSKIN MEMORIAL SERVICE. On Sunday 
evening, February 18, a service in memory of John 
Ruskin was held in the College chapel, the arrange- 
ments having been made by the departments of art, 
economics and literature. After the opening hymns 
and prayer came a responsive reading of the nine- 
teenth I'salm, followed by the reading of Ruskin's 
interpretation of this Psalm, in Fors Clavigera. The 
first address was made by Prof. Alice V. Brown, on 
Ruskin's interpretation of art, with illustrative read- 
ings from his text. Addresses on the social teachings 
of Ruskin were then given by Miss Emily G. Halch, 
of the economics department. Miss Jeannette A. 
Marks as president of the Wellesley College Settle- 
ment Chapter, and Miss Vida D. Scudder, associate 
professor of literature. A noteworthy feature of this 
service was the singing by the College chorus of the 
hymn composed by Canon H. I). Rawnsley, and sung 
at the funeral of Ruskin, in Coniston, Jan. 25. This 
hymn is soon to be published in the Atlantic Monthly 
Magazine. 

OTHER Ri.CENT EVENTS. The annual mid- 
winter concert took place on the evening of Feb. 22, 
bringing together as usual a great number of invited 
guests. This concert will be repeated on Monday 
evening, March 5. An ice carnival, new to the 
Wellesley world, was successfully carried out in mid- 
February, and arrangements are already on foot for an 
athletic field day, to be held this spring, simiLir to 
the one last year. Ur. Lyman Abbott preached in 
the Houghton Memorial Chapel two Sundays in suc- 
cession during the month. An appropriate service, 
in memory of Henry F. Durant, founder of the Col- 
lege, was held on the evening of February 23. The 
College chorus gave effective aid with the singing. 
Prof. Ellen Hayes spoke briefly of Mr. Durant's potent 
influence in the early days of the College, and Presi- 
dent Hazard paid high tribute to the purposes of the 
founder. 



THE STUDY OF ECONOMICS. There has 
been a steadily increasing zeal for the study of econ- 
omics among the students for these past few years, 
and the courses in this subject offer various lines of see us. 
investigation. Problems connected with vital matters »-^, ^ ^ 

of reform are studied in the light of all that modern |~"iSKC OC wO 
science can do to explain them. Visits to various 
institutions and organizations suggest new questions 
or prove a wholesome corrective and stimulant. The 
second half-year of the work in social economics is 
devoted to the study of needs and opportunities con- 
nected with the normal, rather than the morbid func- 
tions of society, questions of population and housing, 
sanitation and municipal housekeeping, public pro- 
vision for cleanliness, education and recreation. At 
the Economics and History Clubs, teachers and stu- 
dents meet fortnightly to discuss current matters of 
economic interest. 



WELLESLEY HILLS WOMAN'S CLUB 

IT is a matter of regret that a greater num- 
ber of people were not present to hear 
the very able lecture on Manual Training 
given before the Woman's Club last month, 
by Mr. William G. Ward, of Cambridge. 
The lecture aroused much interest, and 
stirred up an active, informal discussion 
afterwards. Judging from the well-sustained 
points, it behooves the Wellesley citizens to 
take heed to this inij)ortant adjunct of mod- 
ern education — manual training. We can- 
not afford to be without it. Boys must not 
be allowed to grow tap without the moral 
development which this training affords, 
training which will enable them to earn 
their own living, if need be, by the com- 
bined effort of brain and hand. What made 
America great was that every man worked 
w^th his hands. 

Wellesley 
Steam Laundry 

Skirts, Dresses, Shirt Waists, Curtains, Sh ides 
Draperies and all kinds of Fancy Ironing nicely done. 
Plain ironing by the dozen. 

All work handled carefully. No bleach or acid is 
used, nor anything that will injure the clothes, which 
are dried in the open air, weather permitting. 

Prices reasonable. Work called for and delivered. 

We should be pleased to receive vour work. A 
card to the WELLESLEY STEAM LAUNDRY 
will receive prompt attention. 

J. T. MELLUS, Proprietor. 

We use nothing hut the very best of supplies. 

^ itchen Furn iture 

We have at hand all the necessary kitchen 
furniture one needs to make a kitchen complete. We 
wish to call your attention to our line of 
Granite Iron Ware. 

Electric and steam 
cars stop in front of 
our store. Call and 




NATICK 

Hardware, Plumbing and Heating 

J. TAILBY&SON 

THE WELLESLEY 
FLORISTS 

Artistic Floral Decorators. Choice Cut Flow= 
ers and Plants 

LINDEN STREET, OPPOSITE B. & A. R. R. STATION 
TELEPHONE CONNECTION 



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DR, M. O. NELSON 

DENTIST 

Croxan and Bridge Work a /Specialty 

ROOn 4, WALCOTT BUILDING, NATiCK 

O. J. WASHBURN 

DENTIST 

Boom 26, Clark's Block, Natick 
Established 1872. Office Hours : 8 a. m. to 5 p. m. 

The Wellesley Sanatorium 

For the Treatment 
of Nervous Diseases 

Baths, Massage, Electricity, etc. Every ad- 
vantage necessary for restoration to health. 
EDWARD H. WISWALL, M. D., .Supt. 
Washington St., Wellesley. Tel.: Wellesley 38-3. 

*'ALL ABOARD!" 

ThoS. B. Q riff in (for fourteen years driver of the College 
Coach) may be found near the W ELLESLEY POST OFFICE 
on arrival of all trains. 

Alumns carried at same rates as undergraduates. 

B. & A. Trip Tickets to Boston, liO cents each. 
Order box at north door of College Hall. 
P. O. Address, Box 1;J2, Wellesley, Mass. 

DENTIST 

Edward E. Hexry, D. M. D., 

Sliattuck's Block - Wellesley, Mass. 

HOURS, 9 A. M. TO 5 I'. M. 

HR. F. L. STONE 



Teacher of Organ and Piano 

Organist in the 

Wellesley Congregational Church 



Wellesley 



DANA HALL SCHOOL-- WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college. 

General Course for Non-Collegians. 

Special Advantages in English Literature Art 
History of Art, and Music. 
Miss Hele.nj Temple Cooke, Principal. 
Mrs. Harriett E. Page, 



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EDITORIAL 

HOSPITAL Sunday may now he consid- 
ered an establisliecl institution in 
Wellesley. About $-2b0 was contributed 
in the five town churches, on March 25, tow- 
ards the support of the Wellesley Free Bed 
in the Newton Hospital for the coming year. 



THERE are times when board walks are 
desperately in demand in certain much- 
traversed places. The early spring is 
one of these times, and two of the places 
are the driveway around by the Public 
Library door and the walk from the Hunne- 
well School house to Church street. 



ONE thousand dollars has been given to 
the Wellesley Public Library by the 
will of the late Miss Elizabeth E. 
Flagg, a former resident of Wellesley and a 
member of the Wellesley Congregational 
Church. This is the kind of practical appre- 
ciation of one's early home which counts for 
more than bushels of good wishes. 



WELLESLEY College begins at last to 
breathe moi-e freely with reference 
to its annual income. It has been 
wearing on the nerves of those who admin- 
ister the College interests to have to make 
ends meet where there was no reasonable 
expectation that they could meet. And an 
increasing debt for running expenses is no 
more delightful for a college than for a 
home. We congratulate the College Beauti- 
ful on the near fulfilment of its hopes. 



IT HAS been suggested that Mr. Rockefel- 
ler's offer of ^$100,000 to the College 
Endowment Fundoughtnot to be accepted 
on account of the methods of the Standard 
Oil Co. in creating the fortunes of the Rocke- 
feller family. If the College were com- 
mitted by such acceptance to any approval 



of those methods, then the (juestion of pro- 
priety might well be raised. But it would 
seem as if the Christian standard of honor 
in business could be better established by 
the use of such money to promulgate the 
true ethics than by allowing the money to 
be diverted to some less worthy purpose. 



THE much-needed Department lUiilding, 
for the housing of highway, fire and 
water departments, has been finished 
and opened for use. It seems to be admira- 
bly adapted not only to the present but to 
the distant future needs. Probably it will 
be some time before the town will need a 
fire engine or a hook and ladder truck, but 
the places for them are provided and we may 
rest more securely in our beds. It is also 
pleasant to know that hereafter, whatever 
may be the kaleidoscopic changes in the 
administration of the highway department, 
the hard-worked carts and horses will at 
least have a permanent abode. 



MR. EDWARD LAWRENCE, PRESI- 
DENT OF THE MAUGUS CLUB 

MR. EDWARD LAWRENCE, whose 
portrait we publish this month, was 
born m Charlestown, Mass., on May 
23, 1848. He was educated in the public 
schools of Charlestown and Boston, and at 
eiu'hteen years of age entered the business 
house of Messrs. W. F. Weld & Co., ship 
owners, importers and general merchants, 
where he remained until 1875, when the firm 
dissolved. Since that period Mr. Lawrence 
has continued in the same line of business on 
his own account. 

He became a resident of Wellesley Farms 
about nine years ago, and, since the birth of 
his citizenship, has been deeply interested 
and active in everything that could advance 
the interest and prosperity of the town of 
Wellesley. He is a member and a very gen- 
erous supporter of the LTnitarian Church; 
also an enthusiastic member of the Welles- 
ley Club. 

'The Maugus Club, of which Mr. Lawrence 
is the present president, was organized as 
early as 1892, but not legally incorporated 
till July, 1896. Its first president was Mr. 
Joseph' E. Fiske. He was followed in turn 
by Messrs. Francis C. Hersey, Frank F. 



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Baldwin, Gamaliel Bradford, Jr., John 
Edmunds and Isaac Sprague, 

Mr. Lawrence was elected president in 
1898, and, contrary to the usual custom, has 
been re-elected for the year 1899-190U. 

The purposes of the Club, as expressed in 
its articles of incorporation, ai-e for its 
"maintaining places for social meetings and 
reading rooms, for the acconmiodation of 
social and charitable bodies, and for encour- 
agement of athletic exercises." The hand- 
some club house was occupied for the first 
time on Oct. 17, 1896. The club has not 
only furnished an admirable meeting place 
for the social and charitable organizations of 
the town, but it has tended to centralize its 
social life and give to that life the sense of 
civic unity. Within its walls the old and 
young meet together in habitual association. 
Fathers and sons may be seen engaged in 
the same amusements and recreations. And 
as gambling and drinking are rigidly ban- 
ished from the Club, it has done much, no 
doubt, to give the social life of Wellesley 
Hills a distinctly highei- and cleaner charac- 
ter. The wi'itei- of this has frequently heard 
the Club criticised by sincere and serious- 
minded citizens of the town because of the 
oi>portunity it offers for the blameworthy 
wasting of time, and because it tempts heads 
of families away from their own firesides. 
This charge may be measurably true, and 
yet not really affect the question as to the 
desirability of a social club. It is quite pos- 
sible that men of all ages use time in the 
club that could be much more profitably 
employed. It is equally possible that such 
men may sometimes netrlect their plain 
domestic duties and withhold from their 
families the companionship which is justly 
their due. But the absence of the social 
club would not create domestic virtue. Vir- 
tue and vice are not matters of opportunity 
so much as matters of inner disposition and 
impulse. Sensible men who know how to 
use recreation and leisure rationally should 
not be deprived of a social club simply 
because foolish men abuse its |)rivileges. 

The writer deeply regrets that so many of 
the able and educated young men of Welles- 
ley habitually withhold from the churches 
their interest and attendance. He feels sure 
that in the coming years, when they have 
assumed control of the social, educational, 
political and penal institutions of the Com- 
monwealth, they will be amazed at the 
widely spread consequences of their neglect 



and at the deterioration of civic virtue that 
follows the decay of religious and ethical 
institutions. But this writer is equally sure 
that if you should shut up every social club 
in the Commonwealth, lock the door of every 
Sunday library, break every Sunday golf- 
stick and wreck every bicycle, you would 
not thereby drive these young men into the 
churches, or necessarily deepen their sense 
of religious obligation if you did. 

JOHN SNYDKK. 



THE NEW INDIVIDUALISM 

A few years ago a benevolently-inclined 
lady sent a picture to be hung on the 
walls of a newly-formed social settle- 
ment in one of our large cities. The title of 
the picture was "Cliarity.''' An over-dressed 
woman, daintily holding up her skirts that 
they might not touch anytliing common or 
unclean, had dismounted from her carriage 
and stood before the door of a decrepit 
house, speaking to a poor woman who was, 
in turn, expressing her humble thankfulness 
for what she was about to receive. At a 
respectful distance stood a liveried footman 
carrying the basket of provisions which were 
about to be distributed. 

The picture expressed what the giver 
undoubtedly believed to be the true view of 
charity, — what I have chosen to call the old 
individualism, — the idea that the struggle 
for life is every one's chief concern and that 
the utmost demand love makes is to require 
him who succeeds in getting things to throw 
his crusts to him who has not so succeeded. 

Over against this picture place those which 
may be furnished today by the social settle- 
ment itself. 

A young man of refined character, strong 
and healthy in body and in spirit, has about 
him a group of unkempt aiid irresponsible 
street boys. They are fired with a common 
enthusiasm, and together start for an empty 
house lot on a neighboring street wheie they 
set to work with spade and shovel to make a 
play ground. Kude swings are constructed; 
gymnastic apparatus of sufiicient usefulness 
is manufactured on the spot. A friendly 
rivalry takes the place of back-alley fights, 
the policeman on the next beat wonders 
where the boys have gone, the boys have 
found a point of contact with a college ath- 
lete and he has found a new fellowship which 
much to his astonishment displaces others 
hitherto supposed permanent. 



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Another picture: In a wretched living- 
room of a miserable back tenement, a group 
of ten boys and girls are playing games with 
a young college girl. In her face can be 
read the beauty and strength of New Eng- 
land's best inheritance and the honest frank- 
ness of the true type of well-educated Amer- 
ican womanhood. In their faces are the 
national characteristics of down-trodden 
people, with tliat iudetinablc restlessness 
that marks the chihl whose kindergarten is 
in the gutter and whose companionship is 
any one wlio hap[)ens to move into the next 
tenenient. The colk'gc girl is not the 
teacher, not the "workei,'" not tlie represen- 
tative of churcli (»r state; she is the friend 
who comes to this room oiiee a week. Hang- 
ing on the wall is a library of ten books 
wliich she has phiced tliei'e, books in which 
chihlhood everywlieie rejoices. After the 
games each ciiild takes home a book; wlien 
ten weeks have passed each meinber of the 
group has had all the books. Then there is 
a change of libi'aries and anothei' ten books 
ai'e brought in. The books ai'c talked over, 
the children think of them as alive with the 
vitality of this new frieM<l who opens their 
eyes to a little of the truth and beauty in the 
world. 

All this nersoiial insiiiiniii- intluence going 
into the lite of a paiticular community 
emanates from a small group of men or 
women wlio live together in the community 
itsjlt' and from the intelligent and genuine 
friendliness ol a largei- g'oup ot' associates 
wiio come fi'oin (tutside the district. This 
work bears no label. It is in the interest of 
n ) ecclesiastical or other ordei'. It receives 
dictation from no single authority. It is an 
orginized effort of w.inn-hearted, clear- 
headed men and women who h;ive deter- 
mined to enter into the life of a neglev-ted 
CO nmnnity and give to it something of the 
aspiration and ideals which have come to 
them as they ha\'e grown to maturity under 
moi-e favorable influences. It is M'hat I will 
call the expression of the nen" iiuJividudl- 






There is no clearer sign of the progress of 
humanity toward its true goal than this rec- 
ognition of the personal worth of every indi- 
vidual life. Foi- this is the sign of the fieiv 
individualism which distinguishes it from 
the old. The old said: "Each one for him- 
self," and thought it a merit when it was 
willing, even though from motives of self- 
preservation, to dole out a i-ation to a starv- 



ing body. The new says: "Each man for 
every other," and is not satisfied until it has 
spent itself in giving to every hungry and 
thii-sty soul the bread and water of life. 

'^riiere are three theories of society which 
may be distinguished. We are outgrowing 
the first, struggling with the application of 
the second, and just catching glimpses of 
what the third would be if actually realized. 
The first is the sa/id-heap theory^ accord- 
ing to which men are considered as unre- 
lated and indei)endent, even as the grains of 
loose sand, wliich make a pile simply by 
being next to each other, but between which 
there is no vital connection. One urain has 
as great a function as anothei-. The unity 
of the })ile is wholly superficial. This is the 
old imiividualism. 

The second is the rheni ic<il-c(»ii]u>uii<i' 
theory^ according tt) which the individmils 
in society are merged into a social whole, 
even as the elements in a licjuid are merged 
together, their own identity having been 
lost and their resultant alone having value. 
This is the fundamental conception of 
socialism. 

The third is tJie liunui n-hody tJieory, 
slated most lucidly nineteen liundicd years 
ago l)y the a|»ostle Paul, according to which 
all men are in vital relation to eatli other as 
the diflerent members ot the body, yet each 
h:iving a special function and an individual 
capacity. This is the new individualism. 

Let us picture to ourselves the effect of 
the extension of the new individualism. 

1. In the first place, it will change the 
empliasis in the mattei- of needs thai ai e to 
be relieved. Food and clothes will m>t be 
the chief, although, for obvious reasons, they 
will often be the first, need considertd. If 
every man has a function in the great human 
body the real need is that he should be capa- 
ble of fulfilling that function. If for any 
reason he is not fulfilling it the cause of his 
failure must be found, and tiiere can be no 
rest until it is found. If the cause is within 
himself he must be brought to a sense of his 
responsibility oi- treated as one wlio refuses 
to do his part in society. If it is in his 
environment or in the social system under 
which he lives then effort must be made to 
correct that environment and that social 
system. 

But to treat a needy human being for 
some superficial symptom without any ade- 
quate knowledge of the disease is as foolish 
in philanthropy as in medicine. Yet it is 



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precisely that son of foolishness which has 
prevented humanity from advancing faster 
along the path to its ti'ue self-realization. 

2. Such facts lead to the next effect of 
the new individualism which will be to raise 
up a new occupation, or rather a new pro- 
fession, namely that of social ministration. 
If the needs to be met are so complex and 
require such variety in treatment, it is obvi- 
ous thai only those with the proper training 
and experience can be trusted to diagnose 
cases and prescribe. 

And this is precisely the function of the 
fi'iendlij visitor, now a most essential factor 
in all philanthr(){)y. Such a visitor must 
not be one of those complacent individuals 
who goes about doing good for his own self- 
satisfaction, and not at all for the sake of 
those to whom he ministers. Nor must he 
be one of those official and officious repre- 
sentatives of mere ecclesiasticism who is 
willing to patronize provided he is treated 
with a proper subserviency. 

The visitor is to be, above all things, a 
friend. And what does that involve? Just 
what nine out of ten human beings are today 
longing tor — genuine sympathy. 

The true visitor will study causes of dis- 
tress, will make peoj)le know that he has no 
"axe to grind," will enter into the life of the 
need}' and see from their point of view, will 
bring intellectual and spiritual remedies to 
bear as well as physical, but will know 
enough not to talk religion when a policeman 
is needed. By such a visitor those who are in 
need and those who can supply that need, 
whatever the need may be, will be brought 
into friendly touch with each other; and 
each will be both giver and receiver. 

8. It is also apparent that this broad 
work of social ministration cannot be done 
effectively by isolated individuals, or 
churches or organizations. Co-operation 
with federation are both essential and inev- 
itable. There is little doubt of the enormity 
of the waste in philanthropy and reform 
movements, simply because there is not a 
clear understanding of just what ought to be 
done, and yet every humane individual wants 
to go right on doing it. 

Five turkeys sent to one home, from dif- 
ferent sources, on a single Thanksgiving 
Day represents the blundering way in which 
some good people try to lay up treasures in 
heaven at the expense of their humbler fel- 
low-men who cannot help themselves. 

It is always an injury to do for a man 



what he can do for himself. The service he 
needs is to be helped to perform his own 
part; and nothing can save a community 
from constant waste and inefficiency in its 
philanthropy except a united effort of all 
members of the community to serve each 
other in the most common-sense way and for 



the highest ends. 



EDWAED H. CHANDLER. 



A GLIMPSE OF LIFE IN WASHING- 
TON 

To the Editors of-' Our Town'": 

It is a pleasure to comply with your 
request for a letter from Washington, being 
confident that, although you are clergymen, 
you will not put me in the straight-jacket of 
the Rev. Mr. Sheldon of Topeka. I am not 
quite so confident, however, of escaping the 
waste basket, for if I were to write about 
the great debate in Congress over Porto 
Rico you would turn from it, having already 
heard enough about that; and if I were to 
write about the work of the Industrial Com- 
mission I might be accused of talking shop. 
As for society, it is Lent now and society is 
taking a rest. But this gives me a text. 

There is need enough of the rest, for soci- 
ety here is conducted on a different princi- 
ple from that prevailing elsewhere. In 
other cities and towns newcomers wait to be 
called upon. Here they call upon whomso- 
ever they please, though chiefly upon those 
who are in public life. In that sense the 
ladies of every official's household are in pub- 
lic life. The cabinet ladies receive on a cer- 
tain day, the Supreme Court ladies on 
another; the senatorial ladies have a <\2ij 
and the representative ladies another. 
Other people have their days, of course, as 
they do elsewhere. The season is usually 
January and February, or from the holidays 
to Lent, but with many it begins earlier and 
ends later. Receptions are usually from 
three to six, and for women who ai'e not 
strong, to stand all that time and greet 
friends and strangers, trying hard to remem- 
ber those whom they have seen before and 
to fix in mind those whom they are liable to 
meet again, is wearing in the extreme. Then 
within a week the calls have to be returned, 
if possible, though the cabinet ladies are per- 
mitted to return by card. 

Not many gentlemen find time to partici- 
pate in these day functions, therefore there 



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is a round of evening receptions and dinners, 
both ot wliicii are more wearinu" ttian the 
calls. To j)eo[)le who meet often thej' are 
delightful, provided health and strength 
hold out, and without doubt they soften the 
asperities of the inevitable coniiicts in Con- 
gress and in politics. Most of the hardest 
workers, however, find it impossible to be in 
the swim, for their days are spent in the 
Senate or House, or in attending to duties at 
the departments, or at committee hearings — 
usually all these each day — and their even- 
ings must therefore be given up to their 
private corresuondence or to study in prep- 
aration for debate. So you see there is little 
rest here and no freedom from care. 

It is a hard, exacting life, and yet almost 
every body is willing and many are anxious 
to share it. I confess to being something of 
a Barkis myself. Not, however, for the 
social feature, for I enjoy home society bet- 
ter. Not, indeed, for tiie honor or promi- 
nence of it, for those roses have their thorns; 
but 'I'homas I). Keed, when lie retired from 
his long and illustiMous career in Congress, 
gave the true estimate of such life when he 
spoke of it as an op})ortunity — a chance to 
serve one's country where the service is at 
the very lever that moves things, and such 
service, to be effective, tnust presuppose 
some prej^aration and the most unselfish 
devotion. 

Congress is therefore not the body of bum- 
mers that some ignorant people have sup- 
posed it to be, but a body of temperate, stu- 
dious, hard workers, nearly every one of 
whom is intent upon doing his full duty and 
many of whom have for years been acquir- 
ing expert knowledge of some of the great 
problems of statesmanship with which they 
have to deal. 

A chapter might be devoted to the life 
and duties of those who serve in the execu- 
tive departments, hundreds of whom are 
here practically for life, and who have so 
little opportunity for originality and per- 
sonal independence that they become like 
faithful soldiers and lead useful but some- 
what restricted lives. But I have reached 
the limit of the space assigned to me, and I 
will close by hoping that Olr Town will 
flourish so well that every one will feel that 
our country is safe. 

ALBERT CLARKE. 

Washington, D. C, 
March 14, 1900. 



MARCH HAPPENINGS 

CHURCH SERVICES. 

The claims of the Y. M. C. A., its remarkable 
recent giowth and its present labors for army and 
navy, were presented in a most interesting manner at 
the Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, on Sun- 
day evening. March 25, by Mr. S. B. Carter, a member 
of the executive committee of the Massachusetts 
Y. M. C. A. 

A special musical service \\as held at St. Andrew's 
Church, on Sunday evening, March 25. The choir 
sang Hall's " Magnificat " and " Nunc IHniitti;^ in I\," 
and "Schnecker's "I.o the day of rest declineth." 
Mr. Franklin Wood of Waban sang Dudley Duck's 
"Fear not, O Israel." 

Rev. Ci. A. Hood, secretary of the Congregational 
Church Building Society, spoke at the Sunday morn- 
ing service in the Wellesley Hills Congregational 
Church, March 1 1. 

" Parents' Hay" was celebrated in ilic- Unitarian 
Church Sunday School, on March :?5. 

Mr. Snyder jjreached in the Second Unitarian 
Church of Hiookline, March 21, and in Athol, March 
28. 

Printed musical and I'esponsive services have been 
used in the Wellesley C<ingregational Church, at the 
March Sunday evening services. A men's ciiotushas 
led the singing and furnished special music. 

LECrUKES AND ADDRESSES. 

Mrs. F. E. Sturgis, of Natick, addressed the Wotn- 
an's Inion of the Wellesley Congregational Church, 
March 27, on " 1 he Modt-rnBoy: what shall we do 
with him.'*" Miss Alice M. Kyle, field .secretary of 
the Woman's Board of Missions, also spoke to the 
Union March 20. 

Mr. Chandler addressed the Franiingham District 
Coirvention of the Massachusetts Sunday School 
Association, March 28. on "The Reconstruction of 
Religious Education." 

Mr. Farwell gave a paper before the lioston 
Congregational ^iinisters' Meeting, March 26, on 
" Conditions of and Preparation for Church Member- 
ship." 

.Mr. Snyder addressed the Unitarian Club of 
Brookline, on March 21. He also spoke to the 
Wellesley Hills Young Men's Club, March 8, on " A 
Trip to Cuba," with stereopticon illustrations dis- 
played by Mr. Gilson. 

The Wellesley Tuesday Club listened to a most 
interesting paper, March 1 3, by Mr. I. H. Farnham, 
on " The Progress of Electrical Inventions During 
the Nineteenth Century." The Club also listened to 
a talk on " Manual Training in the Schools," given 
March 27, by Mr. Parkinson, Superintendent of the 
Waltham schools. 

ENTERTAINMENTS. 

The Maugus Club Minstrels gave their "farewell " 
performances, March 9 and 10, with great success. 
One hundred dollars were raised for the benefit of the 
Club House. 

One of the most unique and interesting entertain- 
ments ever given in Wellesley was enjoyed by a large 
audience at^Dana Hall, March 24. It consisted in the 
reproduction by Mrs. Jeannette R. Murphy of genu- 
ine African songs, folk tales, chants and sermons 
learned by long acquaintance with the Southern negro. 



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McUcslc^ Conaregational Cburcb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 
REV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.30 Morning Worship. 

12.00 Sunday School and Bible Classes. 

6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 

7.15 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

j.oo Woman's Union. 

THURSDAY 

4.00 Junior C. E. Society. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Mid-week Service. 



HELP THE SAILORS. Our annual offering for 
the support of the Boston Seaman's Friend Society 
will be made on April 29. 

MR. GEORGE P. MORRIS, of the editorial staff 
of the " Congregatioiialist," will address the monthly 
meeting of the Men's League, on April 5, on " Some 
Present-day Reactions." 

CRADLE SONGS. The members of the Lend-a- 
Hand Club, with the assistance of others, are to give 
a musical entertainment during the latter pait of 
April, consisting of tableaux representing mothers of 
many nations in costume. The national cradle songs 
will be sung in connection with the pictures. 

NEW HYMN BOOKS. The Executive Commit- 
tee of the Christian Endeavor Society has undertaken 
to raise the money for the purchase of two sets of new 
hymn books for use in the prayer meetings and Sun- 
day school. The books chosen are "In lOxcelsis for 
School and Chapel " and " Church Hymns and Gos- 
pel Songs." These two books include a wide range 
of popular and helpful new music. All who appreci- 
aterfhe change are invited to contribute toward the 
expense. 

CONFERENCE. The Middlesex South Confer- 
ence will hold its spring session with this church on 
April 17, in the afternoon and evening. The theme 
of the Conference will be, '-The Regeneration of the 
Country Town." Addresses will be made on the 
economic, social and religious needs of the countrv 
town, by Revs. N. Vander Pyl of Holliston, C. W. 
Rouseof South Sudbury and C. H. Washburn of Mav- 
nard ; also by Dr. W. T. Talbot f)f Ifolderness. N. H. 
There are twenty-one churches in the Conference. 
The last meeting held in Weilesley was in October, 
1890. 

THE WEEK BEFORE EASTER will l,e observed 
by special services as follows : 
Palm Sunday, April 8. " The King of Kings." 

7.15 p. M. A musical and responsive service. 
Monday. " The Preparation for the Passion." 

7.45 P. M. A genera] service. 
Tuesday. "The Joy of the Passion." 

3.00 P. M. A service for women. 

7.45 P. M. A service for men. 
Wednesday. "God's Presence in the Passion." 

7.45 P. M. A general service. 
Thursday. " Friends tested by the Passion." 

7.45 P. M. Celebration of the Lord's Supper in 

the Church. 
Good Friday. "The Consummation of the Passion." 

7.45 P. M. A general service. 



Jfirst ConorcGattonal (Ibiircb in 
Melleslei^ fbills 

Organized, February 24, 1847 

REV. PARRIS THAXTER FARWELL, Past, r 

Relig'io us Ser vices 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

6.30 Y. P. S. C. E. 

7.30 Evening Worship. 

TUESDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

SUNDAY MORNINGS. Rev. Joseph B. Seabury 
will preach on Sunday morning, .-Vpril 8. 

WOMEN'S MEETINGS. April 3, Home Mission- 
ary meeting at 3.00 p. m., with Miss Mary C. Hach- 
elder. Subject: "The .\orth American Indian in 
folk lore and music." April 17, annual business 
meeting at 3.00 p. m.. with Mrs. C. C. Thomas. After- 
noon tea. 

SUNDAY EVENLNG SERVICES. April i. 
Union Consecration service of the Church and Y. P. 
S. C. E. at 6.30 p. M. Aprils, address by Uev. J. 

B. Seabury. April 15. Easter praise service. April 
22, "Christ, the Son of Man," address by the Pastor. 
April 29, address by an otiicer of the Salvation Army. 

CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY. Following the 
interesting address of Secietary Hood, it is proposed 
tha; our church agree to raise the necessary amount 
for paying the last bills on some Western Home 
Missionary church. The collections on the tifth Sun- 
days during the year will lie devoted to this object, 
beginning with April 29. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. It has been voted by 
the school that all contributions above the amount 
necessary for the expenses for the school shall be 
devoted to the Church lUiilding Society, either for 
•■ the Sunday School church " (builded by gifts from 
Sunday Schools) or for a church in which all of our 
own church organizations can unite. 

CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. At the semi-annual 
business meeting the following officers were chosen: 
President. Wm. H. .Shattuck; Vice-President, Walter 

C. Wright; Secretary, Miss Mary Hodgkins; Treas- 
urer, Robert Holies. Chairman of Prayer Meeting 
Committee. Miss ( )live Robson ; Lookout Committee, 
Miss Isabella Fiske; Missionary Committee, Miss 
Carolyn J. Peck; Music Committee, Miss Helen 
Lowe; Social Committee. Miss Grace Henry. 

BIRIIIDAY PARTY. Instead of the usual Eas- 
ter sale conducted by the ladies, there will be, on 
Thursday evening, A]5ril 19, a " I'irtiiday Party " at 
the vestry. Each person attending will be expected 
to pay on admission a sum equal to the number of his 
or her years. It is hoped there will be a large pro- 
jiortion of centenarians present. Ice cream and cake 
for sale. It is expected that there will l-e for enter- 
tainment a portrait gallery of well-known citizens, an 
observation table and other interesting features. 
Those who cannot attend are invited to send the 
appropriate sum to Mrs. E. M. Overholser. 



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Mellesle^ IbtUs Tllnitarian Society 

Organized, 1871 
REV. JOHN SNYDER, Pastor. 



Religious Services 



SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
12.00 Sunday Scliool. 

SATURDAY 

9.00 Junior Brancli Alliance. 

TUESDAY 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues- 
day. 

Communion Service on the first Sundays of Jan., 
Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service. 



MR. SNYDER will preach in the Leominster 
Unitarian Church on the evening of April 29. 

COMMUNION SERVICE at 4.00 p. m., Sunday, 
April I, to which all are cordially invited. 

MR. SNYDER will give a Smoke Talk before the 
Maugus Club on Saturday, April 7. Subject not yet 
announced. 

MR. SNYDER will read a paper before the 
Woman's Alliance of the West Newton Unitarian 
Church, on Thursday afternoon, April 12. 

THE PASTOR expects to exchange with Rev. Mr- 
Lombard, pastor of the Plymouth Unitarian Church, 
on Sunday, April 22. 

AT THE EASTER SERVICE, April 15, there 
will be a mixed quartette, and Mr. Jacobs has also 
consented to sing. Mr. Snyder will speak on the 
subject of Immortality. 

EASTER SERVICES for the Sunday school on 
Easter Sunday, April 15, at 4.00 p. m. The services 
will be exceptionally interesting. A boy soprano has 
been engaged to assist in the singing. Let no mem- 
ber of the church be absent. 

THE BRANCH ALLIANCE held the usual meet- 
ing on March 13. After a somewhat lengthened busi- 
ness session the paper of the afternoon was given by 
the president, Mrs. Mary Clarke Smith, on "The 
Value of Women's (Organizations in the Church." 

ON MARCH 27, Mrs. Lawrence Mayo, of West 
Newton, read an interesting paper on the Salvation 
Army, giving an account of the origin of the move- 
ment and its present organization. A general talk 
followed on the same subject. At this meeting the 
Rev. John Snyder was elected an honorary member 
of the Alliance with all the privileges of membership. 



St, HnDrew's Cburcb 

Organized, 1891 

REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Prayer 
12.15 Sunday School. 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 
Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the Month, 10.45 ^- ^• 
Third Sunday, 9.45 A. M. 
Other Sundays, 7.30 A. m. 

WEDNESDAY 

3.30 Ministering Children's League. 

THURSDAY 

2.30 Women's Auxiliary. 

SATURDAY 

8.00 Girl's Friendly Society. 



WOMAN'S AUXILIARY. Meetings for April 
will be as follows: April 6, the Rectory; April 13, 
Miss Jennings; April 20, Miss Lauderburn ; April 27, 
Mrs. Nye. 

OFFERINGS. The offerings for the Wellesley 
Free Bed in the Newton Hospital amounted to $110. 
The Easter offerings will be devoted to the music 
fund of the church and to missions. 

CONFIRMATION. A class for instruction has 
been formed to meet after morning service on the 
Sundays following Easter. The Bishop will adminis- 
ter the rite on Sunday, May 20, at the morning service. 

UNION SERVICES. The congregation of this 
church are cordially invited to attend the services 
during Holy Week at the Congregational Church, on 
Tuesday and Thursday evenings at 7.45 o'clock. 
The service on Thursday evening will be the Holy 
Communion. 

HOLY WEEK AND EASTLR. Services will be 
held on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 
at 4.45, with brief address on incidents of the Passion. 
Good Friday there will be services at 10.45 ^"*^' 7i5- 
Easter Day, Holy Communion at 7.30 a. m. Morning 
Prayer and Holy Communion at 10.45 A. M. Chil- 
dren's festival at 4.00 P. M. 

C(JMING EVENTS. Several events are planned 
for the Easter season, but it is too far ahead to 
announce the dates. The Parish Aid department of 
the Guild and the Girls' Friendly Society will each 
have a sale. A parish reception and an afternoon 
musicale are also contemplated. Definite announce- 
ments of these and other events will be made later 
from the chancel. 

THE CHOIR. A quartette choir has been organ- 
ized consisting of Miss S. B. Hayes, soprano; Miss 
Ethel W. Osborne, contralto; Mr. W. W. Osborne, 
tenor; and Mr. George H. Lowe, bass. A new organ- 
ist has taken the place of Mr. Frank Underwood, who 
has taken a larger position at Framingham. Rehears- 
als for the Easter music are in progress. The pro- 
gram so far as arranged will contain Parker's " Te 
Deum," "Jubilate" and Communion service, and 
Bruce Steane's " Halllelujah, Christ is Risen." A 
piano will be introduced to re-enforce the organ. 



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WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

EASTER RECESS. Beginning Wednesday after- 
noon, April 4, the Easter recess will extend to Tues- 
day, April 17. President Hazard will spend the holi- 
days in Denver, Col. 

RECENT LECTURES. The College life has 
been especially rich in lectures this past month, some 
subject in line with almost every department of study 
having been touched upon. Chief among these lec- 
tures were one by M. Henri di Regnier, representative 
of the decadent school of literature, on -'The Poets 
of Today," one by Prof. Waldo S. Pratt, of the Hart- 
ford (Ct.) Theological Seminary on " New Ideals in 
Musical Education," and a recent lecture talk by Prof. 
Sarah F. Whiting on " Wireless Telegraphy." 

INTERKSTING ARCHITECTURAL Exhibit. 
There is at present on exhibition in the Farnsworth 
Art Building a large and notable loan collection of 
drawings, designs and photographs in great variety, 
making in all an effective picture of color and form. 
Sketches of houses or churches here and there in New 
England, designs for handsome publir buildings and 
for landscape gardening, photographs of hitherto 
unreached places in old Mexico, pen and ink drawings 
from foreign churches, and a charming collection of 
water color pictures painted by President Hazard in 
California. These are a few of the many distinctive 
features of an exhibit which has already had a large 
number of visitors. 

ROCKLFELLKR'S munificent offer. Great 
enthusiasm prevailed throughout the College when 
President Hazard made the announcement, on March 
20, that John D. Rockefeller, the New York capital- 
ist, had offered to give the College $100,000 as a per- 
manent endowment fund, when the entiie amount of 
ihe college indebtedness has been raised. At the 
present time about $60,000 of the debt, which is 
$96,000 has been raised or pledged, and it is the ear- 
nest hope that the remaining $36,000 will be forth- 
coming before commencement time of the present 
year, in order to cancel the College debt and to make 
available Mr. Rockefeller's proffered gift, thereby 
bringing these two desirable results to a consumma- 
tion in the year which marks the twenty-fifth anni- 
versarv of the opening of Welleslev College. 

BIBLE DEPARTMENT. By means of elective 
courses, admirably conducted, the Bible study required 
of freshmen, sophomores and juniors is made an 
interesting subject not only to these students but it 
also commands the attention of seniors who have met 
the requirement. Four parallel courses are offered to 
juniors. Of these, the course given for the fifth year 
by Mr. Drown, of the FLpiscopal Theological Semin- 
ary, shows the place it has won for itself by the fact 
that seventy juniors have elected it. The subject is 
the historical development of New Testament thought. 
Another course, new this year, for juniors, is con- 
ducted by Prof. Rush Rhees of Newton, and consists 
of an interpretation of the gospels and epistles of St. 
John, the work being conducted on the basis of the 
revised English version, though the use of the Greek 
is encouraged. These gospels are treated as literary 
documents — worth the while to understand as thor- 
oughly as possible. Two senior electives, one a course 
in elementary Hebrew, given this year by Miss San- 
derson; the other, the history of Christianity and the 
Christian church, from the fourth century to the six- 
teenth, given by Professor Woolley, are also carried 
in the department. 



WELLESLEY HILLS WOMAN'S CLUB 

The next meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 
4, at 2.30 P. M. The entertainment will consist of 
readings by Mr. Howard Ticknor, the musical critic, 
and music by Miss Josephine Martin, Contralto, of 
Newtonville, and Madame Edmond Jandrier, a New 
York concert pianist of renown. 

Mrs. Jeannette Robinson Murphy, who has made a 
thorough study of the negro folk lore and songs, 
especially the class of music which the negroes call 
"spiritooals," and who delineates these stories and 
songs in a most charming manner, has been engaged 
by the Woman's Club for April 18. 



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B. & A. Trip Tickets to Boston, 20 cents each. 
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The Anonymous Letter ♦ ♦ , Mary cA, Gillette 

A Protest . . * . . * * To<Tvnsman' ^ 

Town of Wellesley and Exemptions from Taxation John D, Hardy 



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College Presidents at the Wellesley Club 
The Social Need of a Country Town ♦ 
A Yankee in Covite 
Wellesley CoIIegfe Notes 
News of the Wellesley Churches 
Wellesley Congregfotional Church 
Wellesley Hills Congregational Church 
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THE ANONYMOUS LETTER 

There was a man — his type is rare, 
Thank heaven for that ! — who didn't dare 
To stand erect with a manly air, 
And give his opinion, fair and square, 
But wrote an anonymous letter. 

How bold was he " for the truth " to tight ! 
With his shades drawn down, and his door shut tight; 
He wrote at length, and with all his might, 
And then stole out in the dead of night 
To post the; anonymous letter. 

" What I've written will make a stir! " he said, 
And complacently smiled as he crept to bed. 
Hut he was mistaken ; the thing fell dead 
As last year's leaves on which we tread. 
For 'twas an anonymous letter. 

There is savor enough in a worthy name 
To add weight to the worth of the truth we claim ; 
If the savor is lacking, there's one to blame 
Who may well be durf.b for very shame. 
Nor write the anonymous letter. 

MAKV A. (;il.I.fc;i'TK. 



A PROTEST 

i:dito)'s of Our Town.'": 

Dear Sirs: — I beg to take exception to 
the editorial in your April number, concern- 
ing the acceptance of Mr. llockefeller's gift 
to Wellesley College. This style of argu- 
nicTit is on a par with the Jesuitical doctrine 
that the end justifies the means. If a college 
which stands for what Wellesley does is to 
take the ground that all money, however 
dirty, will be acceptable, because good use 
will be made of it, I think it is high time 
we called a halt. If your statement is cor- 
rect, then logically a gift from a brothel 
keeper or a prize fighter would also be 
acceptable. 

I am not passing judgment on the Stand- 
ard Oil Company, What I do say is this: 
That if the opinion held by a large number 
of intelligent people is the correct one, if 
this great business has been built up on dis- 
honor and dishonesty, fraud and bribery, 
crime and corruption, then no church or col- 



lege can accept any part of the plunder and 
retain its self-respect or the respect of the 
community. 

This great trust has not built up its busi- 
ness in secret. The court records and the 
evidence of reliable witnesses are accessible 
to all. If, on examination, the College finds 
that the public sentiment is wrong, then it 
can help right it. If public sentiment is 
right, it can not afford to outrage it by any 
such casuistry as 3'our argument. 

It is related of Daniel O'Connell that at 
one time, when pleading for funds for the 
cause of Ireland, he received a check from a 
prominent slave-owner in America. He 
wrote back, saying: "God knows we need 
money bad enough, but we cannot take it 
out of the sweat and blood of our brothers 
in bondage," and he returned the check. 

Townsman. 



THE TOWN OF WELLESLEY AND 

EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION 

EXEMPTIONS from taxation in Massa- 
chusetts are matters of statute law. 
The Constitution provides that Harvard 
College shall enjoy the exemption gianted 
in its charter from the Colony, viz.^ the right 
to hold all personal proi)erty, and real estate 
to the value of five hundred pounds per 
annum, free of taxes; but exemptions as a 
whole are by a general act of the Legislature, 
The Constitution enjoins u])on the jteople 
and its representatives the protecting and 
cherishing of seminaries of learning, but 
leaves the degree and manner in which they 
are to be encouraged or helped wholly to 
the will of the people. 

Several times the Legislature has aided col- 
leges by direct gifts. The first was in 1686, 
when the General Court appropriated four 
hundred pounds towards a college, which 
the next session voted should be at Nevv- 
towne, and on which foundation rose Har- 
vard College. This not only was the first 
gift in this country, but is said to be the first 
instance in the world's history when repre- 
sentatives of the people gave public funds to 
an educational institution. 

For thii'ty or more years our public aid to 
colleges has been confined to exemption from 
taxes. 

In this State an incorporated educational 
body, which divides no gains among its mem- 



4 OUR TOWN 

bers, pays no general taxes. It pays, how- is real estate. 

ever, special assessments and betterments We raise by general levy $98,000, to 

for sewers, streets, sidewalks and parks; which is added $18,000 received from bank 

except that in Boston, under a si»ecial act of and coi'poration stocks. At the rate of $11, 

1890, when an exempted institution asks to if all the college pro})erty were taxed, the 

have a sewer tax suspended, the sewer com- town would receive from it $18,000, 

niissioners shall suspend payment of such If this exempted real estate, part of wiruh 

tax so long as the taxed property is exempted is outside the yard, and not used for educa- 

f,-oni general taxes, 'ilie sewer tax is a lien, tional purposes, paid a tax, our rate would 

but not payable until the estate on which it be $9.65 on the thousand instead of $11, and 

is levied is no longer held by the exempted I think it may be fairly said that the town 

institution, or used for the purposes which contributes each year toward the mainten- 

entitle it to exemption. ance of the institution, $11?, 000. 

The municipality in which exempted prop- The question for our town is: Is this a 

erty is situated bears the whole exemption, proper system, and is it just and fair to the 

except it pays no state tax on the exempted State and to us'r* 

property. Our State tax is less than five per Wellesley never has ai)pr()ached this 

cent, of our tax receipts. exemption in a nagging s])irit, and it is to 

In nearly all the states, educational prop- be hoped, never will. We are glad to 

erty is exempted by law with varying details have such an institution in our town, just as 

of application. In Maine, a college pays its we are glad we live in this State of educa- 

tax to the town, and the State from the pub- tion and colleges, a Commonwealth of whose 

lie funds pays to the college the amount of past we are proud, w'hose present we help 

the tax It has paid to the town; that is, the make, in whose future we devoutly hope. 

pe()})le, wliose representatives jnake the .kuin d. hardy. 
exempti )n, pay for it. In California, how- 



ever, at the other end of our land, neither 



ARTS AND CRAFTS 



churches nor educational institutions, except 'T^HE ten women who lepresented the 

exclusively public schools, are exempted. I Wellesley Hills Woman's Club at the 

Wellesley College, when incorporated in Federation meeting, at Newburyport, 

1870, had a i-ight to hold $600,000 worth of were not pessimists. It is to be feared there 

real and personal property. In 1884, as a were none there. The lessons taught in 

result of an agreement between the town reoard to "arts and crafts and villatie indus- 

and the college, the Ijegislature increased tries'" would have been antidotes to that dis- 

this amount from $600,000 to $5,000,000, ease. 

but restricted the land which could be In modern times, machineiy and sub- 
exempted to that then owned by the college, division of labor have separated hand and 
with the exception of the Webber estate, brain and artistic instinct. How to reintro- 
when it should come into its possession. duce the arts and the crafts to each other 

The Webber estate is that occupied by was the theme of the day. By way of illus- 

Mrs. Durant, and contains about eleven acres. tration the recent founding of certain village 

In the college yard are about two hundred industries, carried on in the homes of tlie 

acres. The college owns fifty acres north of people, was described and the products dis- 

the railroad on Blossom street, and about played. Two of these were of es])ecial inter- 

S3venty between Washington street and the est: the Abnakee rugs, made near Chocorua, 

Charles river. It also ownis propert^^ not N. II., and the blue and white needlework of 

exempted, consisting of Dana Hall and about Deerfield. 

thirty acres on Grove and Dover streets. The rugs are an evolution from the old 

valued by the assessors at $5.3,000, on which drawn-in rugs, with their coarse threads and 

it paid last year a tax of $579. hideous pink roses. Mrs. Albee, a summer 

The valuation of taxable property in resident, with much courage and j)atience, 

Wellesley, real and personal, as returned by has induced the women to use good wool, 

the assessors, including corporation and bank dyed with their own vegetable dyes and 

stocks at their taxable value to the State, is worked in designs based upon old Indian 

$9,882,241. The total value of exempted patterns. The rugs look like oriental rugs, 

property is $1,917,821. Of this $1,634,22.3 with a new^ charm of quaintness and without 

is the college property, of which $1,222,100 the dirt. 



OUR TOWN 



The Deerfield work is not an evolution 
but a restoration. The women of that region 
were famous a century ago for a certain type 
of embroidery in the quaint designs "pro- 
duced by the action of the New Enghmd 
conscience on the oriental designs introduced 
by the commerce of those days." 
After the War of 1812, a sadden craze for 
French embroideries swept away the old 
work; machinery came, and the Deertield 
woman of today had not learned the earlier 
art. 

Another summer I'esident, Miss Whiting, 
has gathered in old specimens of this work, 
caused new designs to be made from them, 
and founded classes in tlie industry, which 
also includes expert dyeing. The quaint old 
names are kept: "Summer IJlossoni," "Pru- 
dence's Pink," etc., for "naines have a mar- 
ket value." 

These are real industi-ies and not phihxn- 
thropies in any financial sense. But the 
keenest delight of the day was the witness- 
ing of a spirit of service, a spirit which is 
more wide-spread and whieli finds more out- 
lets than ever before. The absence of cant 
was marked. There is a social cant which 
is as bad as the religious, and the disappeai-- 
ance of that is the liighest proof of progress. 

MARGAllET C. FARWELL. 



COLLEGE PRESIDENTS AT THE 
WELLESLEY CLUB 

LADIES' Night is confessedly tlie pleas- 
antest occasion of the year for the 
Wellesley Club. The sparkling eyes 
and interested faces of our guests, the rich 
and varying colors with which the wiser sex 
array themselves, are a welcome change, 
after months of rather solemn functions and 
repeated visions of tables lined with dreary 
columns of black and white. And Ladies' 
Night this year was no exception. The 
attendance was rather larger than usual, and 
the great banqueting room was taxed to its 
utmost capacity. 

President Fiske welcomed the guests of 
the evening with his usual abundant supply 
of humor and courtesy. The special guests 
were Prof. Mary E. WooUey, of Wellesley 
College, president-elect of Mt. Ilolyoke Col- 
lege; President Eliot of Harvard University, 
and Mr. Alpheus Hardy, Treasurer of Welles- 
ley College. 



The subject for the literary exercises of 
the evening was one in which every intelli- 
gent person is interested, and one which is 
just now attracting especial attention, "The 
faxation of College Property." 

Professor WooUey did not speak upon 
this question, but in response to the invita- 
tion of President Fiske brought the greetings 
of Wellesley College. She voiced the desire 
of the College to share in the life of the com- 
munity. "The cloister life is not the normal 
life," she said, "and those in the college 
need on their own account to enter into the 
life of the households, the business, and the 
society about them. The community also 
can be lielped by the college." Such utter- 
ances as these were very gladly received by 
the citizens, who hope that they betoken in 
fact a better mutual understanding in the 
future and more co-operation than has 
existed in the past. 

The argument in behalf of the town on 
the matter of taxation was then presented 
very ably by the Vice-President of the Club, 
Mr. John 1). Hardy. As it is given more 
fully elsewhere in our columns, we only 
allude to it here. Then came the event of 
the evening in the address of President 
Eliot. The Club realizes the honor of hav- 
ing the first i>ublic utterance which he has 
given on this subject, by one who has no 
superior among the college presidents of our 
land, who is always listened to with interest, 
and who has studied this sabjecc not only in 
our own land but also in other lands. 

He emphasized the fact that colleges are 
not exempt from all public cliarges. They 
bear their share of better;; ent and sewer 
taxes, and pay taxes upon all investment in 
real estate. On other property they should 
not be taxed, because colleges are not money- 
making institutions. It is the annual pro- 
duction of a thing which is, or should be, the 
basis of taxation. But the college has noth- 
ing to sell. It gives to its students far more 
than they pay to it in tuition fees. It is 
purely an hypothesis that if a college did not 
exist on certain land that land would bring- 
to the town taxes which it now loses. No 
one can possibly tell what would be the total 
result to a college town if no college were 
there. It is not the opinion of the towns 
of the state that a certain town loses by the 
fact that a college is located within its bor- 
ders. No legislature in Massachusetts could 
be induced to levy upon the State a tax for 



6 OUR TOWN 

the benefit of a town in which a college least. But the most of his evenings will be 
exists. The presence of a college is not a spent with companions likeminded. The 
burden but a boon to a community. funny and suggestive story is told, practical 
Moreover, the colleges of our State are jokes tinged with cruelty are played, the 
endowed institutions, and it would be a aimless loafing finally becomes irksome, and 
severe blow to these endowments if they where loafing ends gambling begins. There 
were taxed, as well as an ungrateful treat- is only one time when these youths are quite 
ment of these splendid gifts to the common happy. It is during the long summer even- 
welfare. It would seriously affect the pos- ings when they play ball, 
sibility of future endowments. How remed}' this condition of affairs? 
This and much more was convincingly If we wish to cure the boy, and not merely 
presented by President Eliot, and it was occupy his leisure, we must have a different 
evident that the audience which he addressed kind of boy. He must be trained in the 
was in sympathy with his position. home, not turned out to pasture like a colt. 

p ARRIS T. FAKAVELL. The training must have in view not chiefiy 

dollar-getting but honorable and useful man- 

hood. He must be better educated, kept at 

THE SOCIAL NEED OF A COUNTRY school at least as long as his sisters. When 

Xr»\T71M ^^ has been thus prepared for bread-winning 

and a young man's leisure, the greatest need 

THERE can be no question that the coun- of these young men^ — the need of action — 

try town or village has its problems. must be provided for. He cannot play ball 

The matter has become notorious. Even in the winter; then you give him the gym- 

the natives of the village recognize the defi- nasium and bowling alle}' and swimming 

ciencies of rural life, or at least suspect that pool and game room, where his splendid 

they are not enjoying the full mead of civil- vitality may harmlessly — yes, healthfully — 

ization's goods. The prob'em of course expend itself. 

touches all phases of country life — economic, Of course the young man is not the sole 

social, religious. I have been asked to sjjeak inhabitant of the country ; there are others, 

of the social need. On the one side it foitunately. But if the boy is to be properly 

trenches on the business side; on the other, cared for, his parents in the home must be 

it touches close, if it does not overlaj), the ministered unto. Their need is not of 

moral, not to say the religious question. action. Their necessary work exhausts the 

Tiiis problem, in brief, is to discover tlie lack body. It is not of frivolous amusement, 

in the social life of our small coiumunities, even. The country mind is serious. Kural 

suggest the remedy, and indicate the method folk do not even require to get together 

of its realization. oftener; they meet fi'equently enough. 

At once we think of the young man the What they do need is more to share intel- 

boy-raan, between the ages of sixteen and lectually when they are in one another's 

twenty-five years. He is the country prob- company. In the cotmtry, life is dull and 

lein. He is our perplexity, not to sav menace. monotonous to most. The people have books 

He leaves school when only fourteen or fifteen <ii"1 magazines, but these are non-conductors 

years old. He has of course only the founda- of the very life they chronicle. We in the 

tion of an education, and often a poorly cem- country need mental stimulus, fertilization, 

ented one at that. He at once goes to work The farmer's mind has power, as has his 

— for he is not lazy — either upon the farm wife's; it needs ideas to brood upon; it should 

or, preferably, in the shop; his evenings are he switched off from the usual and routine, 

his only unoccupied time. He does not care What the families who dwell on our hillsides 

to stay at home, having no interest in books antl in our valleys supremely need is the 

and being possessed by the gregarious instinct stimulation of living thought and abounding 

of youth. He wants to go somew^here or do personalities. 

something. Unfortunately, the young women How shall this be provided? No one 

of his own social station, and his boy com- agency will suffice. It will do good to send 

panions' sisters, do not attract him. If he the children away to school. As they return 

seeks girls' society, it is the company of those from vacations, and after the completion of 

who will permit liberties that should not be their course, they will prove themselves 

accorded to any and every man, to say the reformers, regenerators, because credible 



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reporters of a more generous life than the 
country knows. Practice of the forgotten, 
or abandoned, art of hospitality will avail 
somewhat. An annual vacation — if it last 
but for a few days — -and travel will also 
work their spell. 

Pre-eminently, it seems to me, the social 
need of a country town is for a high-grade 
lecture course every winter; a platform from 
which travelled and cultivated gentlemen 
and scholars shall tell of what they have 
seen (and show it, too), of whom they have 
met, and of the results of their research and 
reflection in science, letters, philosophy and 
politics. 

If, then, the need of the country town is 
only of a gymnasium and a lecture course, 
why doesn't the country town obtain both? 
Partly because of its conservatism of temper, 
but chiefly because of its poverty. Philan- 
tliropy must have a hand in the work. We 
must suggest means of bringing the country's 
concentrated wealth to the relief of its 
diffused poverty. Any instrument to prove 
effective must have the confidence of the 
country people, or be able speedily to 
acquire it; must be comparatively econom- 
ical, or at least able to secure the needed 
money; and, most important of all, must 
give bjnds to subserve moral ends; that is 
to promote flneness and soundness of char- 
acter. The Y. M. C A. does not seem to be 
successful in the small towns, is expensive 
and is not popular. The social settlement is 
simply impossible. The I'easons are too 
many to state. At least it would introduce 
all bitterness, wrath, anger, clamor and rail- 
ing witli all malice. 

I can see nothing so promiseful of good 
and efliciency as an endowed church home. 
The building might be modest, the apparatus 
inexpensive and purchased gradually, the 
lectures at first fewer than desirable. Yet a 
beginning would be made. The church has 
supremely the confidence of tlie community, 
and since it has always ministered somewhat 
to the social craving, this departure — rather 
development of its activity — would not 
endanger its position. It can get money, as 
a rule, more easily in the community than 
any other institution. Our country churches 
are constantly in receipt of legacies for 
endowments and other purposes. It would 
need less money to do this work than any 
other agency. In most cases the church 
owns land upon which an additional build- 
ing could be erected. It would not need to 



spend money on additional salaries, as the 
clergy would be willing both to qualify them- 
selves for this work and to do the work 
afterwards. The church, as no other organ- 
ization, could secure unpaid volunteer assist- 
ance, so far as that should be required. In 
many cases, also, the church could make bet- 
ter terms with lecturers, singers and enter- 
tainers. 

And who can doubt that enthusiasm for 
amusement and culture would be wisely 
guided by a deeper and inclusive enthusiasm 
for the things that are true and pure and of 
good report. 

CLARENCE W. ROUSE. 



A YANKEE IN CAVITE 

[Roscoe Buck, the writer of the following letter, is 
a Wellesley P'arnis boy, who enlisted as U. .S. Marine 
cMi May 14, 1S9S. His first service was on the gun- 
boat " Machias," doing blockade duty, and running 
between Key West and Siboney. At the end of 
eleven months his term of service expired, but he 
re-enlisted and went with the ist Regt. of Marines 
to Cavite, where he has been stationed since Sept. 20, 
1899. The following letter gives his impressions dur- 
ing Kel)ruary of this year.| 

Cavite Naval Station, Feb. 9, 1900. 

Thermometer 98". 

Your welcome letter written Jan. 
2nd reached me on the sixth of this month, 
just as I was returning from an exploring 
hyke (maich). When we left in the morn- 
ing we knew that there would be mail at 
night, and we did our best to make the day 
])ass quickly. We get, on an average, one 
mail a week, and I am writing more letters 
now than I ever wrote befoie in all my life. 

Since Dec. 8, 1899, we have been in the 
Navy Yard doing nothing but garrison duty, 
and it seems pretty dull compared to the 
lively life we led for nearly three months on 
the firing line. 

I think now that all hostilities will have 
ceased by May, if not April, for the entire 
insurgent army is broken up and now roams 
about in the mountains in small bands. 

The papers talk as if Aguinaldo were 
giving in, for he sees, they say, that his 
cause is hopeless. Another thing which 
greatly aids in putting down the rebellion is 
this: When Aguinaldo came here from 
Hong Kong to take charge of the insurgents 
and co-operate with Dewey, the lower class 
of people, which made the ranks of his army, 
fairly worshipped him as a god. They had 
images of his head made in ivory, about as 



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big as your fist. I have one that I took from 
an insurgent at Caloocan. They carried 
them into battle, thinking they would be sate 
from American bullets. But since he caused 
Luna to be assassinated they begin to see 
that he is a cruel and unscrupulous man. 
Nearly all of the lower class, today, would 
ask for nothing better than his death. Of 
course his commissioned staff, who are the 
nobility of the island, are anxious to see 
Aguinaldo win; not from patriotism, but 
from the power and wealth that they would 
gain. 

The other day 1 went over to Aguinaldo's 
early home and birthplace, where his mother 
and a few old women of the nobility ai-e still 
living, begging money from every American 
soldier who visits the house. In the main 
room there is an altar of marble and ivory, 
with all necessary statuary. The Hoor is 
polished so you can see your face in it, and 
the house looks like a palace inside and like a 
barn on the outside. The outside is covered 
with banana leaves. The liouse stands in a 
very pretty place on the banks of the Caloo- 
can river in "Old Cavite," right across the 
bay from Cavite. The largest banana orchard 
is b ick of the house and is a part of his large 
garden. Nothing can be taken away for 
relics. If it were not for this order, and the 
sentry who enforces it. the liouse would be 
torn to pieces in a week. 

We have no chaplain in our branch of the 
service, unless we are aboard a ship or in a 
post. This regiment in (Cavite is the first of 
marines that was ever formed in the United 
States. We are not supposed to do the land 
duty that we have been doing for the past 
five months, but to hold and guard what the 
navy captures. 

There is a Y. M. C. A. here in Cavite, and 
quite a number of our boys belong to it. 
About once a month they receive a large box 

of reading and writing material 

Anything will grow here, at least every thing 
I ever saw growing in Massachusetts seems 
to be here, and the best of it is that you get 
three crops a year. We have the finest 
watermelons I ever saw or tasted, cucumbers, 
tomatoes, potatoes, sweet corn and all that 
you can raise in a garden in the States. 
The heat here is something terrible, but the 
climate agrees with me for I never felt bet- 
ter in my life. I hope you are all having as 
good a time as I am and enjoying as good 
health. . . 

ROSCOE BUCK. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

RECENT HAPPENINGS. Dr. Henry Van Dyke, 
of Princeton College, preached here on Sunday, April 
29. Professor J osiah Royce,from Harvard University, 
has given three of a series of six lectures arranged 
for the spring term, on " Applications and Conse- 
quences of an Idealistic Philosophy." The P>esh- 
men have recently elected President Hazard as hon- 
orary member of their class — 1903. 

COMING EVENTS. A dramatic entertainment, 
in aid of the endowment fund, will be given by the 
Class of '96 at Dana Hall, on the evening of May 7. 
Dr. John t<"iske, who was expected to lecture at the 
College several times this month, will give but one 
lecture now, the others in the autumn. Dean Hodges, 
of the Cambridge Episcopal Theological School, will 
preach in the College chapel, May 20, and President 
Hvde, of Bowdoin College, May 27. 

COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM. Already the 
Seniors have announced their program for commence- 
ment week. The class supper will take place Thurs- 
day evening, June 21. Friday evening, June 22, is 
set apart for the Senior play ; Saturday afternoon for 
the (jiee Club concert, with teas, given by groups of 
Seniors, and Saturday evening for the I'lesident's 
reception. June 23 will be Baccalaureate Sunday. 
On the Monday afternoon following, a lawn party will 
be given in honor of Miss Gould, and tiie Commence- 
ment concert is appointed for tiiat evening. Tues- 
day, June 26. will be Commencement Day, concluding 
with the usual reception in the evening. 

ACADEMIC CHANGES. In view of the present 
concerted effort to free the Colh ge from debt, the 
Trustees have counselled an abridgement of expendi- 
ture for the coming year, and President Hazard has 
stated that she is unwilling to ask the departments to 
retrench, without herself undertaking to economize. 
She has therefore resolve 1 to bring the work of the 
Dean into her own office. Prof. Katharine Coman, 
who has carried only pariial work this year in her 
department, in order to perform the duties of Dean, 
is thus released from executive cares. At the meet- 
ing in which this plan was adopted, the Trustees 
passed a vote of appreciation of the Dean's work for 
the past year, and expressed tiieir gratification that 
Professor Coman was now at liberty to return to her 
academic interests, especially to the development of 
the department of economics. As Dean, Professor 
Coman has had charge of tlie academic life of the 
students. Such work gives opportunity to meet the 
students at the point where influence may most effect- 
ively lie brought to bear, and, as any lapse in conduct 
must leave its trace on the class record, to control 
and protect the student, es])ecially in the first critical 
year of college novelty and freedom, in a way far 
more hel]:)ful than formal discipline. At a recent 
meeting, the Academic Council expressed its ap])re- 
ciation of the devoted service of the Dean, " acknowl- 
edging with gratitude the wisdom and nobility of her 
plan*;, and the efficiency with which she has fulfilled 
them." The departments of history and economics, 
united for a number of years, will henceforth be 
divided, Miss Elizabeth K. Kendall taking charge of 
the department of history, and Professor Coman 
retaining the subject of economics. The new depart- 
ment of economics and sociology ]5roposes two new 
courses, one in sociology and one in public finance. 



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(imeUcslcg (louGvcoational (Ibiuxb 

Organized, Sept. 6, 1798 Incorporated, Feb. 16, 1891 
RKV. EDWARD H. CHANDLER, Pastor 
' Religious "Services 

SUNDAY 

(0.30 Morning Worship. 

I?. 00 Sunday School and Hil)le Classes. 

6.15 Senior C. E. Society. 

7. [5 I'lvening Worship. 

TUKSDAY 

3.00 Woman's Union. 

THURSDAY 

4.00 Junior C. E. Society. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Mid-week Service. 

A. M. A. The annual offering to the American 
Missionary Association will be made on Sunday, 
May 27. 

I'HE PAS'I'UR spent the last wt-ek of April attend- 
ing the Ecumenical Conference on Missions, held in 
New York, and visiting friends. 

INDIA. -'What a Century Has Wrought for 
Women iu India," will be the topic of the Woman's 
Union meeting of May 15. 

NEW MEMH1':RS. Miss Annie Johnson, Miss 
i'xliih Jeannette Benson and Mr. Ai ihur Wilhelm 
Benson will be received into the membership of the 
church, on Sunday morning. May 6. 

FAMINE FUND. About $125 has so far JJeen 
contributed by this Church and Sunday School for the 
relief of famine sufferers in India. The need contin- 
ues and the Pastor will gladly forward further offer- 
nigs at any time. 

LAI)11':S' NIGHT was observed by the Men's 
League, on May 3. Music and light refreshments 
aided the social success of the evening. About forty 
members are now enrolled in the League. The five 
committees are all actively at work and an increasing 
interest is apparent. The first annual meeting of the 
League will be held June 7. 

CRADLE SC'NCLS. A unique and interesting 
entertainment will be given in tlie Chapel on Monday 
evening, May 14, at 7.45 o'clock, to raise the amount 
of the annual pledge ,made by the Woman's Union, 
for the support of Whitman College. Mothers of 
many different nations are to be represented in cos- 
tume, as if singing their national cradle songs. As 
each tableau is presented the appropriate song will 
be simg. (])ther music will be interspersed, making a 
most enjoyable program. The participants are for 
tiie most part members of the Lend-a-Hand Club. 
Tickets are twenty-five cents. 

r()l'[CS. The topics of the Friday evening meet- 
iui^s to be held during the next four weeks will be as 
follows: May 11, "The Sufficiency and Insufficiency 
of Faith." May 18, "The Lessons of Spiritual Fail- 
ure." May 25, "Christ's Way with the Hopeless." 
June I, "The Cllory of Heroic .Service." The topics 
of the voimg peojjle's meetings during May will be: 
May 6," God ( )ur Helper in Battling for the Right." 
May 13, " O Come, Let Us Sing unto the Lord" — a 
musical service. May 



The Progress of the 



Kingdom" — a missionary service. May 
Character of St. Peter." 



■ The 



Jfirst CouGrcciattonal Cbuvcb in 
melleslep Ibills 

Organized, February 24, 1847 

REV. PARRLS THAXTER FARWELL, Pastor 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 i^Iorning Service. 

12.00 Sunday School. 

6.30 Y. P. S. C. E. 

7.30 Iwening Worship. 

TUKSDAY 

3.00 Women's meetings. 

FRIDAY 

7.45 Prayer and Conference meeting. 

STATE ASSOCIATION. The annual meeting 
of the State Association of Congregational Churches 
is to be held in .Amherst from May I 5 to 17, inclusive. 

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES. May 6, the 
communion seivice. May 13, topic "'The Religious 
Progress of the igih Century." May 20, the Pastor 
exchanges with Rev. Edward E. Bradley, of Lincoln. 
May 27, "The Signs of the Times in Present Condi- 
tions." 

SUNTX\Y EVENING SERVICES. .May 6, the 
consecration meeting of the Christian Endeavor Soci- 
ety. A union meeting to which all are invited. May 
13, a praise service. May 20, preaching service, by 
Rev. E. 1'^. Bradley. May 27, missionary concert, in 
charge of Mr. Joseph L. Peabody. 

LOAN EXHIBIT. Theyoung ladies of the church 
l)ropose having a loan e.\hibit of old-fashioned and 
rare relics and curios, at the vestry of the church, 
probably duiing the third week of May. Contribu- 
tions for this e.xhibit are solicited from any friends. 
Names of contributors and lists of articles may be 
sent :o Miss T^ileu Ware Fiske, or Mrs. E. M. Over- 
holser, or Miss Marv N. Edwards. 

FRIDAY EVENINGS. May it, "The Sufii- 
ciency and Insufficiency of Faith.' The leadei is Mr. 
Will Shattuck, the President of the Y. 1'. S. C. E., 
and Christian Endea\orers are especially invited to 
be present and participate in the meeting. May 18, 
"The Lessons ot .->piritual P'ailure." Leader, Mr. J. 
K. Richardson. May 25, "Christ's V^'ay with the 
Hopeless." Leader, Mr. C. C. Thomas; another 
Christian luideavor meeting, June i,"The Glory of 
Heroic Service." Leader, Mr. Fletcher Torrey. It 
is hoped that the attendance during the beautiful 
month of May will be an increase over the preceding 
months. 

CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR. The Society voted 
at its meeting, on April 29,10 devote the next $1 ^ 
from its missionary treasury to the support of the 
heroic work of Rev. Loyal L. Wirt in Alaska. Let 
tiie responses to the missionary committee of the 
Society be prompt and generous. Topics for the 
month : May 6, (consecration meeting) " How Chris- 
tians Grow." May 13, "Vision and Service." May 
20, "The Power of a Temperate Life." May 27, 
" Have Patience." The Society urgently invites the 
attendance at its meetings of those who are not its 
members. 



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Melleslep Ibills Unitarian Society 

Organized, 187 i 
REV. JOHN SNYDER, Pastor. 
Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Service. 
[2.00 Sunday School. 

SATURDAY 

9.00 Junior Branch Alliance. 

TUESDAY 

Woman's Alliance, every second and fourth Tues- 
day. 

Communion Service on the first Sundays of Jan.> 
Apr., July, Oct., immediately after morning service- 

THE QUARTERLY communion service was held 
at 4.00 p. M. the first Sunday in April. 

EASTER SERVICES were held both morning 
and afternoon. The second service, at four o'clock, 
was in the hands of the children. 

REV. CHAS. r. LOMBARD, of Plymouth, 
preached in the Unitarian Church, April 22nd, in 
exchange with the Pastor. 

SOME of the young people of the church are 
enrolled in the jubilee chorus choir, which will sing 
at the celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of 
the American Unitarian Association. 

THE JUNIOR ALLIANCE held its annual sale 
and entertainment on April 28. May baskets in pro- 
fusion, candy and fancy articles realized a goodly sum 
for this wide-awake society of young people. 

THE ^TAMDING CO VIMI I'TEE has nominated 
Mrs. Annie Spencer and Mr. Nelson Crosskill as del- 
egates to the annua! meeting of the American Uni- 
tarian Association. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL COMMITTEE enter- 
tained the School last week ; the primary department 
on Wednesday afternoon, A])ril 18, the other pupils 
on Saturday evening, April 22. luitertaining games 
with abundant refre.>-hments made both events very 
delightful. 

BRANCH ALLIANCE. On April 10, Mrs. Judith 
N. Andrews, of Boston, addressed the Alliance Branch 
of the Unitarian Church on " Child Widows of India," 
with especial reference to the educational and rescue 
work of Pundita Ramabai. The annual meeting was 
held on April 24. Officers elected: President, Mrs. 
Calvin W. Smith; Vice-President, Mrs. Anna B. 
Park; Secretary, Mrs. George A. Purdie; Treasurer, 
Mrs. John D. Hardy. 

THE ANNUAL MEETING of the church was 
held April 17. At a meeting of the Standing Com- 
mittee, subsequently held, the following persons were 
elected to the various working committees: Finance 
Committee, Mr. Isaac .Sprague, Mr. Schuyler Bart- 
lett, Mr. John A. Hunneman. Hospitality Commit- 
tee, Mr. C. A. Bunker, Mrs. O. C. Livermore, Mrs. 
Edward Lawrence. Administration Committee, Mr. 
H. G. Hyde, Mr. O. C. Livermore, Mrs. John D. 
Hardy. Music Committee, Mrs. Arthur E. Brown, 
Mrs. Arthur L. Jacobs, Mr. Geo. P. Ager. Sunday 
School Committee, Mr. G. E. Richardson, Mrs. Mary 
H. Bunker, Miss Lucy Osgood. Decoration Com- 
mittee, Miss Hannah Eaton, Miss Alice De Silva, 
Mr. Roger Baldwin. 



St. HnDrew's Cburcb 

Organized, 1891 

REV. WILLIAM E. HAYES, Rector 

Religious Services 

SUNDAY 

10.45 Morning Prayer 
7.15 Evening Prayer. 
12.00 Sunday School. 

Holy Communion 

First Sunday in the Month, 10.45 ^- ^• 
Third Sunday, 9.45 A. m. 
Other Sundays, 7.30 A. M. 

WEDNESDAY 

3.30 Ministering Children's League. 

SATURDAY 

8.00 Girl's Friendly Society. 

EASTER OFFERINGS. The Easter offerings 
amounted to fifty dollars for parochial expenses and 
twenty-five dollars for missions. 

THE WOMAN'S AUXILIARY. During the 
winter the Auxiliary has made about fifty garments, 
which will be sent to the lOpiscopal City Mission, 
Boston. Meetings are suspended until the fall. 

AN AFTERNOON MUSICALE is being planned 
for Tuesday afternoon, May 22, at the rectory. The 
principal performers will be Miss Helen Sawyer, of 
Bridgewater, a child pianist of remarkable ability, 
and Mr. Franklin L. Wood, of Waban, whose fine 
baritone voice has been heard here recently. The 
proceeds from the musicale will be used for the music 
fund of the church. 

CONFIRMATION. The llishop of the diocese 
will visit the parish to administer the rite of confirm- 
ation on Sunday morning. May 20. A class of seven 
will be presented. As the congregation on this occa- 
sion will more than tax the capacity of the chapel, 
regular parishioners are advist-d to be in their seats 
before half-past ten. They will be admitted through 
the guild-room door. After half-past ten, the front 
doors will be opened to all. 

ARCHDEACONRY of New Bedford. As this 
parish belongs to the archdeaconry of New Bedford, 
an assessment of $36 is made annually for the support 
of missions within the archdeaconry. The present 
archdeacon is the Rev. Samuel G. Babcock, of Hyde 
Park, who is expected to be present on Sunday morn- 
ing. May 27, to speak on the subject of diocesan mis- 
sions. The regular offering for missions will be held 
on Whitsunday, June 3. 

GIRL'S FRIENDLY SOCIETY. Miss Helen A. 
Merrill, of the College faculty, pave a talk recently 
before this Society on " Moody's Life and Work." 
The annual servire of the Massachusetts diocesan 
organization will be held in Trinity ( hurch, Boston, 
on Tuesday evening, May 15, with a sermon by Rev. 
C. H. Brent, of St. Stephen's church. Preceding the 
service, the annual tea will be given in Mechanics' 
building. There is usually an attendance of between 
three and four thousand members and associates of 
the Girls' Friendly Society from all over the State on 
these occasions. Wellesley will send several repre- 
sentatives this year, and for the first time will have a 
banner in the procession. 



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Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty 

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Cor. Cross and Central St., Wellesley 

MISS E. M. KNOWLES 

Partridge Block 

Central St., Wellesley 

Dressmaking and Repairing 

Wellesley 
Steam Laundry 

Skirts, Dresses, Shirt Waists, Curtains, Shades 
Draperies and all kinds of Fancy Ironing nicely done. 
Plain ironing by the dozen. 

All work handled carefully. No bleach or acid is 
used, nor anything that will injure the clothes, which 
are dried in the open air, weather permitting. 

Prices reasonable. Work called for and delivered. 

We should be pleased to receive your work. A 
card to the WELLESLEY STEAM LAUNDRY 
will receive prompt attention. 

J, T. MELLUS, Proprietor. 

We use nothing hut the very best of supplies. 

Kitchen Furniture 

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We have at hand all the necessary kitchen 
furniture one needs to make a kitchen complete. We 
wish to call your attention to our line of 
Granite Iron Ware. 

Electric and steam 
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ThOS. B. Griffin (for fourteen years driver of the College 
Coach) may be found near the WELLESLEY POST OFFICE 
on arrival of all trains. 

Alumnee carried at same rates as undergraduates, 

B. & A. Trip Tickets to Boston, 20 cents each. 
Order box at north door of College Hall. 
P. O. Address, Box 132, Wellesley, Mass. 



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Hardware, Plumbing and Heating 



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Grove St., Fuller Block, Wellesley 

Order Cooking, Ice Cream and 
Home-made Candies a specialty 
Light Lunches Served 

Board and Rooms for friends of students at 
Dana Hall and Wellesley College 

MRS. A. n. BANCROFT 
22 Church Street Wellesley 

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Livery and Boarding Stable, 

Central Street, Wellesley 

Meet all trains Telephone No. 16-2 

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MRS. J C. WHITE 

Artists' Materials 

School Supplies, Kindergarten Goods 
Children's Novelties 

Embroidery Mounted. Frames to Decorate. 

Pictures and Picture Framing. 

Passepartout Materials 

Fine Stationery 
Engraved Plate and 50 cards, $1.00 

Sunday School and Day School Reward Cards. Birthday Cards, etc 

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Volume III Number 6 - - - i25''centsayear 



CONTENTS 

The Free Seat and Pledge System , . ♦ ♦ • 3 

Editorial ..,...♦•♦ ^ 

The Rockefeller Gift ... . . Katharine Coman 3 

A New Glob Needed . . . , William E, Hayes 4 

Manual Training in Massachusetts ...... 4 

Town of Wellesley and Exemptions from Taxation II. John D, Hardy 5 

Dana Hall Notes ,,..♦♦♦♦' 
Wellcsley Gollege Notes ...♦♦♦•' 
News of the Wellesley Ghorchcs . . ♦ . ♦ • o 



CHARLES n. EATON, PUBLISHER 
Wellesley Hills, Mass. 



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®lb Books BBoio 

Highest Cash Prices Paid for Private Libraries. 

367 Washington St., A I Or'H^s ^ CO 

Boston One Flight ^« ^^ • UV^FIO CC V^W. 

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Ladies' and Genf s Quick Lunch 
1 East Central St., opposite Morse Institute 

NATICK 

GOOD WORK 
AND LOW PRICES 

in Engraved Visiting Cards and 
Wedding Invitations and Recep- 
tions You will find at 

J. E. DeWITT'S 
Stationer and Picture Dealer 

Savings Bank Building - - Natick 



HIGH GRADE DOHESTIC AND 
PARISIAN niLLINERY 



KRAUPA 

Call and see styles before gfoingf elsewhere 
Central St. Next door to Tea Room 

Board and Rooms for friends of students at 
Dana Hall and Wellesley College 

MRS. A. M. BANCROFT 

22 Church Street Wellesley 

L. P. STONE 
Masonic Block - . _ Natick 

Heat and Provisions 

Teams run through Wellesley, Wellesley 
Hills, and Charles River Village 

MISS MARGARET CAMPBELL 

Grove St. Fuller Block Wellesley 

Order Cooking, Ice Cream and 
Home-made Candies a specialty 
Light Lunches served 



AGNES G. DOWNS 
riillinery 

24 South Main St. - 



Natick 



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Wall Paper and Window Shades of 

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Courses preparatory to college 
General Course for non-collegians 
Special advantages in English Literature, 
Art, History of Art and Music 

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Miss Jeannie Evans \ 



Associate Princijials 




Our Ladies' Special (the Mizpah) is 
attracting much attention in its style, fit and 
wearing: qualities, and is made on the man- 
nish lasts in all styles and all leathers. 

For sale only by 

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Edited by the Pastors of Wellesley and published on the Sat- 
urday before the first Sunday of each month. 

Managing Editor, Rev. Edward H. Cliandler, Wellesley. 

Publisher, Charles M. Eaton, Wellesley Hills. 

Advertising Agent, Miss Vinthia Ingram, Wellesley. 

Subscriptions may be left at Flagg's News Stand, or at Mrs. 
H, E. Currier's, Wellesley; Mrs. Usley's, Wellesley Hills, or at 
the Publisher's Office. 

Entered as second-class matter at the Wellesley Hills Post 
Office. 



The Free Seat and Pledge System 

IVith apologiL's to W . S. 

To pledge, or not to pledge — that is the question. 
Whether 'tis nobler in a man to take 
The Gospel free and let another foot the bill, 
Or sign a pledge and pay towards the church e.xjjenses! 
To give, to pay — ay, there's the rub — to par, 
When on the free pew plan a man may have 
A sitting free, and take the Gospel, too, 
As though he paid, and none be aught the wiser, 
Save the Society's Committee, who — 
Most honorable men — can keep a secret! 
"To err is human," and human, too, to buy 
At cheapest rate. I'll take the Gospel so! 
For others do the same — a common rule! 
I'm wise; I'll wait, not work; I'll pray, not pay, 
And let the other fellows foot the bills — 
And so with me the Gospel's free you see! D. 15. 

— St. (Andrew^s Cross- 



EDITORIAL 

HOUSEKEEPEKS having green servants 
who understand English ini))erfectly 
and are ignorant of American ways are 
respectfully warned against certain book 
agents who impose on these servants, bull- 
dozing them into buying huge |12 IJibles. 
They induce their victim to sign her name 
to a document of whose purport she knows 
nothing and then to hand over a dollar for 
the first instalment. When she learns what 
she has done, there is no redress because she 
has signed her name. If she refuses to 
carry out her part of the contract, the book 
is taken away and she gets nothing for her 
dollar. A word with the servant before- 
hand, urging her not to sign her name to 
anything withouttirst consulting her mistress, 
will prevent her from being victimized in 
this way. 

THE Episcopal diocese of Massachusetts 
has placed itself on record as being the 
first diocese to make honorable provis- 
ion for the support of clergymen who have 
grown old in the service of the church. 
The canon that was passed almost unani- 
mously, provides "that any clergyman who 



has served' 25 years continuously in this 
diocese and has reached the age of 65 years, 
may be retired, if he so elects, on an allow- 
ance of $500 a year, the money to be raised 
by a />ro rata assessment on every parish in 
union with the convention." The recom- 
mendation of this canon was presented by 
the Rev. Philo W. Sprague of Charlestown, 
"in one of the ablest and most touching 
speeches made before the Convention in a 
long time." When it is remembered that 
the Christian minister presumably enters his 
profession with a higher object than the 
making of money, it is a pitiful sight to see 
him in his old age dependent on charity 
which is generally precarious and not always 
cheerfully dispensed. A retiring allowance, 
on the other hand, is not a charity, but a 
just recognition of unselfish service. To be 
sure, there are other men in other walks of 
life who deserve the same recognition and 
do not get it. The minister ought to take 
his chances with the rest, it may be said. 
And yet, when there is a wrong to be 
righted, a beginning has to be made some- 
where. The soldiers in our army and 
many teachers in our colleges and univer- 
sities are alreadj^ provided for in respect to 
the future. We hope the time is not far 
distant when every man who has earned the 
right to retire from active service may do so 
in an honorable way. 



THE ROCKEFELLER GIFT 

THE acceptance of money from Mr. 
Rockefeller would not, in my judgment, 
commit Wellesley College to the policy 
denounced in the "Protest" printed in the 
last number of Our Town. 

"Townsman" is probably not aware 
that there is recent evidence in regard to 
the Standard Oil Company that goes far to 
disprove the assertions of "Wealth versus 
Commonwealth." The Industrial Commis- 
sion has this winter conducted a careful 
investigation into the methods of the^ most 
important trusts. In the repoit just issued 
the evidence submitted by a long series of 
witnesses is published in full, but the intro- 
ductory summing up is perhaps all that the 
average inquirer would undertake to read. 
It is written by the official expert. Professor 
J. W. Jenks of Cornell University, but 
represents the judgment of the Commission. 
The conclusion in respect to the Standard 



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Oil are so favorable that Professor Jenks 
anticipates being charged with having 
received hush money. 

KATIIAUINE COMAN. 



A NEW CLUB NEEDED 

AWlilTEK in the last number of Ouii 
Town suggests "a church home" as 
the best means of quickening the social 
life of a country town. 1 am not quite sure 
that I understand what he means by a 
"church home" but I venture to say that to 
the unchurched it can hardly suggest the 
most agreeable associations. Deplore it as 
we may we must face the fact that a great 
many people, respectable and otherwise, 
will not connect themselves with our 
churches. Wliy should we not acknowledge 
that the churches are probably as much to 
blame for this state of affairs as the people? 
Individual churches, here and there, may be 
living uj) to the spirit of Christ, but they 
have to share the reproach which the 
unchristian churches with tluMr strife and 
narrowness are casting upon them. 'J'his 
being the case, a "chui-ch home" does not 
meet the exigency. Important as it is, in 
its place as an adjunct to the church, increas- 
ing its power in the community, in the 
present divided state of Christendom, its 
range is necessarily limited and its disinter- 
estedness is questioned. Its i)rimar3' object 
is not to promote sociability but to build up 
a certain denomination. More members are 
needed to keep the institution afloat, and 
the "church home" is a disguised bait for 
that ))urpose. This is not true of all 
churches, of course, but it is true of so many 
that it is of little use to disclaim the "soft 
impeachment." 

The unchurched will not believe that the 
real purpose of a "church home" is the 
saving of men. It is the saving of a denom- 
ination. Under the circumstances, some- 
thing else must be devised as the means of 
bringing people together in a country town. 
The Y.^M. C. A. and the "Settlement" will 
not do because the people do not regard 
themselves as subjects for })hilanthropic 
ministrations. 

It seems as if the only thing left were a 
general club house organized on a liberal 
basis under the control of a board of 
trustees, composed of representative and 
reliable men without regard to religious 
preferences. Such a club might charge a 



small fee for certain ])rivik'ges, such as 
entertainments and lectures, but the house 
as a whole should be open to all comers. 
No one should be excluded who behaves 
himself. He should be made to feel that 
the house is public property. He has a share 
in its ownership. It is however to use not 
to abuse. With something like this to sup- 
plement other social gatherings which are 
more or less limited and exclusive, always 
leavina; out the very ones who need the 
refining and broadening influences which 
come from associations with refined and culti- 
vated people, it would seem as if the social 
problem of the country town might be 
lightened if not solved. Perhaps all this 
may sound somewhat academic and imi)rac- 
ticable. I throw it out merely as a sug- 
gestion. If anyone has anything better to 
offer let him bring it forward. 

WILLIAM K. HAVES. 



MANUAL TRAINING IN MASSACHU- 
SETTS 

(Report of the Committee appointed by the Woman's 

Club) 

THIS committee was asked to look into 
the advisal)ility of introducing manual 
training into our pul)lic schools. After 
conscientiously studying the matter by the 
light of tlu! best modem educational exj)e- 
rience, we reported, last yeai', that it was 
not only advisable to introduce manual 
training into the schools, but im])erative, if 
we as a community would be abreast of the 
tiuics. 

W^e endeavored to enlighten those who 
were unacquainted with the modei'ii ideas of 
educational values, by giving extracts from 
the conclusions of the great educators of the 
country, whicli are in a word, that manual 
training is an essential factor in the proper 
development of the child mind. 

Having been met by the statement, that 
towns that had adopted manual training 
were giving it up, your committee took from 
the report of the State Board of Education 
for 1894, the list of all towns and cities 
having manual training — all cities of twenty 
thousand inhabitants being obliged by the 
law of the Commonwealth to i)rovide such 
schools — sent a circular to the superinten- 
dents of schools in these towns, and a directed 
postal card on which to reply to the follow- 
ing questions: 



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1. Do you still leach manual training; in 
your schools? 

"2. Ill what grades? 

3. Is it required or optional? 

4. Does it affect advantageously the 
general work of the pupils? 

The first question was answered without 
exception, " Ves, manual training is still 
taught in our schools." In no case on 
record has manual training been given up in 
this state. 

Tlie answers to the second and third 
questions varied. Some towns began in the 
the 5th gra<le and cari'ie<l it all through and 
into the High; othei's began in the 7th and 
8th gi-ades, the average being the 7th, but 
all continuing into the High Schools. 

In some places it is required and some 
optional, but the majority require it. In 
towns where it is optional the classes are 
very large. 

Nearly all the superintendents agreed 
that manual training affected the general 
work of the pupils advantageously. The 
few who did not s:iid, as it was required in 
tlieir schools, they liad no pupils to compare 
with and could not say, but were satisHed 
that it was of the greatest benefit to the 
])Upils. 

One superintendent said it was o]>tional 
in h's schools, and without exception those 
whj took it were ahead in all their other 
p'tidies of those who did not, although two 
hours in a week were taken from the regular 
work. 

Another says: "It has proved very effec- 
tive as a means of awakening, training, and 
developing powers or faculties not before 
known to exist, besides giving an impetus to 
the academic training of the boys." 

Another says: "Manual training acts in 
every respect advantageously, although in 
some grades only two hours a week are given 
to the WM>rk." 

Another: "It gives a power of executing 
with the hand the ideas of the brain in a 
way that no other work does. The power 
to do is certainly a necessary acquisition for 
every child as well as the acquisition of 
knowledge." 

Another: "As the best means yet dis- 
covered for developing a reserved intellect- 
ual power, manual training has won its 
place in all the best school systems in the 
country." 

There is not one word from any school, 
and we have heard substantially from them 



:dl, to support the claim that if we introduced 
this training into our schools, the standard 
of the other studies would be lowered. In 
fa(rt, precisely the opposite condition is found 
to prevail without a single exce})tion. 

In answer to the oft repeated remark, 
that our school are good enough as they are, 
let us say, good is not hest^ and the best is 
not too much to ask for our children. 

The other objection, brought by a few, as 
to the expense entailed by making the 
schools really hrst-class and up to date, can- 
not be taken seriously. Even the least 
enlightened farmer recognizes the necessity 
and the economy of giving the best fodder 
to the young cattle, and are not these chil- 
dren of more value? 



THE TOWN OF WELLESLEY AND 
EXEMPTIONS FROM TAXATION 

IL 

ONE princi[»le on which free government 
does and must forever rest is that 
everyone shall share alike, in propor- 
tion to his means, in the expenses of govern- 
ment. When you pay less than your just 
projjortion, I pay more, and am deprived of 
a part of the freedom which has been won 
for me, and which I must defend atid maiii- 
tain. 

Taxing only with the consent of the taxed, 
and distributing the tax burden with abso- 
lute equality always has been a battle cry in 
the light for the right to life, liberty, and 
the pursuit of happiness. On any exemp- 
tion from this common obligation rests a 
strong burden of proof. 

An individual who disapproves of churches 
may object to contributing to their taxes, 
but the exemption on a church falls on the 
town it serves, and is, as it should be, niade 
up wholly by the community to whose 
advantage the church contributes. This is 
nottrueof a college. It is not for the town 
in wdiich it may be placed, but for the whole 
people. Of the 688 pupils in Wellesley 
College, but 16, or 'ly^ per cent of the whole 
number, are residents of Wellesley. 

It would be difficult to show that Welles- 
ley College is especially a benefit to Welles- 
ley. Temperate thinkers find arguments on 
both sides of the question of advantage to 
the town. 



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OUR TOWN 



It certainly is true that the best growth 
of the town is not in the section in which 
the college is situated, and is due to causes 
into which the college in no way enters. 

But suppose the college were a material 
benefit, the principle on which taxation rests 
denies the offsetting of taxation by bene- 
fits. Some towns think factories a benefit; 
surely some individuals are. Under the 
theory that benefits offset taxes, the whole 
tax levy will be paid only by property 
or persons of no benefit to the community, 
or by a graduated scale of benefits conferred, 
fixed by an omniscient board of assessors. 
Sometimes it is said of a country college 
that if it were not there, little except 
the land it uses would pay taxes, sur- 
rounding property would be less valuable, 
that every town is eager to welcome a col- 
lege, and none wants one removed. We 
want our collei^e to stay and prosper, and 
we want to do whatever is our share tow- 
ard maintaining it. 

No one can tell what would stand on 
its site had its generous founder turned 
elsewhere. No land in town is more 
attractive, little as desirable, but to conjec- 
ture is idle. Our assessors cannot levy taxes 
on theories of what might have been, or 
what we should like to be. They can recog- 
nize neither special corporate needs, nor 
individual eccentricities. The few people 
on the opposite side of the lake who pay 
into the town treasury each year more than 
$.35,000 do not ask to be relieved from their 
taxes. on the ground that if they did not live 
there someone of much less ability to pay 
probably would. The assessors must put 
property on their rolls as they find it. Their 
duties are not matters of speculation, but of 
fact. 

Unquestionably it will be admitted that 
colleges should receive no public aid unless 
they make men better citizens. To their 
credit they wish to open wide their doors 
to every ambitious, worthy boy, but in the 
nature of things, but few can enter, and 
most of those who do can pay their bills 
while there. I am not unmindful that no 
student pays what it costs our colleges to 
educate him. The State has no right to take 
money from my pocket simply to acquaint 
you with polite literature. The constitution 
of Massachusetts says and truly, "Govern- 
ment is instituted for the common good, for 
the protection, safety, prosperity and hap- 
piness of the people; and not for the 



profit, honor, or private interest of any one 
man, family, or class of men." No people 
should pay to make a small part of their 
number ornamental, or to increase its 
resources for enjo^'ment. If this cannot be 
done for all, those who want it for themselves 
or others should pay for it. 

I believe our colleges do make the great 
majority of their students better men and 
better citizens; not better than those who do 
do not receive four years of wise instruction, 
but better than they would have been had 
they not had it. In this, which almost 
seems the day of Mammon worship, there is 
need of the work of the earnest, self-deny- 
ing men who try to teach their pupils truth 
and justice, and help them realize that their 
responsibilities are in proportion to their 
resources. 

Whether or not colleges for young women 
make women better fitted to be mothers of 
the nation, they must be weighed in the 
same scales as those for young men. 

If, then, colleges ought not to be taxed, and 
if we should not be deprived of taxes on col- 
lege property in Wellesley, what is the 
remedy? The whole people who benefit by 
it, so far as they can be reached, should join 
in the contribution. 

The result to a college treasury is the 
same whether the legislature gives it each 
year from the public funds $12,000 or 
relieves it from common obligations to that 
amount. If the General Court now in ses- 
sion were to give Wellesley College $12,000, 
it would not direct the Town of Wellesley 
to ])ay it. 

While but 211, or 30 per cent, of the stu- 
dents in Wellesley College are from 
Massachusetts, it is plain we cannot tax 
outside this State. The Commonwealth 
incorporates and legislates for the college. 
It is responsible for its own decrees, it should 
pay their cost. 

Nearly $2.00 of every $11.00 we pay in 

taxes is our present contribution. If the 
whole State paid the taxes on all its 
educational institutions charging a tuition, 
we would pay .084, instead of $2.00, and 
that is the sum which would be the added 
charge on all property in the state. This is 
small, but whether large or small, the ques- 
tion is not of dollars and cents, but of fair- 



ness and right. 



.TOHN D. HALDV. 



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DANA HALL NOTES 

«^ «^ 

On June i6, from three to tive, Miss Louise Jewett 
will receive in the studio any friends of the school. 
The work done in the studio during the year will 
be on exhibition. 



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The annual Commencement exercises will be held 
in the village church at half after five, on June 20. 
The address will be by C Stanley Hall, president of 
Clark University. 



Mr. Louis C. Elson, of the New England Conserva- 
tory of Music, will next year give a course at Dana 
Hall, in the history of music. The lectures will 
be on Wednesdays at 2.40, in the large school 
room, and all persons in the village interested in the 
subject are cordially invited to attend. 



Next fall will see a development in the work of 
Dana Hall. The "Little School" established last 
September, will be enlarged to a boarding and day 
school, preparatory to Dana Hall. The Hunnewell 
House, beyond the Town Hall, is now in process of 
renovation for this purpose. 'l"he home will be in 
charge of Mrs. E. T. Smith of Adrian, Michigan. 
Mrs. Helen M. Southgate will continue to conduct 
the primary department, and the intermediate work 
will be in charge of Miss W. E. Slason who has suc- 
cessfuly conducted private schools in Rutland, 
Vermont, and Andover, Massachusetts. French, Ger- 
man, music and drawing will be taught by special 
teachers from Dana Hall; and, in addition to the 
elementary English branches, enijjhasis will be laid 
upon nature study and manual training. 



The village people will share with the members of 
Dana Hall the deep regret at the resignation of Miss 
Fanny C. Guild and Miss Mary L. Drury from the 
Dana Hall faculty. Miss Guild has, during her long 
connection with the school, identified herself not 
only with its interests but with village interests as 
well, and leaves many friends here who wish her well 
in her new work. The school feels proud that she 
has been chosen as acting principal of the Common- 
wealth Avenue School, Boston, in the absence of the 
Misses Gilman who have so successfully conducted it. 
Miss Drury, while her connection with the school 
has been but two years, will be much missed, and all 
who know her work will regret to learn that she has 
given up teaching. Her successor will be Miss Edith 
May, who has for two years been at the head of the 
English work in the Belmont high school. Miss 
May, Wellesley, '97, is well known in the village and 
will be cordially welcomed here. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

COMMENCEMENT NOTES. Dr. Theodore S. 
Woolsey, professor of international law at Yale Uni- 
versity, will be the Commencement orator at Welles- 
ley this year. The baccalaureate sermon will be 
preached by Rev. Washington Gladden, D. D. 

NO HONORARY DEGREES CONFERRED. 
An unauthorized statement has been going the rounds 
of the press to the effect that Wellesley is to confer 
a degree upon Miss Helen M. Gould, on the occasion 
of her visit here in June. This is entirely without 
foundation. As President Hazard states, the College 
does not contemplate giving any honorary degrees at 
present, and Wellesley has always felt that it should 
itself attain a greater age before conferring • such 
degrees, and it does not at present feel that the time 
has come to depart from its custom. 

NEW HEAD OF MUSIC DEPARTMENT. 
Mr. Hamilton C. Macdougall, of Providence, R. L, 
has been appointed associate professor of music at 
Wellesley, with the charge of the department. Mr. 
Macdougall brings to this work fine accomplihhment 
as a musician, and a long experience as a teacher, 
composer, and editor of musical compositions. He 
was one of the founders of the American College of 
Musicians, and has been connected with prominent 
organizations of musicians in various capacities; he 
is an associate member of the Royal College of Organ- 
ists, in London, and was at one time an instructor in 
the theory of music at Brown University. 

OTHER CHANGES OF NOTE. With the retire- 
ment of Prof. Anne Eugenia Morgan, who has been at 
the head of the philosophy department since the sec- 
ond year of the college opening, Miss Mary W. Cal- 
kins,' of Newton, becomes professor of philosophy and 
psychology, remaining in full charge of this depart- 
ment with which she has been connected more than 
ten years. Miss Margaret P. Sherwood, Ph. D., who 
has been abroad the past year, will return to the Col- 
lege in the autumn, and will carry the seminary course 
in Shakespeare. Mrs. Willia T. Stovall, organist for 
eleven years past, has resigned from this position, as 
also from her work as instructor in theory and har- 
mony, to the regret of the College community. Miss 
Alice H. Luce, a Wellesley graduate, and for the past 
three years instructor here, has been called to the 
deanship of Oberlin College. Other withdrawals and 
new appointments will be announced later, Init the per- 
sonnel of the faculty will remain practically unchanged. 
VALUABLE COURSES Ar:»DED to Economics 
Department. As a result of the enlargement of this 
department, economics becomes a study of even far 
greater practical value than heretofore. Women are 
often charged with being less scrupulous than men in 
business affairs, and there is doubtless ground for the 
accusation. A woman's horizon is ordinarily limited 
to her home and her circle of friends. Her standards 
of right and wrong are naturally determined by the 
effect of her deeds in making or marring the happi- 
ness of those about her. Her code of social honor is 
in consequence highly developed, but her notions of 
business honor are embryonic. It should therefore be 
the concern of all who are responsible for the educa- 
tion of women to make good this defect by providing 
instruction in economics, particularly along the line 
of business affairs. This the Trustees of Wellesley 
have recently done in freeing Prof. Coman from ad- 
ministrative duties, and from responsibility for the 
department of history, in order that she might secure 
time to give a course in public finance. 



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WELLESLEY CHURCH NOTES 



St. Andrew^s Church 

EXCHANGK. The Rev. Samuel G. Babcock, 
rector of Christ Church, of Hyde Park, and Archdea- 
con of New Bedford, officiated at St. Andrew's 
chapel, Sunday morning, May 27, in exchange with the 
rector. 

CONFIRMATIONS. The following persons 
were received by confirmation into full communion 
with the church, at St. Andrew's chapel, on Sunday, 
May 20: Madeline Stickiiey Baker, lidward Bradford 
Blakely, Nellie May Boone, Harriet Eliza Holland, 
Katharine Emma Hotz, Eliza Kumble Martin, Edna 
Estella Pennell, Frances Griswold Terry, Margaret 
Shaw Wheeler. 

MUSICALE. A musicale held at St. Andrew's 
rectory, on Tuesday, May 22, was much enjoyed by 
all present. The jirincipal performer was Helen 
Frances Sawyer of Bridgewater, a girl of fourteen, 
who is a pianist of remarkable ability. She was 
assisted by Mr. Franklin L. Wood, baritone; Miss 
Edith S. Holden, violinist; and Miss Elizabeth M. 
Kelley, accompanist. 

HOSPITALFOR MINERS. Thefew wholistened 
to the Rev. Charles Wilson, Sunday, May 27, were 
deeply impressed with the importance of the work 
for which he is soliciting aid. It is the Cottage Hos- 
pital at Springhill Mines, Nova Scotia; ;^i5o will 
endow the hospital for one day in the year perpetu- 
ally, as the interest on that amount is all that is 
needed for the daily running expenses. Could not 
our parish endow St. Andrew's Day? 

GIRL'S FRIENDLY SOCIETY. Twelve mem- 
bers of this Society, from Wellesley, attended the 
annual tea and service in Boston, Tuesday evening, 
May 15. The offering this year amounted to $36[. 
At the annual diocesan council, held in Emmanuel 
Church parish rooms the following morning, Miss 
Isabelle G. Whipple, of Salem, was elected president 
of the Girls' Friendly Society in Massachusetts, and 
it was voted that the "missionary pennies" collected 
at the annual service, in 1901, shall be devoted to 
work for girls in Cuba. 

DIOCESAN MISSIONS. The annual offering for 
missions will take place on Whitsunday, June 3. 
Our interest this year is especially directed to dioc- 
esan missions. The diocese is divided into five arch- 
deaconries, and each archdeaconry is expected 
as far as possible to be responsible for 
its own missionary work. At the last meet- 
ing of the archdeaconry of New Bedford (to which 
this parish belongs) held at Brookline, on Monday of 
last week, very encouraging reports were given. The 
most interesting development just now is that of the 
mission at Medway. It is the center of several vil- 
lages all connected by electric roads. A parish 
house is being built to foster the social life of this 
section and to counteract certain demoralizing ten- 
dencies which at present prevail. Few people realize 
the actual heathenism there is in many of our deca- 
dent New England towns. The parish house is a 
valuable agent in purifying the moral atmosphere. 
Let us extend a helping hand to Medway. 



Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society 

A R1'",ADING was given in the church on May 28, 
for the benefit of a superannuated minister. 

REV. RUSH R. SHIPPEN of Brockton, will 
preach June 10, in exchange with the pastor. 

AT THE annual dinner of the Alumni of the 
Meadeville Theological school, the pastor was elected 
president of the association. 

MR, NELSON CROSSKILL and Mrs. Annie 
Spencer are elected delegates to represent the society 
at the meetings of the 75tli anniversary of the forma- 
tion of the American Unitarian Association. 

THE PASTOR exchanged with Rev. W. L. Chaf- 
fin of North Easton, on May 6; Rev. Julian C. 
Jaynes, of West Newton, May 27. He also attended 
the meeting of the Plymouth Bay Confeience, at 
North Easton, May 2. 

THE CHURCH and Sunday school will jointly 
celebrate Flower Sunday, on June 24. An interest- 
ing program has been prepared, and the birthday box 
will be opened, the contents of which are to be 
devoted to the "Country week." 

Wellesley Congregational Church 

MEN'S LEAGUE. The annual meeting of the 
League will be held on Thursday evening, June 7. 
Mr. Jesse S. Wiley, president of the Men's Club in 
the Harvard Church, Brookline, will be present and 
speak of the possibilities of such clubs. Officers will 
be elected for the coming year. 

AN INVITATION is given to any who desire to 
become members of this church to present themselves 
to the Church Committee, on Friday evening, June 22. 
Members of other churches are cordially invited to 
bring letters of transfer. 

MUSICAL SERVICE. On Sunday evening, June 
17, a musical service will be held in the church. The 
choir will have the help of the regular church quar- 
tette and other soloists. All the music used will be 
from the compositions of Charles Gounod. 

CHILDREN'S DAY will be observed on June to. 
In the morning there will be a special sermon to chil- 
dren. In the evening a children's musical concert 
exercise will be held. Parents desiring to have chil- 
dren baptized are requested to notify the Pastor. The 
annual church offering to the Congregational Sunday 
School and Publishing Society will be made on this 
day. 

THE JUNIOR ENDEAVOR Society is finishing a 
successful year. About twenty members have been 
regular in attendance and over forty have been 
enrolled. A course of questions and answers upon 
the books of the New Testament and their writers, 
also upon the Beatitudes and the Commandments has 
been studied. About $10 will be sent to Miss Agnes 
Lord, in Turkey, for the support of Armenian 
orphans. 

SUCCESSFUL ENTERTAINMENTS. The 
Cradle Songs given in the chapel on May 14, netted 
$35 for the Woman's Union toward the pledge off 100 
for Whitman College. I'he strawberry festival givtn 
by the Christian Endeavor Society, on May 24, 
brought in a profit of $15, which was about the sum 
needed to complete the payment for the new h\n;n 
books. 



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9 



JUNE TOPICS. At the remaining Friday even- 
ing meetings in June the tojjics will be as follows: 
June 8, "God's Voice in Nature;" June 15, "Children 
in the Bible;" June 22, "The Privilege of Praising 
God;" June 29, "Study as Training for Service." 
The to]3ics for the Sunday evening C. E. services will 
be: June 3, "The Character of St. Paul ;" June jo, 
"Honor;" June 17, "Courage;" June 24, "Loyalty." 

Wellesley Hills Congregfational Church 

CHILDREN'S SUNDAY. There will be a con- 
cert by the Sunday School on June 10, at 10.45 
o'clock, with the services usual on this occasion. 

SUNDAY EVENINGS. The second service dur- 
ing June, July and August will be omitted. C. E. 
services at 6.30, to which all are cordially invited. 

SUNDAY SCHOOL. The Blakeslee Lesson 
Course upon the Life of Christ having been finished, 
the school has just begun a new course upon the lives 
of Peter, John and Paul. This promises to be very 
profitable and it is a good time for renewed interest 
in Sunday School work. 

COMMITTEE MEE1TNG. At the close of the 
Friday evening prayer meeting on June 15th, there 
will be a meeting of the Church Committee to which 
any who wish to unite with the church at the July 
Communion are cordially invited. 

CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIETY. Conse- 
cration meeting on the evening of June 3. This is a 
Union Meeting to which all are specially invited. 
'I'opic: "How to be a good neighbor." Lu. 10: 25-37. 
June ID, "Lives that Lift," Lu. 13 : 20, 21. June 17, 
"Abiding in Christ." John 15: i-io. June 24, 
"Our Eternal Destiny," Matt. 13: 47-50. The Friday 
evening meeting for June 22 is the special C. E. 
meeting, and will be in the nature of a Praise Ser- 
vice. The society has grown during the last months, 
and its meetings are unusually interesting. Let all 
come who can and help. 

LOAN EXHIBITION. The exhibition of old and 
curious articles, on May 23, in the vestry was exceed- 
ingly interesting and satisfactory. Our hearty thanks 
are due to the many friends in the community who 
loaned the valuable articles which gave to this 
exiiibition its unique value. Old silver, old books 
and documents, old articles of furniture and costumes, 
old china and pewter ware; it was a remarkable col- 
lection to come from a little community like this. The 
objects of interest were too abundant to be fully 
appreciated in the time given for their exhibition. 

FRIDAY EVENING MEETINGS. June 8. 
"God's Voice in Nature," Psalms 104, 148. Leader 
Mr. Seldon Brown. June 15, ''Children in the Bible," 
Joshua 4: 1-7; Mark 10: 13-16; 2 Tim. 3: 14, 15. 
"What is taught about child-likeness, training the 
young, early piety.-"' Leader, Mr. Jos. Peabody. 
June 17, "The Privilege of Praising God." Psalm 
103; Acts 3: 1-9; 16: 16-34. " Why does God desire 
our praise. '' Why should we offer it.''" Leader, Mr. 
T. W. Travis. The Christian Endeavorers are espe- 
cially invited to this service. June 24, service 
preparatory to the celebration of the Lord's Supper on 
July I, lead by the pastor. 



F. DIEHL & SON 



Dealers in Coal, Wood, 
Hay and (ivain 



Telephone No. 16-4 
Wellesley, Mass. 



**ALL ABOARD" 

ThOS. B. Griffin (for fourteen years driver of the College 

coach) may be found near the WELLESLEY POST OFFICE 
on arrival of all trains. 

Alumns carried at same rates as undergraduates 

I'.. .!<; A. Trip Tickets to Boston, 20 cents each 
Order box at north door of College Hall. 
P. O. address, Box 132, Wellesley, Mass. 

MISS M. E. FITZPATRICK 



Dressmaker 

Cor. Cross and Central Streets, Wellesley 

MISS E. M. KNOWLES 

Partridge Block 

Central Street., - - Wellesley 

Dressmaking and Repairing 

SUMHER STOVES 
REFRIGERATORS, SCREENS 

The season is now demanding these goods. Before 
you buy, call and see our line. Our prices are as low 
as Uoston prices and invariably less. Gasolene and 
Kerosene stoves. Blue flame, wickless stoves. 
"Maine" and "White Mountain" Refrigerators. 
Screens in different grades. All goods delivered 
withotit charge. 

HARDWARE, PLUnBINQ AND HEATING 

FISKE & CO., 

7 South Ave. - - Natick, flass. 



Wellesley 
Steam Laundry 

Skirts, Dresses, Shirt Waists, Curtains, Shades, 
Draperies and all kinds of Fancy Ironing nicely done 
Plain ironing by the dozen. 

All work handled carefully. No bleach or acid is 
nsed, nor anything that will injure the clothes, which 
are dried in the open air, weather permitting. 

Prices reasonable. Work called for and delivered. 

We should be pleased to receive your work. A 
card to the WELLESLEY STEAM LAUNDRY 
will receive prompt attention. 

J. T, MELLUS, Proprietor 

IVe use nothing but the very best of supplies. 



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OUR TOWN 



MRS. J C. WHITE 

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Children's Novelties 

Embroidery Mounted. Frames to Decorate. 

Pictures and Picture Framing. 

Passepartout Materials 

Fine Stationery 
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VOL. 111. NO. 7 



WELLESLEY, JULY, 1900 



5 cents a copy 
25 cents a year 



ASLEEP 

HON. JOHN D. LONG 

[From a little volume of poems called " Bites of a Cherry."] 

My little baby Ijoy hath cried 

Himself asleep at some light childish pain; 
And on his face its traces still abide 

Like shapes of cloud o'er meadow flying, — 
Upon his cheek a teardrop lying, 
As on a leaf a single drop of rain. 

See! as I bend above his face, 

The shade of grief flies like the hurrying cloud, 
And like a flood of sunshine in its place, 

The shadow yielding to the splendor, 
A smile so sunny l)reaks and tender, 
His soul seems speaking through it half aloud! 

Say, what is passing in his sleep? 

What are the dreams across his vision driven.' 
Hath one, too yowng to sow, begun to reap.' 
Doth he, at one light grief rej3ining. 
The worlhlessness of earth divining. 
Already dream of sweeter things in heaven? 

EDITORIAL 

RABBI Charles Fleischer, one of the 
ablest representatives of modern Juda- 
ism, havingbecome a resident of Welles- 
ley Hills, we take great pleasure in intro- 
ducing him to the readers of Our Towx 
through the most suggestive article he has 
kindly sent us for this issue. 

IF those who are interested in the continu- 
ance of this paper will kindly give us 
whatever financial assistance they are able 
to give, especially in the matter of advertis- 
ing, the Editors will reciprocate by giving 
the best possible contents. Ten or a dozen 
$5.00 "ads" are needed to carry the paper 
through this year without debt. The reduc- 
tion in size during the summer months is 
necessary owing to the smaller number of 
advertisements printed and the omission of 
the College Notes. It will be found that the 
space devoted to general matter, however, is 
nearly as large as in previous issues. If the 



paper could be put on a stable financial basis' 
there would be no difficulty in developing 
the character of its contents. 



THE VVellesley Education Society ought 
to commend itself to every parent and 
every good citizen in the town. Its 
purpose is to unite the people of Wellesley 
in an intelligent support of the public schools 
and their teachers. There is much in the 
way of helpful assistance that this Society 
can renderand a large membership is desired. 
Please send in your name as requested in 
the article printed elsewhere. 



Photographs for Cuban Teachers 

AS a part of the courtesies to be extended 
to the Cuban teachers who are to spend 
July and August in Cambridge, a com- 
mittee of the Twentieth Century Club, of 
Boston, is planning to provide them with 
photographic mementos of the land they 
have visited. They issue the following 
appeal : 

"Tiie Committee requests the public to 
send for it to classify and distribute, mounted 
photographs or other illustrations of salient 
features of our life that are little known in 
Cuba, The photographs should be instruc- 
tive rather than merely artistic or decora- 
tive. Churches, schools, factories, libraries, 
shops, machinery and homes are all good 
subjects. 

Each picture should be mounted on card- 
board and should be plainly labelled on the 
back." 

Believing that many Wellesley citizens 
would like to aid in this work, the Educa- 
tion Committee of the Woman's Club have 
appointed Mrs. Gilbert N. Jones to receive 
and forward the photographs. Donations 
may be left with Mrs. Jones at any time 
during the month of July. 



2 OUR TOWN 

A JEWISH RENAISSANCE spiritual poverty, starvation and death. 

.Of tliose who persist in this fearfnlness — 

(A Passover Address) differing only supei-licially, and not esseu- 

NORMALLY the Jew is free from self- tially, from the rankest superstition of idol- 
delusion. He makes no special effort atry and fetishism — I would ask: whether 
to deceive himself. He is not, as a rule, religion (and again, more .especially', Juda- 
in the habit of rearing a roof, and then build- ism) is a definite quantity, measurable and 
ing a house and foundation under it. He exhaustible? If so, then we do right to pur- 
builds from the ground up. The stuff" that sue our niggardly policy, for who knows 
makes up his dreams are human experi- whether, when our present possession is 
ences; his visions are idealizations from fact, spent, we shall ever succeed in storing up 
Therefore, his theology argues from man to further treasure? But would even these 
God, rather than the other way. He believes modern and civilized fetishists be prepared 
in God because he believes in man, — recog- to confess that thus the time will come when 
nizing in tbe latter inevitable and infinite religions will be no more, when churches 
upward and outward reaches. His abstract and synagogues will be used as school 
theories are based on observed concrete houses and hospitals, and ministers will give 
realities. In a word, the Jew is essentially themselves to more "useful" vocations, 
sane. neither will they teach of God any more? 
And yet, we are wanting in self-confi- And were not this practical "fetishism" the 
dence; broadly and boldly spoken — we lack normal religion of most people — of modern 
faith in man, and, more particularly, in our priests as of the mass of persons — would 
own religious genius. We have been hand- every religion need to declare, as it does, its 
ling our religious heritage as though it could dependence upon the first teachers, would 
be spent. We have behaved towards the they need to justify themselves by an appeal 
religious spirit in niggardly, faithless fash- to the authority of the founders, would the 
ion. That is to say, we have acted as though different systems and sects be only so many 
we feared: that the God who revealed him- different "interpretations" of the doctrines 
self to the fathers did not mean to make the of Buddha, Zoroaster, Confucius, Moses, 
children still and again a medium of his Jesus, Mahomet, and all the 'other company 
revelation; that the religious spirit, which of religious "discoverers?" Of all the 
had in past ages and down to our very day organized religions, "looking backward" is 
accumulated wealth and stored u]) treasure, the characteristic pose, as though the fate of 
had suddenly been stricken with impo- Lot's wife could not deter them from thus 
tence, and we, the heirs of all the ages, courting the immoitalUy of petref action. 
were threatened with spiritual bankruptcy. With such slavish dependence upon the past. 
Though we have proclaimed loudly our and such apparent!}' wilful unconsciousness 
belief in the eternal and universal revelation of, or at least lack of proper regard for, man's 
of the Eternal, our action has plainly con- inherent religious genius, it is not to be won- 
tradicted our "belief," else all our religions dered at that we are still lisping our spirit- 
— Judaism included — would not be so ual alphabet, and that religion is the last of 
largely the histories of tradition, instead of man's psj'chical experiences to get itself 
the progressive expression and formulation duly recognized and scientifically organized? 
of the growing and unfolding religious sense Indirect opposition to the treatment of 
inherent in man. Rich as the Jew is, in Judaism as a quantity, definite, measurable, 
spiritual treasure, possessed still of the orig- and exhaustible — I maintain that Judaism 
inal fortune amassed bj' the founders of the is a quality, infinite, immeasurable, inex- 
faith; to which has been added the wealth haustible; that Judaism is an attit^i(le,\nte\- 
accumulated in centuries of intercourse with lectual, moral, and spiritual — the progres- 
the peoples of the earth and in habitual levy- sive and unfoldingexpression of the markedly 
ing upon their fund of religious thought for individual and characteristic genius of the 
contributions to his own hoard; not to men- Jewish people. In that sense, Judaism is 
tion a capital of spii'itual wealth common to, simpl}' the religion of the Jews — always 
and inherent in all human nature; yet the assuming that the Jews retain the distinct 
Jew, like all others, has been a religious individuality already referred to. And our 
miser, reluctant to let go of the least portion raison cV etre now, as in the past and on 
of his "riches," apparently fearful always of into the farthest future, is the bodying forth 



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of that individuality, the continuous contribu- 
tion to human evolution resultant from the 
beneficent activity of the Jewish genius in 
all human concerns. 

Certain characteristics, if not singly mon- 
opolized by the Jew, at least in combination 
serve to mark his individualit}^, and to dis- 
tinguish him from his fellowmen. 

First, then, as already claimed, the Jew is 
essentially sane. The opening paragraph 
of this paper, if true, would prove this. The 
religious history of the Jews further attests 
to it. Judaism is essentially a practicable 
idealism, a sublimated common sense. 

Secondly, our genius as a people has given 
evidence of a unique ability to conceive, 
apprehend, and state abstractions. If I may 
so put it, we have shown a power to give 
concrete value to abstract truth. Witness 
our theology, profound to the highest degree, 
yet uumystical, rational and simple, — essen- 
tially philosophic, and yet a potent, vital 
influence in the career of the entire Jewish 
people. 

Thirdly, I hold that the Jewish genius has 
distinct originality^ directness of approach 
to all questions. The Jew has been gifted 
with rare insight, enabling him to get "back 
of the show of thinirs into thinu's themselves." 
The same trait that today makes so many 
Jews successful as lawyers, made the Jews 
of old such valuable contributors to juris- 
prudence and to the entire ethical thought 
of the western world. 

These three particular characteristics, viz., 
sanity, "abstract coiicreteness," and origin- 
ality, — I submit, suggest the quality of the 
Jewish genius, which made possible the for- 
mer contributions of Judaism, and whose 
proper uufoldment and progressive expres- 
sion can alone continue to give us a self- 
respecting reason for existence. 

I would have the spirit of Judaism reborn, 
I would have it again "move over the face 
of the waters," and bring order and peace. 
I would have it address itself to present con- 
ditions and give them moral meaning. I 
would have it speak with authority today, 
and for today, as it spoke two thousand five 
hundred years ago. The religion for this 
democracy has not yet appeared. No one 
of the organized religions answers the cry 
of the people. Their soul-hunger is not sat- 
isfied. I would have the genius of Judaism 
once more make the Jew the religious sav- 
iour of his fellowman, I would have him 
(j^ream the democratic dream. 1 would have 



him sing the poetry of our seeming prosi- 
ness. I w^ould have him utter the moral 
worth of our material civilization, I would 
have Judaism express the spiritual signifi- 
cance of science. Religions must give up 
their quarrel with the spirit of the age, not 
by acknowledging defeat, but by "swallow- 
ing bodily" this Zeitgeist, and allowing it to 
transform them. 

Judaism is fortunate in not being a sys- 
tem of dogmas, which can be outgrown wuth 
the development of human thought and the 
upward reach of human aspiration. But 
being a quality, a characteristic mental, 
moral, and spiritual attitude — new condi- 
tions only give it new opportunities. In 
that sense, there Tuay, in this land, yet be an 
"American Judaism." 

If our people will awake to self-conscious- 
ness, to self-appreciation, to self-dependence, • 
to an optimistic /«i7A in man as the unfail- 
ing fount of religious truth, to an intelligent '■ 
apprehension of our genius and our mission, ' 
which will make the past a constant source 
of inspiration, the present an insistent call ' 
to service, the future a sphere of infinite 
aspiration, — the true reformation would be ' 
assured, and the time of the Jewish Renais- 
sance would be at hand. For Christendom 
too "salvation" would thus come of the ; 
Jews. - ;•■• ■■ ,■■■' ^' "!'•.; '-i--' '■'■ •*' •■■ ' 

' CHARLES FLElSCHEft. ' 



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THE WELLESLEY EDUCATION , ' 

ASSOCIATION ' j;.^ 

THE great good accomplished in Newton, 
Brookline, and other neighboring towns '"■ 
by similar organ-izations, and a desire to ' 
study systematically the problems of educa- 
tion and to become more familiar with pres- 
ent educational methods, have led to the for- 
mation of the Wellesley Education Associa- 
tion under the following constitution : ;' '.•^ 'I 

Constitution : ! ■' ' ■ r> 

Article I. Sect. 1. The name of this 
organization shall be the "Wellesley Educa- > 
tion Association." / 

Sect. 2. The object of the Association 
shall be to study the problems of education ; 
and promote a tsetter understanding of edur , 
cational methods, to stimulate public inter- ^ 



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est in the scliools of the town, and to culti- 
vate a closer sympathy and co-operation 
between the home and the school. 

Art. II, Sect. 1. The Association shall 
annually, in March, elect by ballot a Presi- 
dent, Secretary (who shall also act as Treas- 
urer), and an Executive Committee, which 
shall consist of the President, Secretary and 
Treasurer, the President of the Wellesley 
Hills Woman's Club, and the President of 
the Wellesley Club, who shall be ex-otticio 
members thereof, and five members elected 
by the Association. 

Sect. 2. Immediately after the annual 
meeting, the Executive Committee shall 
appoint the following Standing and such 
other committees as may further the pur- 
poses of the Association : 

1. Committee on Finance. 2. Committee 
on Membership. 8. Committee on Physical 
Training. 4. Committee on Art and Port- 
folio. 5. Committee on School Libraries. 
6. Committee on Industrial Education. 

The foregoing committees shall consist of 
at least three members each. 

Art. III. Sect. 1. The President shall 
preside at all meetings of the Association 
and of the Executive Committee. The Sec- 
retary and Treasurer shall perform the dut- 
ies usually imposed upon such officers. 

Sect. 2. The Executive Committee shall 
define the duties of the several Standing 
Committees, shall sanction the programs of 
all meetings and shall have general charge 
and management of the business and affairs 
of the Association. 

Art. IV. Any person of the age of eight- 
een years, desiring to join this Association 
and sympathizing with its objects is eligible 
for membership. Candidates for member- 
ship shall be nominated by the Committee 
on Membership, and elected by the Execu- 
tive Committee. The annual dues of this 
Association shall be fifty cents. 

Art. V. Sect. 1. The meetings of the 
Association shall be held on the first Tues- 
day of March, June, September, and Decem- 
ber. The meeting in March shall be the 
annual meeting. Special meetings may be 
held at the call of the President. 

Sect. 2. Ten members shall constitute a 
quorum for the transaction of any business. 

Art. VI. This constitution may be 
amended at any meeting of the Association 
by vote of two-thirds of the members pres- 
ent, notice of the proposed amendment hav- 
ing been given in the call for the meeting. 



The officers elected for the current year 
are as follows: 

President, ParrisT.Farwell; Secretary and 
Treasurer, Mrs. Hannah M. Brown; Execu- 
tive Committee, the President, the Secretary, 
the President of the Wellesley Club, Joseph 
E. Fiske; the President of the Wellesley 
Hills Woman's Club, Mrs. Ellen R. Kobson; 
Prof. Katharine Coman, of Wellesley Col- 
lege; Mrs. Rosamund Rothery, Wellesley; 
Mr. Seldon L. Rrown, Wellesley Hills; Mr. 
Victor J. Loring, Wellesley Farms; Mr. C. 
A. Sibley, Wellesley Hills. 

This movement originated with the Edu- 
cation Committee of tlie Woman's Club. It 
has the hearty endorsement of our School 
Committee and Superintendent, and their 
earnest co-operation is pledged. 

The purpose of the organization, as clearly 
set forth in the constitution, is to study sys- 
tematically the problems of education, to 
arrive at a better understanding of present 
educational methods, and to promote a more 
active interest on the part of parents and 
citizens in the work of the schools. 

The Association is open to anyotie over 
eighteen years of age, who is or may be 
interested in the educational welfare of the 
town. This of course means every adult in 
the town, and every one is invited and 
expected to join. 

The next regular meeting is to be held 
Sept. 4. A formal notice of the place of 
meeting will be sent to each member. The 
chairman of the Membership Committee is 
Mrs. John E. Oldham, Wellesley Hills. 
Any one wishing to become a member of 
the Association is requested to communicate 
with her as soon as possible. 

[^Sign this blank, cut it out, mail it to her 
and attend the next meeting.'] 



Mrs. John E. Oldham, 
Wellesley Hills, 

I desire to become a member of the 
Wellesley Education Association. 



Sign. 



Date. 



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WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

TWO INTERESTING BOOKS. A volume of 
"Verses," which are both graceful and thoughtful, 
has just been issued by Miss Isabella Howe Fiske, of 
Wellesley Hills, class of '96, and has attracted much 
favorable attention. Mi.ss Hazard has recently pub- 
lished (T. Y. Crovvell & Co.) "Ideals in the Educa- 
tion of Women," the conservative and womanly 
standpoint of which is best summed up in her own 
words: "There are three ways in which women are 
pre-eminent; they are the binclers together of society, 
they are the beautifiers of life, they are the preservers 
of morals. That is, women must stand for conserva- 
tism, for grace, for purity ; and in these three direc- 
tions they must have special training." 

CLOSING FETES. Favorable weather has this 
year fortunately accompanied all the final social 
events, — out-of-door affairs, mainly, whose success 
always depends largely on the weather, — with the 
exception of the showers which hastened the end of 
Tree-day festivities on the afternoon of June 8. Next 
in order of events came the Shakespeare play, "The 
Tempest," given on the evening of June 16, and again 
on the following Wednesday, both times successfully, 
the part of Caliban, taken by Miss Constance Draper, 
winning special applause. The "Float" exercises, 
on the evening of June 19, were a repitition of the 
program planned for last year but abandoned because 
of the rain; and the "Evolution of Float," as carried 
out through the successive stages added a pleasing 
variety to this annual festivity. 

COMMENCEMENT EVENTS. First of the 
Commencement week ha|:)penings came the class sup- 
per of the seniors, Thursday evening, June 21, at the 
Newton Club House, Newtonville. Friday was given 
over to informal teas and reunions, but Saturday and 
Monday were the chief gala days, society spreads, 
receptions, Glee Club concert, garden party and sen- 
ior play following one another in gay succession. 
Miss Helen M. Gould, honorary member of the class 
of 1900, was a guest at the Glee Club concert, Satur- 
day, and at the garden party Monday. Miss Gould 
also attended the baccalaureate service on Sunday. 
Rev. Washington Gladden, D. D., of Columbus, 
Ohio, preached the baccalaureate sermon, from the 
text " As thy day so shall thy strength be;" in the 
evening, a vesper service was held with special music. 

PROF. WOOLSEY'S ADDRESS. Tuesday after- 
noon, June 26, the Commencement services were held 
in the Houghton Memorial Chapel. Nine candidates 
received the master of art degree; 133 the bachelor's 
degree. There was an unusually large attendance of 
alumna;, in view of the special observance, on Wednes- 
day, of the twenty-fifth anniversary of the college. 
Prof. Theodore S. Woolsey, of Yale University, gave 
an able and unique address to the graduates, "The 
Story of the Red Cross" lieing his subject. Con- 
cluding, he made a ])ersonal application of his dis- 
course in the following words: "You have supple- 
mented the alertness of mind, the intuitive power of 
reaching right conclusions natural to your sex, by the 
slower but more philosophical processes which liberal 
culture furnishes. You have gained resources which 
will stand you in good stead, in good fortune and in 
ill. Life is not altogether a joyous thing. You will 
be hedged about by limitations. If you are true to 
your own natures, you will rejoice with those that do 



rejoice and weep with those who weep. In training 
the brain to work, do not stifle the profound impulses 
of the heart. As in so many of the social movements 
of the age, let true sentiment spur on to action, while 
the intellect holds the reins. Your duties may be 
trivial, or charged with high responsibilities. Your 
nursing may be of a sick parent or child at home, not 
of a wounded soldier in the field. The heroism is 
the same, however; the moral is the same. Self-sac- 
rifice is the consummate flower of womanhood, the 
noblest product of the human heart." 



WELLESLEY CHURCH NEWS 



St. Andrew^s Church 

EVENING SERVICE. During July, and possi- 
bly during August, the evening service will be omitted. 

SUMMER SUPPLY. The Rev. Frederick C. 
Lauderburn, of Tamaqua, Pa., who has taken the 
Rector's place during his vacation the past two years, 
has been engaged again for the month of August. 

EXCHANGli. The Rector expects to exchange 
one Sunday in the month with the Rev. R. T. Loring 
of Newtonville; on another Sunday he will officiate 
at Needham, for the new mission which has lately 
been placed in his care. 

MISSIONS. The offering for missions on Whit- 
sunday amounted to $124.32, which was distributed as 
follows: 

Archdeaconry of New Bedford, $^6 00 ■; 

Parish House at Medway, 10 00 

Rev. L. H. Roots, Wuchang, China, 25 00 
Archdeacon Appleby of Duluth 5 00 

Church 'Temperance Society, 5 00 

Cottage Hospital, Springhill Mines, 

Nova Scotia 5 00 

Indian Famine Relief Fund, 5 00 

To be divided at the discretion of the 

Board of Missions, 33 32 



Total, 



5124 32 



Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society 

THE PASTOR exchanged with Rev. R. R. Ship- 
pen of Brockton, June 10. * 

AFTER the services of July 8, the church will be 
closed till September 9. 

MR. Edward Woodbury Perkins and Miss Faith 
Shaw Livermore were married in church on the even- 
ing of June 12. 

THE PASTOR attended the funeral of Miss Mary 
Hyde, who was buried in Danvers, Mass., June 18. 
Services were held both in Wellesley Hills and at 
Danvers. 

JUNE 24 was Flower Sunday. The congregation 
and Sunday School held a joint service at 10.45 A. '^• 
The church was beautifully decorated. Miss Gladys 
Collins read an essay on "The Flowers of Palestine," 
and Master Roger Baldwin discussed, in a short 
paper, the question "Should we have a national 
flower?" Master Denis, the boy soprano, sang a 
beautiful offertory, and Master Richard Cunningham 



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explained to the congregation the uses of the birth- Da/iV DlHrio Uoll 
day box. When the box was opened by Dorothy IlUtiV. IliUgC Lldll 
Cunningham it was found to contain nearly $30, 
which was devoted to the country week. 



A 
SCHOOL 



For Boys 



Wellesley GDngregfational Church 

STUDENT MEMBERS. Miss Agnes E. Fairlie, 
a member of this church, was graduated from Welles- 
ley College on June 26. Mr. E. Pablo D. Hathaway 
was the valedictorian of the class graduated from the 
Wellesley High School on June 21, and will enter 
Bowdoin College in the fall. 

THE JUNIORS. In order to give the boys and 
girls who have been faithful to the work of the Junior 
Society during the past ten months a pleasant clos- 
ing impression. Miss Taintor and the Pastor arranged 
a picnic at Norumbega Park. About twenty took 
the trip on Saturday morning, June 16, and every one 
seemed to be happy. 

CHANGES IN MEMBERSHIP. Miss Anna M. 
Didriksen has been admitted to church membership. 
During the past month, Mrs. E. H. Walcott and Mr. 
William Jennings have been removed by death, and 
Miss Ethel G. Short by letter to the North Church 
in Haverhill. Miss Fanny C. Guild leaves Wellesley 
for Boston and Miss Ella Taintor goes to Brookline. 

SUMMER ARRANGEMENTS. Sunday evening 
preaching services will be omitted until September. 
The young people's meetings will be held every Sun- 
day evening at 6.1 5 o'clock, and all members of the 
congregation are invited to attend. 

The Men's League and the Woman's Union sus- 
pend further meetings until September. 

Friday evening meetings will be held regularly 
each week at 7.45 o'clock. 

Wellesley Hills Congfreg^ational Church 

SUNDAY EVENINGS. All the people, old and 
young, are invited to the Christian Endeavor services. 
The topics for the month are very interesting, and all 
are invited to participate in them. 

CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOK. July i, a patriotic 
service; Deut. 26: i-ii. Loyalty to one's country as 
an example of the Christian's loyalty to the Kingdom 
of God. July 8, The power of small things. Mark 4: 
30-32. July 15, How mission work will gain success. 
Acts I :6-i4. July 22, The needy at our door. Luke 
16:19-31. July 29, Cumberers of the ground. Luke 
13:6-9. All meetings at 6.45. 

FRIDAY EVENINGS. July 6, Right and wrong 
love of country. Ex. 19:1-8, Isaiah 60: 10-22, Matt. 
2'=33"43' July 13, Special gifts demand exceptional 
usefulness, i Cor. 12. July 15, The beam and the 
mote. Mat. 7:1-5. The sin of fault-finding and the 
spirit of criticism. July 27, What is an answer to 
prayer? Acts 9:8-18; 10:30-48. The Pastor will 
lead in all these meetings. 



A New Building. 
High and Dry Location. 

Preparation for College, Scientific School, and 
Business. 

A Home for boys from a distance. 

School Life for boys whose homes are near. 

George Rantoul White, Ph.D., Principol, 
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. 

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The season is now demanding these goods. Before 
you buy, call and see our line. Our prices are as low 
as Boston prices and invariably less. Gasolene and 
Kerosene stoves. Blue flame, wickless stoves. 
"Maine" and "White Mountain" Refrigerators. 
Screens in different grades. All goods delivered 
without charge. 

HARDWARE, PLUHBINQ AND HEATING 

FISKE & CO., 

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Wellesley 
Steam Laundry 

Skirts, Dresses, Shirt Waists, Curtains, Shades, 
Draperies and all kinds ot Fancy Ironing nicely done. 
Plain ironing by the dozen. 

All work handled carefully. No bleach or acid is 
used, nor anything that will injure the clothes, which 
are dried in the open air, weather permitting. 

Prices reasonable. Work called for and delivered. 

We should be pleased to receive your work. A 
card to the WELLESLEY STEAM LAUNDRY 
will receive prompt attention. 

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IVe use nothing but the very best of supplies. 



The next issue of OUR TOWN will be 
printed at the new office. 



€MR, CHAS, SM, EATON 

IVISHES TO /ANNOUNCES THAT ON OT{ 
BEFORE ^UG. I, I goo, , , 

The Maugus 'Press 

WILL BE LOCATED 
JIT THE JUNCTION OF FOREST JIND 
WASHINGTON STS., WELLESLEY HILLS. 

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Our Ladies^ Special (the Mizpah) is 
attractingf much attention in its style, fit and 
wearing: qualities, and is made on the man- 
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ThoS. B. Qriffin (for fourteen years driver of the College 
coach) may be found near the WELLESLEY POST OFFICE 
on arrival of all trains. 

Alumnae carried at same rates as undergraduates 

I!. & A. Trip Tickets to lioston, 20 cents each 
Order box at north door of College Hall. 
P. O. address, Box 132, Wellesley, Mass. 

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General Course for non-collegians 
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Dana Hall and Wellesley College 

MRS. A. M. BANCROFT 

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Order Cooking, Ice Cream and 
Home-made Candies a specialty 
Light Lunches served 



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WELLESLEY, AUGUST, 1900 



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EDITORIAL 

ASEIIIOUS accident was just avoided 
the other day at the bridge which car- 
ries the railroad tracks over the high- 
way near Lake Crossing. A youTig woman, 
driving in a buggy from tlie nortli side of 
the tracks, came under the bridge just in 
time to meet an electric from Natick. Lotli 
vehicles were in a hurry, and the collision 
which seemed inevitable was avoided only 
by a complete and sudden turn of the hoise, 
which left him with his head pointing tow- 
ard Natick, the buggy in the nu'an while 
grazing the running board of the car. One 
such incident ought to lead to the placing of 
warning sign boards on the north side of the 
bridge and tlie instruction to every car com- 
ing from Natick to go slow. 



town. Such an offer is a benefit to the 
whole community. It can not fail to stimu- 
late the desire for a college education among 
the High School girls, and will undoubtedly 
make such a course available when other- 
wise it would be impossible. The citizens 
of VVellesley will surely appreciate most 
heartily this generous action on the part of 
the Trustees. They should also appreciate 
the faithfulness and wisdom of those officials 
who suggested the plan. , 



THE Trustees of Wellesley College have 
acted wisely and generously in offering 
to thegii'l graduates of our High School 
three scholarships yearly. Mr, Lake, chair- 
man of our Board of Assessors, was perhaps 
the originator of the idea, and on July 6th 
he received a letter in which was the follow- 
ing communication: 

"You will be pleased to learn that the 
Trustees, at their meeting on the 24th of 
June, voted three scholarships to Wellesley 
girls, covering tuition, candidates to be rec- 
ommended by the Selectmen and approved 
by the town School Committee," 
Yours very truly, 

Alphffius Hardy, Treasurer, 

If we understand this letter aright, this 
means that three girls each year may have 
the privilege of college education free of 
expense. After the first three years, that 
would mean twelve girls a year at Welles- 
ley College — three in each class. This cer- 
tainly is a very practical and tangible evi- 
dence that it is desirable to be a college 



A VOICE FROM GEORGIA 

MOST Northerners who have lived in the 
South for any length of time, since 
the war, are agreed that the negro 
problem is to be solved in the South and by 
the South, There are as many humane, 
right-minded and unselfish men there as in 
any section of the country. The North can 
helj) the South more by sympathy than by 
criticism. "Put yourself in his })lace" is 
an applicable precept. Tliis was the opinion 
of General Armstrong, as it is of Mr. Booker 
Washington. It is the policy of the great 
school at Hampton, an institution which has 
the friendshij) of South and North alike. 
The task to be accomplished is vast, almost 
overwhelming to consider. It is not to be 
finished in a day, nor in many generations. 
Too few of us in the North realize how great 
it is. 

In response to some inquiries concerning 
crime in Georgia, an official letter 
has been received, some parts of which are 
of general interest. The growth of crime 
among the negroes was to be expected. 
Liberty given to an untrained and unpre- 
pared class of people is a sure road to license. 
In this respect those who had been in bond- 
age were indeed somewhat belter fitted for 
liberty than the younger and succeeding 
generations who have never known a mas- 



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tei's hand nor been trained in self-control. Near Augusta there is a wisely-conducted 
The tone of the following letter is such as reformatory, now under control of county 
should win the sympathy of all northern authority. Atlanta has recently voted to 
friends. It will speak for itself. Late offi- establish a reformatorj'^ here. At the State 
cial reports from Georgia show that radical farm, near Millidgeville, the boys of fifteen 
and important changes for the better have and under are worked separately under a 
been made, within the past few years, in the good man. This thing will grow, 
management of the prison population, which Georgia is fully alive to all the questions 
is largely a negro population : that affect the welfare of our whole country 
"You are correct in your estimate of the and welcomes all the assistance that is ten- 
seriousness of the social problem the South dered." 

has been dealing with since 1865, and I beg This report is reliable. It represents the 

to assure you that we have appreciated all encouraging trend of public sentiment in the 

the sincere and practical sympathy expressed South. The writer underscores the words 

by the jieople of the North. Previous to "It is in all respects to our interest to have 

1865, our penitentiary contained scarcely the negro's morality restored to him." The 

four hundred whites and no negroes; and, morality which he is to win is a voluntary 

although the population has doubled, there morality. It would be well if there could 

are now only about the same number of be more sj-^mpathy, and less confidence in the 

whites under penitentiary punishment. Pre- rhetoric of campaign politicians and partisan 

vious to 1 865, the negroes were under the newspapers. The suggestion arises, also, 

discipline of involuntary servitude and their that we ought to have learned a lesson, 

crimes were very few. Karely was there a applicable to the new lands that have come 

murder or other homicide; very few burg- into our keeping, concerning the folly of 

laries, arsons, infanticides, rapes; scarcely giving the full rights of citizenship to uned- 

any drunkenness, very few lunatics, insane, ucated, untrained and superstitious peoples, 

or idiots, no paupers. Kates of mortality parris t. farwell. 

and disease were about the saine as among 

the white population. Their thefts were SUMMER ACTIVITIES IN A SETTLE- 
usually from the plantation and seldom from nw-cTVT'r 
the stores. In fact the negroes were not as JVlilIN 1 
a race thieves, rogues, drunkards, or other- IT certainly does not need any elaborate 
wise vicious. I was reared with them on | form of socialism to prove to us the neces- 
my father's plantation. My ancestors were sity for the equal division of all labor, 
slave owners from the beginning, and I love But there are few places where there is so 
to testify to the good qualities of that unfor- much demand upon the sympathies and where 
tunate class of our fellowmen. On my return nerves are so worked upon as in a community 
home from the Confederate war, after the where the calls are absolutely incessant upon 
battle of Appomattox, I set my slaves free, the physical, mental and moral powers of the 
gave them a start, and have delighted in individual. The College Settlements, so- 
whatever progress they could make. But I called, in our large cities are situated where 
have seen the negroes go down steadily in the conditions of life are such that change 
moral habits, until now there are four thou- is absolutely imperative, if a nervous break- 
sand of them undergoing just punishment for down is to be avoided, especially when the 
all sorts of crime. temperament is sensitive and responsive to 

We have given them education through a the constant calls for sympathy, 
liberal and expensive system of public The winter residents — as soon as their 
schools supported by taxation of the whites, clubs and classes are over — go away for a 
We have helped them build churches. We rest, and their places are filled by new names 
have put no barriers in the way of their and new faces. They take their classes off 
work as mechanics, and in all the ways we for a day's outing — the grand finale of the 
could think of have endeavored to hold them winter's work — to Nantasket, Roxbury, or 
to their old-time moral elevation. It is in one of the parks, wherever a pleasant car- 
all respects to our interests to have the ride can be found. 

negro's morality restored to him without Then the new residents come and enter 

re-enslavement, which none of us desire, into the work of the vacation school and the 

That is the problem after all. flower mission, which every settlement 



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gladly undertakes. All flower missions have 
the same object in view, but perhaps tlie 
Settlements consider the social side rather 
more than the larger missions liave time for. 
The residents of the Settlement do not aim 
so much at distributing lai-ge quantities of 
flowers as they do at the taking of half a dozen 
bunches by individual residents, who, in 
going around to make their social calls, are 
additionally welcome on account of their 
fragrant sweet peas and bright nasturtiums. 
The children of the neighborhood come in 
to assist in tying up the bunches, thus gain- 
ing an unconscious lesson in the grouping of 
color and suitability of arrangement. 

While the Settlement never allows itself 
to be considered a flnancial resource to the 
neighborhood, still untold material beneflts 
do accrue to the vicinity wherever the Set- 
tlement is found. Better lighting, cleaner 
streets, branch libraries, public baths, better 
educational facilities and purer politics are 
demanded from the municipality and are 
generally obtained. 

The vacation school on Tyler street is a 
most satisfactory place to visit, during its 
six weeks of work and play. Over two hun- 
dred pupils are accommodated, and more 
would come if there were room. A kinder- 
garten of forty children, a sewing teacher 

— who gives each room a week at a time, a 
drawing and painting teacher, and in an- 
other building a carpenter for the boys, all 
have their full number of children, who are 
kept happy and clean and off the streets, 
besides learning many things which the reg- 
ular schools have no time to teach. 

Another good work, which goes on at Den- 
ison House, is the placing of boys and girls 

— in the summer — out in the country for a 
week at a time. This summer a house near 
Gloucester has been generously donated, 
and different residents take charge of it for 
a week at a time, so that the mothers espe- 
cially may rest by the seashore. Camp life 
for the boys also interests the House, and 
the winter visiting and calls continue to some 
extent. When it is realized that the win- 
ter's work in this particular House is prac- 
tically treble what it is in summer, one can 
understand that the actual good accomplished 
must be very satisfying. 

Other Settlements are correspondingly 
busy in similar ways during the summer 
months. The South End House, on Kollins 
street — a men's settlement — has a most def- 
inite influence, not only in its own vicinity 



but in the city at large. Many municipal 
reforms can be directly traced to the earnest 
work of the residents of the House, espe- 
cially to Mr. Robert A. Woods, who has 
been in residence since the opening of the 
House, nine years ago. 

Through the generosity of Mr. Charles T. 
Wilder of Wellesley Hills, the South End 
House Association has established a wom- 
en's settlement on East Canton street, whose 
head was an active and efticient worker 
at Denison House. These two Houses, but 
three streets apart, work in actual connec- 
tion. For example, the flowers are all sent 
to the South End House proper, but are 
arranged and distributed under the super- 
vision of the Women's House. Half-way 
between these Houses is another House, on 
Harrison Avenue, the main thoroughfare of 
tlie district, which is given over wholly to 
club work. There is a free kindergarten 
held there every day and a free reading room 
always open. The kindergarten resolves 
itself into a vacation school for the children 
in summer, and proves a delightful play- 
ground for the little ones who are too small 
to attend the public summer schools. 

It is pleasant to note the number of our 
townspeople who are interested in the dif- 
ferent settlements of Boston. The writer 
knows of workers at the South End House, 
the Dorothea Dix Home, Elizabeth Peabody 
House and Denison House. Probably there 
are still others. At any and all of these 
places a most cordial welcome is extended 
to all visitors. 

ELLEN WAKE FISKE. 



THE WELLESLEY GOLF CLUB 

GOLF has evidently come to stay for a 
long time. In order, therefore, that 
Wellesley may prove its peculiar facil- 
ities for the game, a new club has been 
formed which bids fair to be one of the 
town's most successful organizations. The 
following account of this Club and of the 
course now laid out is taken from the "Bos- 
ton Transcript": 

"A union of the members of the Welles- 
ley College Golf Chib with the golf players 
of Wellesley village, also those in the Dana 
Hall School, has resulted recently in the for- 
mation of a new organization under the 
name of the Wellesley Golf Club. For two 
or three years past, the College club grounds 
have been growing more and more inade- 



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qniite, as the course has several times been her six is from one corner of the meadow to 

abridged, owing to the erection of new buihl- another — a good long distance. Number 

ings — notably the Houghton Memorial seven is from the corner of the meadow back 

Chapel and the Whitin Observatory. The to near the triangle made by the start for 

College trustees have now granted the use the fourth hole, but at the foot of the ragged 

of the tract of College property bordering hill. The eighth hole is by far the hardest 

upon Washington and Dover streets in of the course. Starting from the low land 

VVellesley, and running back to the aque- of the meadow, if an air-line is followed, the 

duct — a generous amount of land, having course is up over the projecting corner of a 

most desirable features for golf links. sand-bank, which has been roughly exca- 

Golf experts pronounce the course one of vated in times past, and where, if the ball 
the best of the many in this vicinity. Aside misses its mark, it is well-nigh hopelessly 
from the advantageous points included, it is lost. This is a short hole, and the putting- 
one of manifold natural attractions. In the green is on the top of a neighboring rise, 
main, the course is on high ground, and the approached through more or less of under- 
vievvs roundabout are unparalleled in beauty, growth. The last teeing ground, for num- 
Lake Waban and the (college grounds are ber nine, is on this same rising land, and the 
in the background from the start, Pegan hole lies just back of the first teeing ground 
Hill looms up in the distance on the right, at the start. 

and off to the east lie miles and miles of Work has been carried on upon the new 

wooded hill country, charming alike in spring links for the })ast four or live weeks, and the 

and autumn coloring. results, from the time and labor expended, 

As most of the land had been ploughed are very satisfactory. The fair green is in 

over within two years, the soil was in good fairly good condition, the teeing grounds are 

condition for work, rolling being the only all in order, and the putting greens, while 

heavy labor necessary to put the going greens not yet brought to the desii-able point of 

into temporary good condition. The course excellence — indeed, this would be impossi- 

as now laid out covers about twenty-one ble in so short a time — yet give promise of 

hundred yards, of amply sufficient variety, good future development. The couise will 

with nine holes to play. A few desirable be extended to add another four or five hun- 

points — such as a brook hazard, for instance dred yards as soon as practicable, and it is 

— have been left for development in the hoped that a club house may be had at no 

future, when there shall be more funds at very distant date, 

the disposal of the Club. It is possible for playing to be begun upon 

The first teeing ground is nearly opposite the new course at any time now. But as the 

the lodge gate at the main entrance to the majority of membership in the Club is 

College grounds, on the high land which among the College students, the grounds will 

forms a corner at Washington and Dover probably not be used extensively uiitil after 

streets, and the first hole is located well the opening of the College. Oct. 1 has been 

across the plateau, giving oppoi-tunity for a decided upon as the date for the beginning 

long drive, over tolerably even ground, up of the Club year. 

to the edge of a natural hazard, formed by a There was already a considerable golf 
gully. The teeing ground for the second equipment in the hands of the College Club, 
hole lies sufficiently far back from this haz- with some funds, which, added to by the 
ard to offer about an even chance for going village and the Dana Hall contingents, have 
over or falling in on the drive, while the made it possible to carry the work thus far. 
second hole is placed on the top of rising A liberal interest has been taken in the lay- 
ground, close to Dover street. Here, also, ing out of the grounds, the committees have 
begins the next drive, down over the slope worked faithfully, and much friendly assist- 
to the Fuller Brook, so-called. Near at ance has been furnished. Several members 
hand to this third hole is the fourth teeing of the Wellesley Hills Golf Club have ex- 
ground, and the drive ought to take one up pressed a desire to join this Club, also, and 
the hill again, but in a more southerly direc- their interest is cordially appreciated by the 
tion, to the fourth hole. Then there is a members of the organization. Mr. Benja- 
short carry, and the next drive is down over min H. Sanborn, of Wellesley, is president 
a somewhat ragged hill and out on to the of the new club. Professor Katherine M. 
meadowland for the fifth hole. Hole num- Edwards, of the College, vice-president. 



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A unique feature of tli'iH Wellesley Golf 
Club is the combining in one large, elastic, 
association of 'town and gown.' The com- 
mon meeting ground of a golf course opens 
a ha[>py prospect of enlarged o])portunity 
for closer assimilation between two Ixxlics, 
naturally separated, in the main, by differ- 
ences of pursuit." 



THE NEW HIGHWAY 

THE town of Wellesley, at a special meet- 
ing of its citizens July '26, voted an 
appropriation of ,$:>5,00() for the widen- 
ing and rebuilding of Washington and t!en- 
tral streets. This action is the culmination 
of efforts which have been made for the 
improvement of Washington street for many 
3'ears past. 

The need of a wider street as our main 
thoroughfare has been clearly evident to 
any<ine familiar with our t(»\vn. The (jues- 
tion debated at the Wellesley Club and at 
various town meetings has been not "Shall 
the street be widened?" but "How wide shall 
it be?" And the orators have called for a 
width from one hundred and twenty-iive 
feet — boulevard style — down to fifty feet. 
This variety of opinion prevented any action. 
Some of the citizens, including the Hoard of 
Selectmen of 189S, seeing no other way of 
settling the problem, petitioned the County 
Commission to widen the street and locate 
the lines. 

There was no opposition made at the vari- 
ous hearings, and, after some delay, last June 
the Commission determined, after survey, 
that the street, including a short portion of 
Central street, should be laid out on a basis 
of fifty feet, with a greater width in certain 
localities, notably for the sake of saving 
trees and, in one case, for the use of the elec- 
tric road, in which latter case the road 
agreed to pay the extra expense. The Com- 
mission assessed the damage to the various 
estates from which land was taken, and 
agreed to pay the sum of $4,750 from the 
county treasury upon the completion of the 
road, which was ordered to be made one 
year from June 16, 1900. The Selectmen, 
seeing the need of prompt action, called a 
town meeting with the result as above 
stated. An engineer was employed who 
gave an approximate estimate upon which 
the sum asked was based. 

The work will include a heavy fill upon 
the park land near the Library and upon the 



low ground opposite, estimated to cost be- 
tween two and three thousand dollars; also 
the removal of the Park wall back to the 
new line, the laying of drain pipe in various 
places, including what seems to be the proper 
draining of the street through Wellesley 
Hills, the macadamizing of the whole length 
of the streets as described and the renewal 
of concrete sidewalks. The walks will be 
laid, we understand, at the expense of the 
town and not of the abutter. 

We are fortunate in having the assistance 
of the County and railroad to the amount of 
$7,750, and very likely of $1,500 additional 
and a hope of some increase from the County. 
Besides this the State Highway Commission 
has appropriated $5,000 for a State road on 
Central street. We have the assurance from 
the Commission that we may have the free 
use of a steam roller and the sei'vices of a 
skilled engineer as an advisor and inspector. 
The engineer of the County Commissioners 
will, if he has not already done so, indicate 
the land taken from each owner. 

It is to be hoped that the abutters who 
have been notified to remove any fences, 
trees, etc., which are upon ground taken, 
will not take advantage of the time limit, 
but will at once remove their property so 
that work may not be delayed unnecessarily. 

We think that the town is quite fortunate 
in securing a better street for its main thor- 
oughfare under so favorable conditions. 

JOSEPH E. FISKE. 



WELLESLEY CHURCH NEWS 
Wellesley Hills Congfregfational Church 



THE COMMUNION SERVICE will be post- 
poned until the second Sunday in September. 

THE CHURCH COMMITTEE will meet at the 
Parsonage on Thursday evening, Aug. 30, at eight 
o'clock. Those who wish to unite with the church 
at the September Communion are invited to this 
meeting. 

PASTOR'S VACATION. During the month of 
August, the Pastor's address will be Sargentville, 
Maine. In case of need he is always ready to be 
called upon. 

PRAYER MEETINGS. Topics: Aug. 2, Mys- 
tery in God's Dealings with Us. Aug. 9, Wherein is 
Pride Sinful? Aug. 16, The Gentleness of the Divine 
Consolation. Aug. 23, Lessons from the History of 
Peter. Aug. 30, Righteous and Unrighteous Anger. 

SUNDAY MORNING SERVICES. Preaching 
at 10.45. ^ cordial welcome for all. Supplies 
arranged for are Aug. 12, Rev. Joseph D. Seabury; 



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Aug. 19, Rev. C. P. Osborne, Field Secretary of the 
Massachusetts Seamen's Friend Society. There will 
be a special collection in behalf of this most admir- 
able organization; Aug. 26, Rev. H. E. Oxnard, lately 
called to the North Church, in Newton. 



MISSION CLASS. Early in July, a class was 
formed in the study of missions in China. It meets 
at the close of the Sunday morning service. For a 
text book it uses "Dawn on the Hills of T'Ang, by 
Rev. Harlan P. Beach. This book was written by a 
man who was for years a missionary in China and is 
thoroughly competent for the task. Its price is only 
35 cents. Prepared for the use of members of "The 
Student Volunteer Movement," it is of value to any- 
one who wishes to have a small and accurate hand- 
book about China. The topics for study during 
August will be: Aug. 5, "The Protestant Occupation 
of China"; Aug. 12, "The Missionaries at Work"; pi DiHrifl Uoll 
Aug. 19, "The Dawn"; Aug. 26, Review and general l\\J\jti RlUKC 11(111 
discussion. Miss Ethel Putney can supply copies of 
the handbook for those who desire them. 



THE MUSIC for August will be in the efficient 
hands of a quartet, composed of Miss S. B. Hayes, 
soprano. Miss Philabelle Robbins, contralto, Mr. C. 
E. Ciodard, tenor, and Mr. Wm. Nutt, bass. P'rom 
the excellent character of the music last Sunday, it is 
safe to presume that the services during August will 
be well attended. 



SOME ANXIETY has been felt by members of 
the Episcopal Church in this country for the safety of 
missionaries of the church in China. Bishop Graves 
sends a cablegram that they are all safe and are at 
the ports. Would that the same might be said of all 
other missionaries and of the native Christians whom 
they have brought into the true faith. The days of 
the early martyrs are repeating themselves. 



A 
SCHOOL 



For Boys 



SUNDAY EVENINGS. The services will be 
union meetings, under the leadership of the Young 
People's Society. Topics: Aug. 5, Why is Envy 
Foolish and Sinful.? Luke 15:25-33. Leader, Miss 
Peck. Aug. 12, The Two Sons; Which are you 
Imitating.' Luke 2:51. 2 Sam. 18:24-33. Leader, 
Robert Bolles. Aug. 19, Vesper service at 5.00 p. m., 
in charge of Miss Olivia Hazelton. Aug. 26, How 
Can We Minister to Christ? Mat. 25 :3i-46. Leader, 
Miss Putney. It is hoped that the meetings may be 
well attended by old and young. Hour, 6.45. 

Welleslcy Congfregational Church 

THE PASTOR and his family will spend the 
month of August at Scituate, Mass. 

THE CHURCH COMMITTEE will meet any who 
desire to unite with the Church at the September 
communion, after the prayer meeting, Aug. 24. 

PREPARATORY SERVICE. The Pastor will be 
present on Friday evening, Aug. 31, to conduct the 
service preparatory to the communion to be held on 
Sept. 2. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL. Owing to the absence 
€rf nearly all the teachers and officers during August, 
it has been decided to close the main school for five 
Sundays, until September 9. The Primary and Kin- 
dergarten Departments will be held as usual. 

VACATION PREACHERS. The preachers a* 
the Sunday morning services during August will be 
as follows: Aug. 5, Rev. George H. Woodhull, a 
Yale classmate of the Pastor; Aug. 12, Rev. Robert 
Cochrane, of North Weare, N. H.; Aug. 19, Presi- 
dent W. G. Sperry, of Olivet College, Mich.; Aug. 
26, Rev. J. W. Fifield, pastor of the Warren Avenue 
Congregational Church, Chicago. 

St. Andrew's Church 

THE REV. Frederick C. Lauderburn, of Tamaqua, 
Pa., who is to have charge of the services during 
August, is well-known to many of our parishioners. 
He is the son of the senior warden of the church. 
This will be the third summer in which he has offi- 
ciated at St. Andrews. Let there be good congrega- 
tions throughout the month. 



A New Building. 
High and Dry Location. 

Preparation for College, .Scientific School, and 
Business. 

A Home for boys from a distance. 

School Life for boys whose homes are near. 

George Rantoul White, Ph.D., Frincipol, 
Wellesley Hills, Mossochusetts. 

SUMHER STOVES 
REFRIGERATORS, SCREENS 

The season is now demanding these goods. Before 
you buy, call and see our line. Our prices are as low 
as Boston prices and invariably less. Gasolene and 
Kerosene stoves. Blue flame, wickless stoves. 
"Maine" and "White Mountain" Refrigerators. 
Screens in different grades. All goods delivered 
without charge. 

HARDWARE, PLUHBING AND HEATINQ 

FISKE & CO., 

7 South Ave. - - Natick, Hass. 



Wellesley 
Steam Laundry 

Skirts, Dresses, Shirt Waists, Curtains, Shades, 
Draperies and all kinds of Fancy Ironing nicely done. 
Plain ironing by the dozen. 

All work handled carefully. No bleach or acid is 
used, nor anything that will injure the clothes, which 
are dried in the open air, weather permitting. 

Prices reasonable. Work called for and delivered. 

We should be pleased to receive your work. A 
card to the WELLESLEY STEAM LAUNDRY 
will receive prompt attention. 

J. T. MELLUS, Proprietor 

IVe use nothing but the very best of supplies. 



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Our Ladies' Special (the Mizpah) is 
attracting much attention in its style, fit and 
wearing: qualities, and is made on the man- 
nish lasts in all styles and all leathers. 

For sale only by 

Mead & Morrill 

3 CLARK'S BLOCK 
NATICK 

F. DIEHL & SON 



Dealers in Coal, Wood, 
Ilav ^"d Grain 



Telephone No. 16-1 
Wellesley, Mass. 



**ALL ABOARD" 

ThoS. B. Griffin (for fourteen years driver of the College 
coacli) may be found near the WELLESLEY POST OFFICE 
on arrival of all trains. 

Alumnae carried at same rates as undergraduates 

15. & A. Trip Tickets to I'oston, 20 cents each 
Order box at north door of College Hall. 
P. ( ). address, Box 132, Wellesley, Mass. 



AGNES G. DOWNS 
riillinery 

24 Sooth Main St. - - Notick 



Buy Furniture, Carpets, 

Wall Paper and Window Shades of 

CLELAND & UNDERWOOD 

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DANA HALL SCHOOL - WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college 
General Course for non-collegians 
Special advantages in English Literature, 
Art, History of Art and Music 

Miss Helen Temple Cooke, Principal 

Mrs. Harriett E. Page j • • .. r> • • i 
Miss Jeannie Evans } Associate Principals 



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Ladies' and Gent's Quick Lunch 

East Central St., opposite Morse Institute. 

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GOOD WORK 
AND LOW PRICES 

in Engraved Visiting Cards and 
Wedding Invitations and Recep- 
tions You will find at 

J. E. DeWITT'S 

Stationer and Picture Dealer 

Savings Bank Building - - Natick 

Board and Rooms for friends of students at 
Dana Hall and Wellesley College 

MRS. A. M. BANCROFT 

22 Church Street Wellesley 

L. P. STONE 
Masonic Block - - - Natick 

Heat and Provisions 

Teams run through Wellesley, Wellesley 
Hills, and Charles River Village 

MISS MARGARET CAMPBELL 

Grove 5t. Fuller Block Wellesley 

Order Cooking, Ice Cream and 
Home-made Candies a specialty 
Light Lunches served 



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HRS. J. C. WHITE 

Artists' Materials 

School Supplies, Kindergarten (4oods, 
Children's Novelties 

Embroidery Mounted. Frames to Decorate. 

Pictures and Picture Framing. 

Passepartout Materials 

Fine Stationery 
Engraved Plate and 50 cards, $1.00 

Sunday School and Day School Reward Cards P.irthday Cards, etc. 

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EDITORIAL 

TxMPMESSIONS of the Cubans visiting 
I Cambridge this summer have been given 
by many observers who have had more or 
less opportunity to know whereof they wrote. 
Some of these impressions have been dis- 
tinctly unfriendly. It is a pleasure to have 
such hearty words as those from Professor 
Bates which we print elsewhere. They are 
spoken from a fii'St-hand knowledge and by 
a careful observer. It would be the great- 
est of pities if the superficial habits or triv- 
ial indiscretions of any of these new visitors 
were taken as the basis of judgment on the 
Cuban character and its capacity for ai>pre- 
ciating the chivalry of this most unparall- 
eled act of hospitality. 



THE CUBANS IN CAMBRIDGE 

WELIjESLEY people who failed to visit 
C/ambridge between the first of July 
and tlie middle of August lost a unique 
opportunity to go abroad by trolley. Tlie 
mountain had come to Mahomet. Cuba liad 
been dropped into Harvard Square. IIol- 
worthy, Hollis, Gi-ay, all those famous brick 
"f let )ries of the Muses," were peopled by 
swarthy youths, whose slight forms, viva- 
cious southern gestures and rapid Spanish 
speech almost cju verted the yard into a 
plaza. With the dark-eyed senoritas pass- 
ing through, there was needed only the 
change of elms to palms atid of the pump 
into a fountain to complete the transforma- 
tion. 

Then one mornino; a torrent of rain washed 
our Cuban picture quite away. Four troo])- 
ships were beating toward is'ew Yoi'k with 
their bedraggled, chilled and seasick com- 
panies, and Cambridge was left alone to 
count the cost. Seventy thousand dollars 



had been raised, by no means easily, and 
spent, by no means carelessly. Now where 
was the seventy thousand dollars' worth? 

If this enterprise had been a political 
move, it might well be stamped a failure. 
Our visitors made it frankly apparent from 
the first that their hearts are all with Cuba 
Libre. They have suffered imprisonment, 
hunger, loss t)f fortune and death of friends 
for the freedom of their beautiful island. 
They are more or less aware that the future 
is thickset with problems and troubles, but 
the Pearl of the Antilles must and shall be 
in their own keeping. Night and day Cam- 
bridge rang to tiie spirited strains of the 
Cuban national hymn, while the Cuban ban- 
ner, "fairest of all the world" {la bandera 
mas litida del niniido) was everywhere in 
evidence, fi'om tiny earrings and brooches to 
the great folds that waved so pi-oudly from 
the front of Univeisity Hall. And the 
(lonors of the seventy thousand dollars are 
well content to have it so. J^'oi- this Ameri- 
can enterprise was not a selfish one. It was 
as ideal a thing, as ti-uly conformed to the 
teachings of Mim who stood up')n the Mount, 
as any deed our generation has witnessed. 
Hundreds of Americans, following the noble 
lead of President Eliot and Mr. Frye, con- 
tributed gladly of their money, time and 
strength, opened their homes, tendered pro- 
fessional skill, gave eacii one according to 
the power that was in him, all on the simple, 
chivalric principle that the sti'ong should 
aid the weak. In Ca'nV)ri(b,fe, as at San 
Juan, a great nation, mindful of sacred 
exami)le, has acted the part of an elder 
brothei' to a i>eo))le too childish yet to fully 
understand the service rendered. 

What, then, was the service of Harvard 
University to her Cuban guests? The future 
can tell better than the present. The thir- 
teen hundred Cubans would answer vari- 



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ously according to their individual experi- 
ences. A few salient points, however, can 
easily be made. 

The expedition, including forty per cent 
of all the public school teachers of Cuba, 
and representing every town on the island 
save four, has already done much to over- 
come sectional jealousies and create an 
esprit (le corps. The Cuban teachers are 
now for the first time recognizing their pro- 
fessional bond and are projecting such asso- 
ciations and publications as shall perpetuate 
the comradeship of this summer and organ- 
ize the interests of pedagogy throughout the 
island. The Harvard instruction illustrated 
methods for the teaching of language, sci- 
ence and history gave especial impetus to 
kindergarten work and to manual training, 
and imparted stimulating ideas along such 
lines as domestic hygiene, manufactures, 
republican institutions and religious tolera- 
tion. 

It IS true, too, that American generosity 
has bestowed on these representatives of a 
much-suffering people the good gift of joy, 
although not so directly and immediately as 
is generally supposed. The summer has 
been, in fact, a hard one for the Cubans, 
especially the women. Many of them deli- 
cate girls, who never in their lives before 
hati left their native villages, unaccustomed 
to any active exercise other than dancing, 
dismayed at the idea of walking in heat or 
in rain, utterly unused to close or persistent 
study and with a native incapacity for hur- 
rying, they have been driven almost to the 
point of exhaustion. Off to classes at quar- 
ter past eiglit — English, geography, history, 
more English, lunching in the uproar of 
Memorial Hall, home through the heat to 
freslien their dress and renew their face- 
powder, and back through the heat to catch 
the cars for an educational trip of geological 
or industrial character, back at six or seven 
to the chattering, clattering turmoil of din- 
nei-, and after this, most likely, a concert, 
ball or reception, — no wonder that they 
sometimes cried themselves to sleep for very 
weariness. Thei'e was not an official excur- 
sion every afternoon, to be sure, but its place 
would be filled by a kindergarten lecture, 
drawing class, additional English lesson, pri- 
vate invitation, shopping, sight-seeing, den- 
tistry and the like. Take it all in all, the 
Cuban women met our strenuous kindness 
with extraordinary pluck. 

For, after all, it was kindness. They feel 



it now; they will feel it more and more 
deeply as their Cuba Libre, so passionately 
desired, plunges into her seemingly inevit- 
able period of struggle and distress. Injus- 
tice, poverty, suffering await many of these 
Cuban teachers, and then this summer, its 
fatigues forgotten, will shine out in memory 
not only as their vision of a rich, firm, liberal 
state, but as a golden interval in the sad 
monotony and narrowness of life. Cam- 
bridge has given them not only grist for 
their intellectual mill, but wine of comfort 
for their journey into a thirsty land. 
• It is sometimes said, unbecoming on our 
part though such saying is, that the Cubans 
are not grateful. In the main, this charge 
is nK)st untiue. Over and over and over 
again, theii- assurances of appreciation and 
thankfulness were eloquently tendered. I>ut 
gi-atitude is born of knowledge, and many of 
the younger ones, only children in experi- 
ence, bewildered by this fairyland of friend- 
liness, accejited what was given them with 
the happy thoughtlessness of childhood. 
And childlike was the love they lavished in 
response, surprising classic Cambridge to a 
glow of answering emotion. They nestled 
into our hearts before we knew it, and their 
rain of good-bye tears was thanks enough. 

KATHAKINE LEE liATKS. 



OLD OCEAN 

HAVE you never plunged into old ocean 
and known the J03' to be found in the 
briny deep? Have you never gone in 
search of the bottom of the sea from the end 
of a raft? Have you never floated upon the 
ocean's breast? 

For Old Ocean is a most genial fellow, 
when one knows and ti'usts him as he should. 
He is not that cruel enemy many suppose him 
to be, ever waiting for a victim to seize and 
hold within his cruel grasp. You who ap- 
])reciate his friendship must surely wish 
those who know him not to love him as you 
do. Count that summer lost when you have 
failed to entice some one to give himself 
over to his hands and share the pleasure you 
have taken in his friendship. Let those who 
scorn him scorn no more, but let them repent 
in bathing suits and dripping faces, for in 
this way alone can they appease his right- 
eous indignation. 

Are you that fond mother who told her 
boy not to go into the water until he knew' 
how to swim ? As well hope to gain a tried 



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and loyal friend over the telephone as to 
expect your boy to know Old Ocean with- 
out falling on his broad bosom and trusting 
in his support. 

Perhaps you are one of those unfortunate 
beings who care not to know him if they 
could. If so, you have deprived yourself of 
a friend who might sometime be a friend in 
need. 

Perhaps you are still more unfortunate, 
and have never seen us who are intimate 
with him screaming and dancing in the 
water, apparently without a care in the 
world. If you have not, come with me to 
the seashore and spend a few minutes in 
watching the fun. 

You will see all sorts and conditions of 
men and women, but they will all have eager, 
animated faces: old men drinking of the 
fountain of perpetual youth; women of un- 
cei-tain age drowning the cares and anxie- 
ties of life; young men and maidens diving 
into unknown depths for hidden treasure; 
children rushing forward to buffet the first 
waves of life. 

The funniest sight you will see will be a 
rolj'-poly woman in tliree feet of water, who 
wants to swim, but is tilled with horror lest 
she drown. She has two others with her to 
dispel her fears by clutching her by the back 
and holding her chin a foot out of the water. 
IJut even this does not calm her terror. 
Her muscles are tense, her breath is short 
and quick, her face has every appearance of 
excruciating pain. She tries to follow a 
frog's illustrious example in getting through 
the water and a wave finds easy access to 
her open mouth. She is rescued from immin- 
ent death by her faithful friends, and as 
she steps her feet on terra firma again, it 
is with a thankful heart that she was not 
engulfed. If she had only been taught in 
youth to keep her mouth shut she would not 
have swallowed so much of old ocean. But 
it is a hard lesson to learn and many, alas, 
never learn it, even after bitter experiences! 

There will probably be a timid little 
woman there who has just learned to float. 
She recently had a most trying experience: 
a wicked boy poked her head under while 
she was lying oblivious to all about her. 
Her hands and feet flew up frantically in the 
air, and, had you seen it, you might have 
thought a tragedy was well-nigh enacted. 
But she proved to have more courage than 
we gave her credit for, and was not to be 
daunted by the capers of a naughty boy. 



If you are fond of children, you will enjoy 
seeing them jun)ping up and down and using 
all the lung power they can command in 
screaming and shouting. Some wall be timid, 
and will hardly dare to put their feet into 
the water, and others will need to be care- 
fully watched lest they be too self-confident. 
One little girl had been taken out gently by 
her father, and, by slow degrees, has learned 
to go to the bottom without the slightest 
fear. She can float, and is towed about by 
her great toe as if she were a tow-boat. She 
climbs on to her father's back and dives with 
him, and is as much at home as in the old 
apple tree in her own yard. 

You will be interested in the antics of 
those out on the raft. They will have more 
fun than all the rest, for they have not the 
slightest fear. They will play leap-frog, 
turn back somersaults, make turtle dives; 
they will roll over and over on the raft and 
finally roll into the water. And they will 
vie with each other to see who can make the 
best straight dive. You should have been 
there once and seen a beginner dive in too 
shallow water, and stick in the mud. It 
was more fun for the onlookers to see his 
feet kicking about in the air than for him, 
trying to get himself out. "Whatever you 
do, don't get stuck in the mud" is good 
advice to those who have that tendency, 
whether they be on the land or in the water. 

Those of you who have never known what 
it is to stand on a raft with dripping face, to 
swallow a quart of the salt sea, to dive down 
into his very depths, to float on his breast 
and look up into the broad heavens above 
you, to splash and splutter and scream, are 
all unconscious of the privilege the summer 
days bring, of having your blood tingle \vith 
life. Do not let another summer pass with- 
out leaving the ranksof the "greatunwashed." 
Come with us and test Old Ocean for your- 
self. 

GERTRUDE A. POMEROY. 



THE HOME ATMOSPHERE 

(Reprinted from " The Evangelist " of Aug. 9, 1900.) 

A CHILD'S religion is shaped more by 
the personality of its parents than by 
their formal religious teachings. Hence 
the best method of education for parents to 
pursue with their children is always to be 
themselves in personal character what they 
wish their children to be. "For their sakes 
I sanctify myself," mighfrwell be vs'ritten up 



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as the motto of every home. The home 
atmosphere is the chikl's vital breath. And 
the parents are chietiy responsible for this 
unconscious but pervasive influence unceas- 
inglv operative in the lives of their children. 

In the matter of honor, for instance, how 
impossible for a father to describe honor to 
a child in so many words if he is not himself 
the soul of honor! Noblesse oblige is a 
motto that has to be lived to be understood. 
A man who is deficient in chivalry toward 
his wife, who excuses laxity in business rela- 
tions, who adopts subterfuge to hide unwor- 
thy habits, can never hope to teach his chil- 
dren to be honorable. 

The conversation of parents about the 
minister and the church, about neighbors, 
about the strangers who have lately moved 
into the vicinity, will reveal to the child the 
real spirit with which his father and mother 
regard others. No amount of authoritative 
command will prevent the working of the 
same S})irit in the child's mind. 

Children hold the mirror up to their par- 
ents' nature in the most astounding mannei'. 
It is unfortunate that more parents do not 
see what is so clearly revealed to them. 

In the religious spirit of his patents a 
child finds at first what he supposes to be 
the truth of religion in general. It takes 
years of time and close personal contact 
with devoted lives to obliterate the deaden- 
ing effect of a shallow parental religious 
life. A man who gives up his Sunday to 
idling, or sensational reading, or spoit, will 
never be able to convince his son of any real 
loyally to the church. And if these Sunday 
habits are but a revelation of the superficial- 
ity of his daily life, then no professions of 
religious belief will ever mean to his chil- 
dren more than a mere bid for respectability. 

Neither does an orthodox puritanism serve 
much better in making children religious. 
If they suspect that father goes to church 
only because he is afraid not to, and that 
mother makes them learn Bible verses not 
because she likes the verses, but because she 
supposes that to be the way to make chil- 
dren good, they will soon make up their 
minds that as soon as they get away from 
father and mother they will do what is more 
interesting. 

When, on the contrary, the parents live 
on a high plane of devotion to the good, the 
true and the beautiful, when love is the rul- 
ing spirit of their lives and reveals itself in 
the most casual conversation, when their 



effort is simply to lead their children into 
the eternal realities into which they them- 
selves have already entered, then there will 
be no suspicions or perpetual antagonisms 
in the children's thoughts. Thev will take 
the religious life for granted, as the glorifi- 
cation of the common life. And it will take 
a very great power of evil to destroy in 
them the desire to emulate those who have 
lived the truth for their sakes. 

EDWARD IIEKRICK CHANDLER. 



A VISIT TO THE ISLES OF SHOALS 

"A heap of bare and sijlinterinjr crags, 

Tumbled about by lightning and frost, 
With rifts and chasms and storm-bleached jags, 
That wait and growl for a ship to be lost. 
No islands, but rather the skeleton 
Of a wrecked and vengeance-smitten one." 

SO Lowell wrote of the Isles of Shoals. 
The description is in curious contrast to 
the glamour which has been thrown 
over these barren sea-girt wastes by the 
writings of Celia Thaxter. And yet to the 
poetic eye of one who had spent all her days 
among them, what never-ending charms 
they had! The excursionist who sees them 
only at midday, least interesting of hours in 
which to visit a new place, cannot even in 
imagination picture the glorious sunrises and 
sunsets and the awful majesty of a northeast 
storm so often witnessed here. 

Apart from any natural beauty, however, 
the islands have histoiical associations which 
will always make them interesting. The 
steamer makes itsfiist stop at Appledore, 
formerly called Hog Island, and the largest 
of the group. Appledore is the home of the 
Thaxters. The house of the poetess is still 
kept as it was when she was alive, with its 
vine-covered porch and its diminutive gar- 
den filled with the old fashioned flowers 
that she loved, all described in her fasci- 
nating book "An Island Garden." A short 
distance from the house is a small enclosure 
which contains her grave, together with the 
graves of other members of her family. 

For the antiquarian, however. Star Island, 
the next in size to Appledore, possesses the 
most attractions. Here one may see an old 
stone church built in 1800, occupying the 
site of a wooden building destroyed by the 
Indians several years before. 

Near the church stands a weather-beaten 
parsonage, much in need of repair, which 
harbored several generations of worthy jias- 
tors, some of whom are buried on the island. 



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Oi)e of them, the Rev. John Tucker, had the 
distinction of being the only minister regu- 
larly ordained to the pastoral office in this 
place. He is described as a man of " easy 
and polite manners, of humble and unaf- 
fected piety, of diligence and fidelity in the 
service of his calling. He was given to 
hospitality, apt to teach, and, moreover, a 
ph^'sician both of the body and the soul." 
It is said that few parishes gave a more 
generous support to their minister Another 
devoted shepherd in this small and lonesome 
corner of God's pasture, was the Rev, John 
Brock, a graduate of Harvard College, a man 
remarkable alike for piety and learning. It 
was said of him by an eminent divine that 
" he dwelt nearer heaven than any man on 
earth." 

A few yards away from the parsonage 
stands a monument to C'aptain John Smith 
of Virginia, who discovered these ishmds in 
1614. Tiiey were first named after him 
''Smith's Isles." Later, for some unknown 
reason, the name was changed to Isles of 
Shoals. 

On the north shore of the island is a cave 
known as "Betty Moody's Hole," whicli has 
a tradition attached to it thus described by 
a writer who visited the island twenty years 



ago: 



"A woman with her two grandchildren 
retreated thither in early times to be safe 
from the Indians who, as u;--ual, were on the 
rampage. With the depravity peculiar to 
infants, of crying at the most malapropos 
periods, these children indulged in a wail 
that threatened to bring their foes directly 
upon them, and the frightened grandmother 
put a summary end to the noise by dashing 
their brains out against the rocks. After- 
wards it was discovered that the Indians 
had not been near the cave, and the popu- 
lation of the w^orld was thus unnecessarily 
lessened by two. The feelings of the grand- 
mother and her subsequent fate, if the 
children had a mother, are left to the imagi- 
nation." 

Some curious incidents in the history of 
the Isles of Shoals have come down to us. 
One of them recorded in the Massachusetts 
Historical Societj' collection, has a humorous 
aspect probably un perceived by the people 
concerned in it. Away back in 1647, a man 
named John Renold was complained of by 
his neighbors for keeping of swine and goats, 
and also for bringing his wife to the island. 
The former it is said "spoiled the spring of 



water." What offence the latter committed 
is not set down, though the presence of 
women seems to have been contrary to the 
custom of the place. The court, before 
whom the offender was brought, ruled that 
"the animals shall be removed, but as for 
the removal of the wife it is thought fit that 
if no further complaint come against her 
she may as yet enjoy the company of her 
husband.'''' 

The Isles of Shoals are becoming more 
and more a resort for people who want abso- 
lute quiet and pure sea air without any of 
those unmentionable land-breezes. Treeless 
and rocky as they are, no foliage except a 
few stunted, mostly berry and cranberry 
bushes, interspersed here and there with 
choke plums or poison ivy, yet there is a 
charm and fascination about them to people 
of a meditative temperament which is sel- 
dom discovered by the transient pleasure- 
seeker. The life of Celia Thaxter proves 
that a spot so bleak, cramped, monotonous, 
may, nevertheless, be productive of broad 
sympathies and a contented mind. 

WILLIAM E. HAYES. 



WELLESLEY CHURCH NEWS 



"Wellesley Congregational Church 

SUNDAY EVENINGS. Beginning September 
2, regular preaching services will be held in the 
church at 7.15 o'clock. If every church-goer will 
make some effort to aid these services, both by 
attending and by interesting neighbors in them, 
they can be made most profitable" to the commun- 
ity. 

CHANGES. It is with much regret that the 
community parts with Mrs. Nancy Watson, whose 
hospitality and never-failing cordiality have been 
appreciated most keenly. Mr. E. H. Walcott and 
Miss Mabel Walcott will return to Wellesley and 
live on Abbott street. Their presence in the 
church again will be welcomed by all. 

A PROPHECY CLASS. All who are interested 
in understanding the Old Testament ])rophets 
are invited to attend a class which will be started 
in a few weeks, on some suitable week-day even- 
ing. It will be conducted by the Pastor and will 
continue for about ten evenings. 

GETTING STARTED. The main Sunday school 
will open Sept. 0. The departmentsof the Woman's 
Union will begin their regular meetings on Tues- 
day afternoons. The Pastor's classes for boys and 
girls will open before the middle of the month. 
The first monthly meeting of the Men's League 
will be held Oct. 4. 

FINANCES. In order to keep all bills paid, it 
is necessary for all members of the church to 
make up arrearages and do as much as possible 
during the next four months. What a pity it is 



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that the church buihling must continue to decay 
for lack of paint, when a little extra effort would 
soon put it in order! Let every one hire a pew 
or take a pledge, and rejoice in the opportunity 
of making the church as beautiful and as well- 
equipped as it can be made. 

Wellesley Hills Congfregational Church 

SUNDAY SCHOOL. Sessions will be resumed 
on the second Sunday in September. Lesson stud- 
ies are on the lives of Peter, Paul and John, a 
very interesting course in the Blakeslee Series. 

FRIDAY EVENINGS. Sept. 7, service prepar- 
atory to the observance of the Lord's Supper. 
On other evenings the usual topics. 



DANA HALL- A NEW DEPARTMENT 

A hoarding and day school for girls from five to 
fourteen years of age will be opened in Wellesley, 
October second, lyoo. 

This school will be under the management of the 
Dana Hall School, and in charge of resident 
teachers of long and successful experience with 
children of primary and intermediate grades. Boys 
will be admitted to the day school. 

In addition to the usual English branches, French 
and German, vocal music and drawing will be 
taught, and especial emphasis will be laid on nature 
study and manual training. 

For further particulars apply to the Principal, 

HELEN TEMPLE COOKE, 

DANA HALL, WELLESLEY, MASS. 



COMMUNION SERVICE. The celebration of ^ , DiHrfA UnH 
the Lord's Supper will be observed at the morn- |^0(jj^ AlUiiC Ildll 
ing service on the second Sunday in September. ^ 

It is exi)ected that some new members will be 
received into the church. And it is to be remem- 
bered that the Church Year practically begins at 
this time. It is hoped that special effort will be 
made by all members of the church and congre- 
gation to be present at the service. It is the cus- 
tom of the Church to invite all, whether members 
of the church or not, to remain, if they desire, 



A 
SCHOOL 



For Boys 



through the communion service 

SUNDAY EVENING SERVICES. On Sept. 1(5, 
the Pastor hopes to begin a series of Bible study 
services, of an informal nature, to be held iu the 
chapel at 7.30. The first studies will be in the 
Epistle to the Hebrews. Sept. 16, "Christ and the 
Angels." Sept. 30, "The Humiliation and Exalt- 
ation of Christ." On Sept. 23, there will be an 
afternoon service at 4.30, conducted by a delega- 
tion from the Home for Little Wanderers. 

YOUNG PEOPLE'S SERVICE. Union meet- 
ings on the first two Sundays of the month. If 
possible, the second of these meetings will be a 
praise service. The regular to]^ics are as follows : 
Sept. 2, Seek Souls. Sept. 9, Our Simple Duty. 
Sept. 16, The Broad Way; the Narrow Way. 
Sept. 23, Tares in Your Field. Sept. 30, Our Fool- 
ish Excuses. 

St. Andrew^s Church 

SUNDAY SCHOOL session will be resumed on 
the third Sunday of the month, Sept. 16. Let all 
the children be on hand. 

THE MUSIC during the summer months de- 
serves especial commendation. Many thanks are 
due to those who so kindly gave their services in 
the choir. 

WE SHALL EXPECT to see a very large attend- 
ance on the last Sunday in the month, when the 
students from Dana Hall and the College will 
have returned from their vacation. Let the reg- 
ular parishioners show them that they are heart- 
ily welcome to our services. 

Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society 
THE CHURCH will open on Sunday, Sept. 9. 



A New Building. 
High and Dry Location. 

Preparation for College, Scientific School, and 
Business. 

A Home for boys from a distance. 

.School Life for bovs wliose homes are near. 



George Rontoul "White, Ph.D., Principol, 
Wellesley Hills, Masscchwsetts, 

SUMHER STOVES 
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The season is now demanding these goods. Before 
vou buy, call and see our line. Our prices are as low 
as boston prices and invariably less. Gasolene and 
Kerosene stoves. Blue flame, wickless stoves. 
"Maine" and "White Mountain" Refrigerators. 
Screens ni different grades. All goods delivered 
without charge. 

HARDWARE, PLUHBING AND HEATING 

FISKE & CO., 

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Skirts, Dresses, Shirt Waists, Curtains, Shades, 
Draperies and all kinds of Fancy Ironing nicely done. 
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All work handled carefully. No bleach or acid is 
used, nor anything that will injure the clothes, which 
are dried in the open air, weatlier permitting. 

Prices reasonable. Work called for and delivered. 

We should be pleased to receive your work. A 
card to the WELLESLEY STEAM LAUNDRY 
will receive prompt attention. 

J, T. MELLUS, Proprietor 

IVe use nothing but the verv best of supplies. 



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Our Ladies* Special (the Mizpah) is 
attracting: much attention in its style, fit and 
wearing: qualities, and is maie on the man- 
nish lasts in all styles and all leathers. 

For sale only by 

Mead & Morrill 

3 CLARK'S BLOCK 
iNATICK 

F DIEHL & SON 



Dealers in C^^al, Wood, 
TI;iy and Grain 



Telephone No. 16-4 
Wellesley, Mass. 



"ALL ABOARD" 

Th )S. B. Griffin (for fourteen years driver of the College 
co.icU) may be found near the WELLESLEY POST OFFICE 
on arrival of all trains. 

Alunin% carried at same rates as undergraduates 

B. & A. Trip Tickets to Boston, 2<l cents each 
Order box at north door of College Hall. 
P. O. address, Box 11S2, Wellesley, Mass. 



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riillinery 

24 South Main St. - - Natick 



Buy Furniture, Carpets, 

Wall Paper and Window Shades of 

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Courses prepaiatoiy to college 
General Course for non-collegians 
Special advantages in English Literature, 
Art, History of Art and Music 

Miss Helen Temple Cooke, Principal 
Mrs. Harriett E. Page 



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East Central St., opposite Moise Institute. 

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Wedding Invitations and Recep- 
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J. E. De WITT'S 

Stationer and Pictui'e Dealer 
Savingfs Bank Bjtldiig: - - Natick 



Board and Rooms for friends of students at 
Dana Hall and Wellesley ('ollege 

MRS. A M. BANCROFT 

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Masonic Block - - - Natick 

Heat and Provisions 

Teams run through Wellesle}^, Wellesley 
Hills, and Charles River Village 

MISS MARGARET CAMPBELL 

Grove St. Fuller Block Wellesley 

Order Cooking, Ice Cream and 
Home-made Candies a specialty 
Liofht Lunches served 



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Artists' Materials 

School Supplies, Kindergarten Goods, 
Children's Novelties 

Embroiderj' Mounted. Frames to Decorate. 

Pictures and Picture Framing. 

Passepartout Materials 

Fine Stationery 
Engraved Plate and SO cards, $1.00 

Sunday School and Day School Reward Cards Birthday Cards, etc. 

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Dividends Paid in 1899 . $48,197.76 

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Hours, 9 A. :m. to 5 p. m. 

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VOL. III. NO. lo 



WELLESLEY, OCTOBER, 1900 



5 cents a copy 
25 cents a year 




WHITIN OBSERVATORY 



T 



HE teaching of the sciences by tlie laboratory method is a development of this century. 
1 The first Physical laboratory in America was opened at the Mass. Institute of Tech- 
nology by Prof. Rogers and Prof. Pickering nearly thirty years ago, and Wellesley College 
was one of the very'first to adopt this method of teaching Physics. The biological sciences 
have long put the microscope into the hands of each student, but Astronomy, the oldest of 
the sciences, has been slow to adopt the laboratory plan. Only the astronomers and a few 
specialists have handled the instruments. Couises of lectures have had to suffice for the 
rest. It is lately recognized that to enter into the spirit of the investigator in Astromomy 
one must handle his tools and repeat his work. 

It has long been desired to put into practice this method of teaching Astronomy at 
Wellesley, but equipment was lacking. 

A little more than two years ago, a group of astronomers from a neighboring observa- 
tory was entertained by one o^f the professors of the College on Float Night. The 



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conversation turned upon stars and tele- 
scopes, and a superb Clark telescope of twelve 
inches aperture, which was for sale, was men- 
tioned and the earnest wish expressed that it 
might be secured for VVellesley. A fellow 
guest, one of the trustees of the College, her- 
self an enthusiast from her girlhood in ref- 
erence to the stars, listened and resolved, 
and the beautiful students' Observatory, to 
be presented to the College, October 8, is 
the outcome. 

The building of an Observatory involves 
special problems. There must be a dome, 
which to cover an eighteen foot refractor 
must be over twenty feet in diameter, strong 
and firm, and tiierefore weighty; and yet 
tills must revolve so that the shutter itself 
to be draw n aside n)ay open to every point 
of the sky, and be weather-proof. There 
must be an opening in the roof of the tran- 
sit room in the direction' of the meridian; 
there must be a room which can be abso- 
lutely dark; there must be solid piers for 
telescopes and clocks and heliostat, inside 
and outside the building; and in this Obser- 
vatory everything must be easily manage- 
able by women alone. 

The architect of the Whitin Observatory, 
Mr. Henry A. Phillips, not only planned an 
artistic extei-ior but gave tireless attention 
to every detail of these problems; and Mrs. 
Whitin has spared no pains and expense. 
Indeed more than one piece of work has 
been done twice over because only the best 
could satisfy. 

One or two more large pieces of appara- 
tus are yet to be put in place; but besides 
these it is intended to supply simpler and 
cheaper apparatus in duplicate, so that stu- 
dents may not only practice themselves be- 
fore handling the costly instruments but may 
prepare to teach Astronomy in the second- 
ary schools, which are more and more call- 
ing for this teaching. It should be recog- 
nized that early in life the student should 
find proi)er perspective for all knowledge 
by learning the relative place occupied by 
his little moving planet in the great universe. 

One of the charms of this gift to the Col- 
lege is that it has been administered by the 
giver. It is hoped that she may now and 
then be able to join the enthusiastic group 
of students who surround the library table 
working at their problems, with globe and 
chart and Ephemeris, for only tlius by see- 
ing the good that her work has done can she 
be repaid. prof, sarah f. whiting. 



GOLF— A STUDY IN ETHICS 

ONE of the strongest sermons of the late 
Horace liushnell is entitled ''The Moral 
Uses of Dark Things." The Reverend Doc- 
tor probably never played golf. If he had 
his list of "dark things" would have been 
extended. Just why you cannot hit that 
little white ball the first time you swing your 
club, why you cannot send it in the direc- 
tion you ought, are for a long while inexpli- 
cable mysteries to you. You have to wait 
until you have reached the golfer's paradise 
— that blissful state of existence in which to 
play golf well is a second nature — before 
the mysteries are cleared up. Neverthe- 
less, even in the darkness, the game of golf 
like the game of life has its "moral uses." 

In the first place it teaches patience and 
self-control. You cannot be a good goher 
at once; and if you are what is better — a 
good Christian — you must check the naughty 
words that rise to your lijis when you fan 
the air several times in succession, or dig up 
the turf, or drop into the sand-bunker, or 
lose your ball in the brook. 

In the second place it teaches humility. 
You must not expect to make the bogey 
score the first time, and you may play a hun- 
dred times before you even make one hole 
in a less number of strokes than your self- 
righteous neighbor, who exclaims in great 
glee as he sees your discomfiture: "I did it 
in three." Alas, alas, how sad it is to write 
yourself down a duffer, you who have held 
your head so high in the community! Per- 
haps you can do other things well, but you 
have to confess yourself a miserable player 
of golf. 

In the third place it teaches judgment. 
It is all very well to send your ball a tre- 
mendous distance dow^n the field, but when 
you approach the hole, beware. Now you 
must play with the greatest delicacy and de- 
liberation. Just the right blow% no harder, 
no weaker than wnll bring the ball up to the 
hole; that takes a piactised eye and a nice 
aim. If the faculty of careful judgment is 
left out of your makeup you will never make 
a good golfer. 

In the fourth place the game of golf re- 
minds us of many things that most of us 
learn in the expei-iences of life. Let us go 
around the links together and sec the mean- 
ing of each play. Imagine yourself stand- 
ing on the first tee addressing the ball. How 
are you standing? Have yon got a firm posi- 
tion? Are your arms fiexil)le? Are you 



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ready to hit a good smacking stroke? All 
right then, go ahead. But be careful at the 
same time not to be in too much haste, and 
above all things keep your eyi on the hall. 
A lirm stand and concentration; how im- 
portant these are in other things than golf? 

Now your ball is Hying down the green 
and you are following after it. So the 
vision of some great achievement goes before 
you, while the process of attaining it must 
be step by step. Be thankful if the achieve- 
ment like the ball does not fall beyond 
bounds, sometimes never to be discovered 
even after long and thorough search. Let 
us assume, though, that you are a man of 
caution, a staunch conservative who is will- 
ing to keep within bounds, not an impulsive 
free lance who loves to take foolish risks. 
But whether the strokes be few" or many, 
you come at length to the putting green. 
Now for one or two well-played shots that 
will land you in the hole. The less shots 
you make the more it will prove that \ ou 
have learned the valuable art of getting 
great results with the least waste of effort. 
It is the law of the conservation of energy 
which every man who has large affairs to 
handle knows by heai't. 

One stage in the game is iinislied, but 
there are eight more to follow, all of them 
different from the first, all of them with 
their own peculiar snares and pitfalls for 
the unwary. Oh, those awful bunkers and 
hazards that strew the paths of life! How 
many of us have been filled with bitter re- 
grets that we did not try harder to keep out 
of them! Well, there is one comfort: the 
end must come some time. Through trials 
and tribulations, with perhaps a good play 
here and there thrown in just to cheer you 
up a bit, you come to the last link which is 
always called "home." The game now is 
over. But there is one thing left to do: 
examine your score. Is it a good or a bad 
one? Perhaps it is neither, only an unin- 
teresting, commonplace score like the lives 
of most of us. But then who knows but the 
King sees something beneath that score 
which redeems it from its a])parent medioc- 
rity. For after all, as some one says, "It is 
aspiration that counts not realization, pur- 
suit not achievement, quest not conquest." 

WILLIAM K. HAYES. 



THE WOMAN'S CLUB 

WITH the cooler breezes of September 
and the home-coming of summer wan- 
derers there have also appeared certain sig- 
nificant and interesting, if somewhat mys- 
terious, tokens of activity among the ladies 
of our village. The Woman's Club is active 
and alert. Directors and committees are 
making ready for the coming of November 
and the opening of a new year of pleasure 
and profit for the club women of the town. 

The Programme Committee, though not 
quite ready to make public the result of 
their many conferences and much corre- 
spondence, yet vaguely hint at some sur- 
prises and clioice things provided for the 
winter's entertainment, which will make it 
well worth while for the ladies to carefully 
reserve their alternate Wednesday after- 
noons. 

Members of the Club who have not already 
paid their dues aie reminded of that duty 
(seriously) and requested to consult the 
Club's By-Laws (Art. III., Sect. 4) and there 
learn the penalty for delay. 

Quite a number of applications from new 
members have alreadv been received and, so 
far as can be deteitnined from present facts 
and figures, a prosperous and pleasant year 
awaits the Wellesley Hills Woman's Club. 

The Treasurer, JVIrs. George A. Sweetser, 
will be at iier home, Abbott lioad, second 
door from Washington street, to receive 
aj)plications and fees, or they may be sent 
by mail. 

MKS. W. O. ROBSON. 



TWO NOTABLE ADDRESSES 

THE Men's League of Wellesley has ar- 
ranged for two thoughtful addresses 
upon the political issues of the day, by men 
who view these issues from widely different 
points of view. Col. Albert Clarke gave the 
first address at the Wellesley Congregational 
Chapel on Thursday, Oct. 4. The second 
will be given at the same place by Mr. Moor- 
field Storey, on Thursday evening, October 
11, at 7.45 o'clock. All the men of the 
town are invited to be present. Mr. Storey's 
ability as a lawyer and his independence 
as a thinker will make his remarks well 
worth hearing, no matter what may be one's 
political predilections. 



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WELLESLEY CHURCH NEWS 



Wellesley Congregational Church 

FOREIGN MISSIONS. Our annual offering to 
the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign 
Missions will be made on October 28. 

THE CHURCH COMMITTEE will be glad to 
meet all candidates for admission to the church 
on Friday evening, Oct. 26. 

EXCHANGE. Rev. A. J. Rackliffe, of Hudson, 
will preach on Sunday morning, Oct. 14, in ex- 
change with the Pastor. 

MEN'S LEAGUE. An extra meeting will be 
held on Thursday evening, Oct. 11, to hear an 
address by Mr. Moorfleld Storey on the political 
issues of the day. All men are invited. 

DEATH. Miss Charlotte Kingsbury, who died 
at lier home on September 26, had been a mem- 
ber of the church since May 1, 1842. Her proi-- 
erty, consisting of a house and nearly one hun- 
dred acres of land, has been bequeathed to a Bos- 
ton association which attends to the iustruction 
of deaf mutes. 

RUMMAGE SALE. Our turn has come, and on 
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 8, 1), and 
10 (if the goods hold out), there will be the chance 
of a lifetime to buy all manner of goods, useful 
and ornamental, at fabulously cheap prices. The 
l>lace will be the house on Washington street, 
next to Mrs. Watson's. There will be offered for 
sale furniture, i>ictures, books, ch>thes, kitchen 
utensils, glassware and crockery, and a bewilder- 
ing variety of other goods altogether too numer- 
ous to mention. If you have anything in yonr 
home you would like to sell send it in. If you 
want to buy anything ct)me and choose for your- 
self. The money received will be divided between 
the building fund of the Home for Crippled Chil- 
dren and the Painting Fund of our cliurch. 

Wellesley Hiils Congregfotional Church 

HARVEST FESTIVAL. Oct. 24, Harvest Fes- 
tival and Sale in the vestry of the church, after- 
noon and evening. 

PREPARATORY SERVICE. Friday, Novem- 
ber 2, will be a service preparatory to the cele- 
bration of the Lord's Supper on the following 
Sunday. 

WOMEN'S MEETING. Tuesday, Oct. 1(), All- 
day sewing meeting at the house of Mrs. L. K. 
Putney, beginning at 10.00 a. m. Ladies will 
bring contributions fi)r the luncheon. 

YOUNG PEOPLES' SOCIETY. Meetings will 
be held usually at 6.30 i'. M. each Sunday. Oa 
Oct. 7, there will Ise a Unioii i'i.iirie : ervice at 
7.00 o'clock, the preceding service being slunt- 
ened. 

CHlUiCH MEMBERSHIP. On Thursday, Oct. 
18, there will be a meeting of the f'hurch Com- 
mittee at the parsonage at 8.00 p. m. Those who 
wish to unite with the church on confessicm of 
faith, at the nex-t communion, are invited to this 



meeting. Those who unite by letter from other 
churches will please hand their letters to the 
Pastor before this date. 

S UNDAY EVENING SERVICES. The plan for 
the coming winter will be like that of last year. 
So far as possible, thei-e will be a Praise Service 
on the first Sunday evening of each month, and a 
Missionary Concert on the third Sunday evening. 
On the alternate evenings the Pastor will give an 
exposition from the Epistle to the Hebrews, for 
the present. Oct. 7, there will be a Praise Ser- 
vice at 7.00 o'clock. 



St. Andrew^s Church 

ST. ANDREW'S GLULD. The annual meeting 
for the election of officers and hearing of reports 
will be held on Monday, Oct. 8, at 8.00 p. m., at 
the rectory. All women of the church who are 
interested in church work are cordially invited to 
be present. 

THE SUNDAY SCHOOL LIBRARY. We need 
about a hundred more books, and shall be glad 
to receive contributions either of books or of 
money. Please look over your home libraries 
and see if there are any suitable books yovi can 
spare. 

ST. ANDREW'S DAY. For our annual service 
commemorating the opening of St. Andrew's 
cha}iel, we have secured this year as preacher 
the Rev. Dr. .1. S. Lindsay, rector of St. Paul's 
church, Boston. The offering will go toward the 
building fund of Trinity Mission, Needham. 
Keep the date in mind, St. Andrew's Day, Fri- 
day, Nov. 30. 

GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY. The first meet- 
ing of the season will be held at the rectory on 
Saturday evening, October 6, at 8.00 o'clock. 
The efficient and faithful secretary of the Branch, 
Miss Edith A. Sawyer, has felt compelled to re- 
sign her position. Until a new secretary is 
chosen, the chaplain will take charge of the 
work . 



Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society 

THE CHURCH and Sunday School opened for 
the winter's work on Sunday, Sept. 9. The school 
will study the Old Testament, using a carefully 
graded system. 

ADJOURNED meeting of the Standing Com- 
mittee took ])lace on Thursday, Oct. 4. 

REV. Chas. A. Allen, of Bridgewater, exchanged 
with the Pastor on Sunday, Sept. 29. 

REGULAR meetings of Sunday School teachers 
at the parsonage on Friday evenings for the study 
of the Sunday School lessons. 

THE PROGRAM Committee of the Woman's 
Alliance is nearly or quite comjileted for the year. 
Their meetings this year will be opened by Rev. 
Chas. G. Ames, pastor of the Church of the Dis- 
ciples, Boston. 



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WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

BEGINNING A NEW YEAR. College opened 
on Wednesday, Sept. 19, with an enrollment of 
720 students, about 235 of whom are members of 
the Freshman class. The new dormitory. Wilder 
Hall, accommodates about 45 students and a few 
members of the faculty. Miss Olive Davis, a 
Wellesley graduate who has been studying do- 
mestic science at the Mechanics' Institute, in 
Rochester, N. Y., is in charge of Wilder Hall. 

THE MUSIC DEPARTMENT. A notable change 
takes jilace this year in the music department. 
Mr. Hamilton C. Macdougall, of Providence, R. I., 
has been appointed associate professor of music, 
in charge of the department. Mr. Macdougall 
brings to this work fine accomplishment as a 
musician, together with a valuable ex])erience as 
comiJoser and editor of musical compositions. 
In addition to giving lessons in the different 
bi'anches of music, Mr. Macdougall will have 
charge of the College chorus and glee club, and 
will also serve as organist. He has already begun 
the formation of a College choir, to sing in the 
chapel services. 

NEW MEMBERS of the Faculty. Mr. Frederick 
E. Gulick (B. A. Harvard) has been a])])ointed 
non-resident instructor in Sj)anish. Mile. Bertha 
S. Caron comes into the French department this 
year. Miss Caroline M. Breyfogle, who has been 
recently stiulying at Berlin and Chicago Univer- 
sities, will assume a xn)rtion of the work of the 
Bible dej/artmeut as associate jjrofessor. Miss 
Adelaide I. Locke, for several years instructor in 
Bible, was appointed associate professor in 
charge, after the resignation of Prof. Mary E. 
AVoolley. With the retirement of Prof. Anne E. 
Morgan, I^Iiss Mary Whiton Calkins, of Newton, 
becomes full professor of philoso] hy and psychol- 
ogy in charge of the dejiartment. Miss Margaret 
P. Sherwood, wlio has been al>road the jjast year, 
returns to the department of English literature. 
Miss Charlotte F. Hoberts, professor of chemistry, 
resumes her work this year, having spent her 
sabbatical year abroad. 

COLLEGE NOTES. President Hazard returned 
at the opening of college; a ])leasant custom was 
inti'oduced by her this year, in receiving the i)ar- 
ents and friends of students in the llorsford par- 
lor sevei'al afternoons during the first week. 
Miss Hazard attended the anniversary exercises 
at hmith College on Wednesday, Oct. o, and de- 
livered an address. A simple, handsome bronze 
tablet has been placed in the right-hand nave of 
the Houghton Memorial Chapel, on the side 
nearest the chancel. This ta))let bears the in- 
scription: '-William S. Houghton, LSIO-ISIU." 
The Christian Association has added to its other 
business enterprises a book exchange, where sec- 
ond-hand books may be left by the students for 
sale. The Association had its usual "'bureau of 
information" open for the aid of new students 
during the early days of the term, thereby ren- 
dering much effective help. Rev. Win. E. Barton, 
D. D., of Chicago, 111., was the preacher on Flow- 
er Sunday, Sejt. 23. The Whitiu Observatory 
will be foimally opened on Monday afternoim, 
Oct. 8. with apiiropriate exercises. . ,. . 



ELM PARK HOTEL 

Wellesley Hills, Hass. 

An attractive winter resort conducted on 
the American plan. Kates 18.00 to |!l2.00 
per week. Table unexcelled; rooms large 
light, well ventilated, and steam heated; 
High elevation, picturesque surround- 
ings, perfect roads, spacious grounds, pure 
air and spring water, everything conducive 
to health. Fourteen miles from the city, 275 
feet above the sea. Fare by steam 12 1-2 
cents, time 27 minutes; 20 trains per day 
each way; electrics pass hotel every 15 min- 
utes. Dinners for bicycle, trolley, or driv- 
ing parties, clubs, etc., a specialty. 

Z. Taylor Harrington, Manager 



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you buy, call and see our line. Our prices are as low 
as boston prices an.l invariably less. Gasolene and 
Kerosene stoves. Blue flame, wickless stoves. 
'•Maine" and "White Mountain" Refrigerators. 
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DANA HALL— A NEW DEPARTMENT 

A boarding and day school for girls from five to 
fourteen years of age will be opened in Wellesley, 
October second, 1900. 

This school will be under the management of the 
Dana Hall School, and in charge of resident 
teachers of long and successful experience with 
children of primary and intermediate grades. Boys 
will be admitted to the day school- 
In addition to the usual English branches, French 
and German, vocal music and drawing will be 
taught, and especial emphasis will be laid on nature 
study and manual training. 

For further particulars apply to the Principal, 

HELEN TEMPLE COOKE, 

DANA HALL, WELLESLEY, MASS. 



Rock Ridge Hall 



A 
SCHOOL 



For Boys 



A New Building. 
High and Dry Location. 

Preparation for College, Scientific School, and 
Business. 

A Home for boys from a distance. 

School Life for boys whose homes are near. 

George Rantoul White, Ph.D., Principal, 
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. 



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HRS. E. W. ILSLEY 

Dry and Fancy Goods 

Magazines 

Ladies' Gent's and Children's 
RUBBERS 

BuTTRicK Patterns 

Wellesley Hills Square 
niLLlNERY 

A complete assortment of Fall and Winter 
Millinery. Latest novelties and Parisian 
designs. Opening Sept. 25, 1900. 

KPAIJPA SHAW S BLOCK 

^ WELLESLEY SQUARE 

PROF. F. L. STONE 

Teacher of 
Organ, Piano and Harmony 

studio 623, /Vlassachusetts Ave., Boston. 

niSS E. n. KNOWLES 

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Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty 

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VOL. 111. NO. II 



WELLESLEY, NOVEMBER, 1900 



j 5 cents a copy 
} 25 cents a year 



EDITORIAL 

THE insincerity of leading politicians who 
claim to be governed by the highest 
motives in asking for the suffrages of the 
people is seen in the action of the presiden- 
tial candidate of one of the two great par- 
ties who consents to be the guest of proba- 
bly the vilest ])olitical organization on the 
face of the globe. The scathing criticisms 
of Tammany Hall, which have appeared in 
Harper''s Weekly, the Outlook, and other 
journals of the better class, ought to make 
any man who loves honor and purity blush 
to be seen in the company of such consum- 
mate rascals. There are no two sides to this 
matter. Tammany Hall has no defender on 
moral grounds, not even from Mr. Croker, 
who in a recent article in Collier's Weekly 
praises it simply as a "perfect machine." 
Every body knows it is that, but they also 
know, as the Outlook says, "that it is an in- 
famous traffic in vice, an organized utiliza- 
tion of crime; it is an attack on those things 
in human character and government which 
are precious alike to men of every party." 



type of polity and worship, and thus satisfy 
all religious needs, how much more effec- 
tively we might fight together to suppress 
our common foe. One is glad to welcome 
any symptom that shows how closely the 
churches are meeting each other. Up in 
Berkshire County, for instance, a number of 
ministers representing six or seven different 
religious bodies, met together the other day, 
and signed a solemn agreement: "I'o offici- 
ate at no marriage within the town or city 
in wliich we live, unless both of the con- 
tracting parties can give satisfactory evi- 
dence other than that of a marriage license 
of their right to be married according to the 
usages of the Church. We further agree 
not to officiate at the marriage of any divorced 
])erson whose husband or wife is still living, 
except it be the innocent party whose divorce 
was obtained on the ground of adultery." 
Let us have more of this "togethering." 



WE have often heard it said that there is 
no unity among the forces of evil. 
Evil leads to discussion, anarchy, chaos. 
Perhaps it does in the end, but the end is 
sometimes long delayed. For a while a com- 
bination of wicked men, with nothing but 
their own individual selfish aims to secure, 
will be strong enough to resist every, press- 
sure brought to bear against it. Does it not 
suggest that the children of this world are 
sonietimes wiser than the children of light? 
Let the good combine together in the same 
powerful way and the forces of evil will soon 
be routed. L')ok at our divided Christianity 
for instance. If, instead of so many differ- 
ent sects, each struggling for existence, we 
could have three or four denominations, each 
of which should represent some particular 



Dean Everett 

TN the death of Prof. C. C, Everett, dean 
1 of the Cambridge Divinity School, the 
country loses one of its ripest scholars and 
acutest thinkers. Although formally asso- 
ciated with the Unitarian Church, his reli- 
gious life was not rimmed by the limitation 
of any separate sect or denomination. He 
was a member of the church universal, 
preaching through the lips of scores of de- 
voted ministers, who had been his pupils, 
the luminous gospel of a sound and whole- 
some religious philosophy. Dean Everett 
had no sympathy with that popular and 
flabby liberalism which finds its readiest ex- 
pression in the cant phrase of the day, 
"That it makes no difference what a man 
believes so long as he lives well." He 
knew that real belief is the foundation of 
character. Society has stored up a vast 
increment of ethical capital, and each indi- 
vidual man is, consciously or unconsciously, 



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a partaker of the investment. And no sin- 
gle person can, in his individual experience, 
ever, adequately, test the question as to what 
effect the loss of certain moral ideals would 
have upon the deterioration of personal 
character. John Stuart Mill, for instance, 
believed in the right of any man to marry 
as many women as were willing to be 
married. He strenuously denied the right 
of society to have any regulative power in 
the matter. But this belief did not make 
him a polygamist. English society held no 
purer, cleaner soul. Because the tissues of 
his personal charactei- and the very trend of 
his inherited tendencies were dominated by 
the Christian ideals of sexual purity. In 
his case an abnormal belief did not make 
any difference in character or conduct. l>ut 
uncounted generations of such a belief 
wrought into a ))ersistent social habit would 
degrade woman in England as surely as it 
has degraded woman in 'i'urkey. So it is 
that men like Everett and Martineau and 
Caird found in the springs of a sound relig- 
ious philosophy — theology, if one likes to 
call it so — the real, although often hidden, 
sources of a people's best spiritual life. 



Please notice that the lecture of Decem- 
ber fifth will be given in the evening and 
open to the public. Dr. Gulick, of Pratt 
Institute, Brooklyn, has a most contagious 
enthusiasm in his work, and no one can hear 
him or talk with him without feeling that 
such research and study as his are in the 
right direction and will be productive of 
lasting and valuable results. It is hoped 
that all the town will be able to hear him. 

The first meeting on the afternoon of 
November seventh will be the newlv-inauoj- 
urated reception given by the Club to its 
President and officers. 



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THE WOMAN^S CLUB 

THE quarterly meeting of the Massachu- 
setts State Federation held recently in 
Amherst was not only instructive anrj inspir- 
ing but possessed two very interesting and 
significant features: the unabated interest in 
the so-called Woman's Club Movement with, 
at the same time, an entire absence of any- 
thing like gush or misplaced enthusiasm, 
and the very conspicuous simplicity and 
common-sense character of the recommenda- 
tionsgiven to individual clubs. Mrs. Ather- 
ton's report upon social service which was 
essentially the subject under consideration 
during the session, made honora])le mention 
of work done by our own Club through its 
Friendly Aid Committee, and, though the 
half was not told, yet it was a pleasant thing 
to hear. 

Club members will presently receive the 
schedule of work and entertainment provided 
for the first two months of the Club year. 

Prof. Bates' lecture upon William Morris 
will be a help to those who are studying 
(and who is not?) the beautiful and essen- 
tial things for our own home life, in enab- 
ing them to think wisely and well. 



The Friendly Aid Committee are very 
much in need of clothing to help them in 
carrying on that branch of their work. The 
cold weather will soon be here, and there 
are so many calls for warm winter clothing 
that the supply has been exhausted. Boys 
and girls clothing of all kinds, coats, shoes 
and stockings are especially desired, although 
infants clothes for the maternity trunk, and 
sheets and old linen are needed in caring for 
the sick. 

Will not every one do a little rummaging 
for this worthy cause and send the results to 

Mrs. Albert Ji:NNix<iS, Wellesley, or 

Mrs. Artiiitr E. Bkowx, Wellesley Hills. 



THE WELLESLEY EDUCATION 
ASSOCIATION 

THROUGH the courtesy of the Unitarian 
Society, the first fall meeting of the 
Wellesley Education Association was held 
in the pai-lors of the Unitarian Church Thurs- 
day evening, Oct. 25. About forty members 
and friends of the Association were present 
and a lively interest in the success of the 
movement was apparent. 

Mr. D. C. Heath, President of the Newton 
Education Association, Avas the speaker of 
the evening. His topic was "The Work of 
an Education Association," and he was brim- 
ful of his subject. An eminently practical 
man, with a broad knowledge of educational 
matters in general, he is thoroughly con- 
vinced that much material good may be ac- 
complished by local education associations. 
He began by pointedly stating that an 
education association formed merely because 
it might be the fashion could not live long 
or acconiplish much good. Its true purpose 
must be to awaken the citizens to a reco^ni- 



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tion of their responsibility in tlie most ini- ination, sanitation, over-pressure in school 
portant function of life — the proper educa- and home; on Vacation Schools and Manual 
tion of their children. To this end he advo- Training; on the Entertainment of Children; 
cated opening the association to all and the on Play Grounds and Systematized Play; 
organization of the whole into committees on Children's Peading; on Manners and 
80 that every member might be upon some Morals; on School Furnishing and Decora- 
committee and actively engaged in some de- tion; on Child Study and Kindergarten; and 
partment of the work. an Outlook Committee. 

Mr. Heath continued in substance as fol- Through the Health Committee substan- 

lows: If any direct reforms in the schools tial progress has been made toward securing 

are contemplated, make the school orgauiza- the examination of the eyes and ears of 

tion, the superintendent, teachers and school pupils and the proper arrangement of seats 

board a committee upon reforms, as their relative to available light. It was found 

long experience and knowledge of the im- that floors of school rooms were washed only 

mediate needs of the schools will best equip during vacation. Steps have been taken 

them for that work. This has been done in toward the nearer approach to godliness and 

Newton and the Association has suggested health^ through cleanliness. Improvement 

to the Committee the following items for in pupils' work is said to have increased 

consideration: fortv per cent under the influence of fresh 

First. Fewer pupils in chax-ge of one air, this saving alone being equal to about 

teacher. one session a day. 

Second. The holding of only one session Much has been accomplished by the Com- 
a day. mittee on Furnishing and Decoration tow- 
Third. Half-yearly promotion. ard making the school surroundings helpful 
Fourth. An arrangement whereby a and beautiful. This phase of the work 
teacher may pass from grade to grade with offers practically boundless possibilities, 
pupils in order to remain with the same class The Committee on Systematized Play has 
for at least three years. discovered that pupils who have the largest 
Fifth. A division of the twelve or thir- capacity for play have also the largest capac- 
teen years of the public school course into ity for work, and plans have been formed to 
two divisions of six years each, or seven and secure adequate play grounds and to direct 
six respectively, calling the first division the rationally this most important activity, 
lower or grammar grades, and the second The Committee on Entertainment is attempt- 
division the high school. ing to guide the social gatherings of pupils 
The speaker presented clear and cogent in wholesome and strengthening channels. 
reasons for these changes. When asked if Morals and Manners in and out of school 
he thought it possible to effect anything so provide a rich field for that Committee and 
radical, he replied: "The schools are ours; it is hard at work, but its field is surely 
if upon mature consideration any change is equalled by that of the Committee on Chil- 
deemed wise, and if it is within our means, dren's Reading. Classified lists of books 
why should it l)e impossible?" suitable for children of difficult ages have 
Mr. Heath then passed to what he con- been prepared, and much has been done 
siders the larger work of an educational as- toward making the books available, atten- 
sociation covering that portion of the child's tion being given chiefly to what is read and 
life for which the parent is chiefly responsi- what ought to be read out of school, 
ble — the out-of-school portion. The New^- The Outlook Committee reports from 
ton Association is giving especial attention time to time upon the work being done in 
to the doings of tlie children while out of other states and tow^ns and upon the best 
school and "to those things connected with that is being written upon educational mat- 
the schools which seem to be more in the ters. 

province of a citizen's organization, and This brief outline of course conveys no 

which the school board is powerless to act adequate idea of Mr. Heath's deeply inter- 

upon until the people are ready to support esting and able address. At its close the 

them in effecting improvements. Along this meeting was adjourned. All who desire to 

line Newton has organized committees as join the Association should communicate 

foUow^s: " with Mrs. A. E. Brown, Wellesley Hills. 

On Health and Hygiene, medical exam- pke^s committee. 



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THE COUNCIL AT WELLESLEY 

NO right-minded man can fail to deplore 
a misunderstanding between pastor and 
people. But if such a situation arises it is 
hard to imagine a better way to terminate 
it than by frankness, honesty and kindliness. 
The council at NVellesley was a thoroughly 
honest council from beginning to end. The 
statement made by the pastor was a re- 
strained, clear review of the situation from 
his standpoint. The statement of the church 
through its representative was as tactful,, 
searching and, withal, kindly a presentation 
from that point of view as could be imag- 
ined. Both men won and held the profound 
and hearty sympathy of their hearers from 
beginning to end. 

The paster had asked from the church 
for explicit statements of the cause of 
its dissatisfaction, and felt aggrieved be- 
cause the church failed to grant his request. 
The church, through its committee, had 
unanimously held the position that to grant 
that request would endanger its own peace 
and unity — "would split the church." No 
charges of un(>rth(nU)xy were made by the 
church against its pastor; indeed, no charges 
of any kind, but the warmest and most cor- 
dial commendation. But, since the unrest 
was avowedly started by dissatisfaction with 
Mr. Chandler's theology on the part of a few, 
and since the press had sedulously adver- 
tised that this was a "heresy case," the coun- 
cil affirmed its contidence in his theolooical 
rectitude, and in response to what it under- 
stood to be the church's question, it an- 
swered that in its opinion the church should 
have granted the pastor's request for specific 
explanation of existing discontent. This was 
the whole substance of the council. There is 
nothing to be ashamed of on the i)art t)f the 
church, pastor, or council in the meeting. It 
was a fine display of the real advisory func- 
tion of a council, which should advise accord- 
ing to its convictions. The most important 
part of the council's decision concerning Mr. 
Chandler's standing is as follows: 

"We recof^nizeMr. Chandler asaminister in sub- 
stantial accord in spirit and belief with Evangeli- 
cal churches. We desire to commend him heart- 
ily as a minister worthy of all confidence. In 
these days of theological unrest and transition 
we desire to emphasize the fact that we believe 
that the life of the church should be broad and 
comprehensive enough to include all men who 
accept the supreme leadership of Jesus Christ." 

PARRIS T. FAKWELL. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 

LECTURES OF ESPECIAL INTEREST. A new 
course of lectures on Business Methods has been 
introduced by Professor Coman of the Economics 
Department. President Hazard opened this se- 
ries of lectures on Saturday afternoon, October 
20, her subject being "Accounts;" and Mr. Al- 
pheus H. Hardy, treasurer of the College, gave 
the second lecture October 27, on "Making and 
Receiving Payments." Other allied lectures will 
follow at regular intervals. Mr. George P. Baker, 
of Harvard University, who has made a special 
study of the Elizabethan drama, took this sub- 
ject for a lecture last Monday evening, and will 
speak again ujjon the same topic on the evening 
of November 12, both lectures being illustrated 
with stereopticon views. 

PRESIDENT HAZARD'S ADDRESSES. Presi- 
dent Hazard has made three addresses on public 
occasions during the past month : addresses which 
have deservedly won warm praise from her hear- 
ers and from the ])ress. The first of these ad- 
dresses -was at Smith College, at the celebration 
of its twenty-fifth anniversary ; the second on the 
occasion of the Wliitin Observatory presentation; 
and the third on Oct. 24, at the installation of 
Miss Annie Crosby Emery as dean of Pembroke 
Hall, Brown University. 

THE POLITICAL SITUATION. One of the 
daily papers said editorially, a few weeks ago, 
that apparently the greatest interest in the polit- 
ical situation this year was being taken by the 
women's colleges. Wellcsley certainly stands 
strongly forward in this respect. A Democratic 
rally is to be held on Nov. 3. and a Republican 
rally Nov. 5. On the day of the national election 
the College vote will be taken by the Australian 
ballot system, the polls being open from 8.00 a. m. 
to 5.00 p. M. Registration for the voting i»rivilege 
began on Tuesday, Oct. 23, and will extend to 
Nov. 5. 

OUT-DOOR INTERESTS. So uniformly fair has 
been the weather this autumn that out-door in- 
terests have come in for a goodly share of atten- 
tion. Golf has perhaps been most popular of all 
the recreations, as the new course offers excellent 
opportunities for the inlaying of a considerable 
number of people. There is a large membership 
from the College in the new club, about twenty 
members of the faculty having joined and forty 
or fifty students. President Hazard has been 
made an honorary member of the Club, as has 
also Mr. Alpheus H. Hardy, to whom the club is 
much indebted regarding the new links. Basket 
ball, lacrosse and rowing, as usual, have long 
lists of devotees. These sports, with golf, bowl- 
ing, bi<'ycling and other events, will all have a 
I'epresentation in the Athletic Field Day arranged 
for Nov. 19. 

COLLEGE CLASS OFFICERS. Class elections, 
with the exception of the freshmen, have all been 
held in October, resulting for the princii}al officers 
as follows : Seniors, i)resident. Miss Margaret C. 
Mills; vice-president, Miss Auguste M. Helm- 
holtz; juniors, president, Miss Constance B. 
Draper; vice-president. Miss Helen L. Grover; 
sophomores, president. Miss Annie V. Luff'; vice- 
president. Miss Eugenia Foster. 



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WELLESLEY CHURCH NEWS 



St. Andrew's Church 



Wellesley Congregfational Church 

EXOHAXGE. On Sunday moruino-, Nov. 11, 
the Pastor will exoliauge pulpits with Kev. Ralph 
J. Haughtou, of Needham. 

C. E. S. The church will make its annual con- 
tribution to the Congregational Education (Society 
on Xov. 25. 

CHURCH REPAIRS. It is becoming increas- 
ingly necessary that certain most important re- 
pairs in the church building should be attended 
to. To ensure thoroughness and to paint the 
church and put it in order will require over $1,000. 
Over $200 is now on hand toward this extra ex- 
pense. A sale will be held on Dec. H to add to 
this amount. Direct contributions to the 
Treasurer are most desirable from every one who 
wants to see the church cared for as it should be. 

PASTOR'S CLASSES. Sixteen boys and girls, 
averaging about 13 years of age, are enrolled in 
the class held every Friday at the parsonage. A 
course on "Doctrines and Duties" is being care- 
fully studied. On Saturday, at two o'clock, the 
younger boys and girls meet the Pastor in the 
class-rooms and are following a course of study 
on " Books and Teachings of the Bible." Twenty- 
one are now enrolled. 

Wellesley Hills Congfregfational Church 

WOMAN'S BOARD OF MISSIONS. Annual meet- 
ing will be held in Boston at the Old South Church, 
Wednesday and Thursduy, Nov. 7 and 8. 

WOMEN'S MEETINGS. Tuesday, Nov. G, 8.00 
V. M., at the ])arsonage. Auxiliary to the Wom- 
an's Board. This is the regular annual Thank- 
offering Meeting. There will be an address by 
Mrs. W. E. Locke, who has l)een a missionary to 
Bulgaria. 

THE NEW CHURCH FLTND is steadily moving 
upward toward the desired amount. Evidently 
the peoj)le have a mind to build, and are laboring 
and giving to that end. We would remind any 
who are delaying their own subscription that this 
is a case where he who jdedges (juickly increases 
the value of his pledge. The Harvest Festival 
on Wednesday, Oct. 24, was very successful and 
will add a good sum to the fund. 

THE PASSION PLAY as it was given at Ober- 
Ammergau, during the past summer, is the theme 
of a lecture to be given in our church on Monday 
evening, Nov. 12. '{'he lecturer is Rev. Dr. Wm. 
T. McElveen, of tlie Shawmut Church, Boston, 
who was pre.>eL.t at this great religious festival, 
and will describe it for us with the aid of a mag- 
niticeut collection of stereopticon views. It 
should be understood that we are able to obtain 
this lecture because of Dr. McElveen's interest in 
our New Church Fund and all the proceeds will 
go to that fund. Tickets will cost fifty cents. 
Lecture to begin at eight o'clock promptly. 



THE GIRLS' FRIENDLY SOCIETY meets on 
Saturday evenings at the rectory. Miss Hayes is 
the new Branch secretary. The annual confer- 
ence was held in Boston on Thursday evening, 
Oct. 25. 

WOMAN'S AUXILIARY. The Massachusetts 
branch will hold its anniversary in Trinity Church, 
Boston, AVednesday, Nov. 7. It is hoped that a 
large delegation from St. Andrew's Branch will 
be present. 

THE REV. F. B. ALLEN, Superintendent of the 
Episcopal City Mission,, Boston, will preach at 
St. Antlrew's Chapel, Sunday morning, Nov. 11, 
in the absence of the Rector, who goes to Need- 
ham. 

THE SIXTH ANNIVERSARY of the opening 
of St. Andrew's Chapel will take place on St. 
Andrew's Day, Friday evening, Nov. 30, at 7.30. 
The Rev. Dr. Lindsay, of St. Paul's Church, Bos- 
ton, will preach the sermon. The choir of St. 
I'aul's Church, Natick, will probably furnish the 
music. The offering will be for the building 
fund of Trinity Mission, Needham, which is under 
the charge of the Rector. A full attendance is 
desired. 

Wellesley Hiils Unitarian Society 
SERVICES at 10.45 a. m. Sunday School at 12 m. 

THE CHURCH sent delegates to the meeting 
of the Middlesex Conference, held at Lexington, 
Oct. 17. 

THANKSGIVING EVE. The Union Thanks- 
giving service will be given on the evening of 
Nov. 28. The Pastor will preach the sermon. 

STEREOPTICON LECTURE. The Woman's 
Alliance have arranged for a stereopticon Lecture 
to be given by Rev. Henry Spaulding. Subject: 
"The\Marble Faun." 

CHOPvUS. . Mr. Travis desires to meet all who 
are willing to help the singing at the Union Ser- 
vice, on Saturday evening, Nov. 3, at 7.30 o'clock, 
in our chapel. The attendance should be large. 

DURING THE WEEK ending Oct. 27, the Pas- 
tor attended the meetings of the Minister's Insti- 
tute at AYorcester, and the meetings of the Na- 
tional ITnitariau Sunday School Society at Leom- 
inster. 

AVOMAN'S ALLIANCE. The ladies have is- 
sued a very tasteful program of their season's 
work. During the month they have heard help- 
ful papers by the Rev. Chas. Ames, of Boston, 
and Rev. W. H. Lyons, of Brookline. 

UNION SERVICES. The first of the series of 
Union Song Services, arranged by this church and 
the AVelles'ley Hills Congregational Society, was 
held on Sunday evening,"Oct. 7, in the Congrega- 
tional Church. Mr. P'arwell gave a very brief 
talk on the subject of "Jesus as a Friend." The 
second of the series will be given on Nov. 4. in 
the church, at 4.30 p. m. 



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DANA HALL — A NEW DEPARTMENT 

A boarding and day school for girls from five to 
fourteen years of age will be opened in Wellesley, 
October second, 1900. 

This school will be under the management of the 
Dana Hall School, and in charge of resident 
teachers of long and successful experience with 
children of primary and intermediate grades. Boys 
will be admitted to the day school. 

In addition to the usual English branches, French 
and German, vocal music and drawing will be 
taught, and especial emphasis will be laid on nature 
study and manual training. 

For further particulars apply to the Principal, 

HELEN TEMPLE COOKE, 

DANA HALL, WELLESLEY, MASS. 



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A 
SCHOOL 



For Boys 



A New Building. 
High and Dry Location. 

Prepiratioa for College, Scientific School, and 
Business. 

A Home for boys from a distance. 

School Life for boys whose homes are near. 

Georgfe Rontoul White, Ph.D., Principal, 
Wellesley Hills, Mossachusetts. 



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Fresh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned (roods, etc. 

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Magazines 

Ladies' Gent's and Children's 
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niLLINERY 

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studio 623, Massachusetts Ave., Boston. 

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Our Ladies' Special (the Mizpah) is 
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wearing: qualities, and is made on the man- 
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3 CLARK'S BLOCK 
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ThOS. B. Griffin (for fourteen years driver of the College 
coacli) may be found near the WELLESLEY POST OFFICE 
on arrival of all trains. 

Alumns carried at same rates as undergraduates 

1!. iS: A. Trip Tickets to Iloston, liO cents each 
Order box at north door of College Hall. 
P. O. address, Box 132, Wellesley, Mass. 



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24 South Main St. - - Natick 



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General Course for non-collegians 
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Art, History of Art and Music 

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East Central St., opposite Morse Institute. 

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in Engraved Visiting Cards and 
Wedding Invitations and Recep- 
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Savings Bank Building 



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Board and Rooms for friends of students at 
Dana Hall and Wellesley College 

MRS. A. M. BANCROFT 

22 Church Street Wellesley 

MISS M. E. FITZPATRICK 
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Cor, Cross and Central Streets, Wellesley 

MISS MARGARET CAMPBELL 

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Order Cooking, Ice Uream and 
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J. ESSELEN, successor to 

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Artists' Materials 

School Supplies, Kinderganen Goods, 
Children's Novelties 

Embroidery Mounted. Frames to Decorate. 

Pictures and Picture Framing. 

Passepartout Materials 

Fine Stationery 
Eng^raved Plate and 50 cards, $1 .00 

Sunday School and Day School Reward Cards liirthday Cards, etc. 

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VOL. III. NO. 12 



WELLESLEY, DECEMBER, 1900 



j 5 cents a copy 
( 25 cents a year 



EDITORIAL 

THREE years ago, at the close of the 
union Thanksgivino- Day service, liekl 
in Wellesley Hills, the four Protestant pas- 
tors of the town decided to publish a monthly 
paper to represent the higher life of the 
community, both intellectual and spiritual. 
In January, 1898, tiie first number of Ouii 
Town was issued. After three years, the 
pastors have decided to relinquish their edi- 
torial control and hope that the paper may 
be carried on to future success by other 
hands. 

The paper has had a high ideal before it 
and in some measure has realized that ideal. 
It has shown the value of mutual interest in 
each other's welfare between churches of 
different denominations. It has furnished 
an unprejudiced platfoi'in of social improve- 
ment. It has brought town and gown into 
more intimate relations. It has given the 
more important clubs of the town a medium 
of communication. It has circulated inform- 
ation with regard to projects for develop- 
ing the resources of the community. And it 
has made use of the abundant literary talent 
in Wellesley for mutual edification. Among 
its contributors have been Col. Albert Clarke, 
Mrs, Alice Freeman Palmer; Revs. J. B. 
Seabury, C. W. Pvouse, H. R. Grose, E. N. 
Pomeroy, Charles Fleisclier, II. U. Monro, 
and A. B. Vorse; Profs. Vida Scudder, 
Katharine Lee Bates, Charlotte F. Roberts, 
Sarah F. Whiting, Katharine Coraan, and 
Marshall L. Perrin; Messrs. G. Bradford, Jr., 
Seldon L. Brown, R. Cuniiin<j;ham, C A. 
Sibley, J. D. Hardy, E. H. Walcott, H. L. 
Rollins, F. W. Parker, A. E. Wight, F. L. 
F'uller, J. E. Fiske, Isaac Sprague, J. J. E. 
Rothery, Warren A. Rodman, Joseph W. 
Peabody, and F. J. Lake; Drs. E. E. Ban- 
croft and W. T. Talbot; Mrs. Amory, Mrs. 
Robson, Mrs. Farwell, Mrs. Chandler, Mrs. 
Rothery, Mrs. Gillette, Mrs. Harriet Ford 
Cutler; Misses M. Virginia Smith, Gertrude 
Pomeroy, Edith A. Sawyer, Mabel Walcott. 



Ellen Fiske, Frances Hughes, Grace Cook, 
Hannah Hume, Margaret French, Mary C. 
Bachelder. 

The financial support of the paper has not 
been as large as the editors hoped for. But 
with the assistance of Mr. II. H. Hunnewell 
the paper has paid its bills. 1"he adver- 
tisers and the i)ublisher both deserve the 
thanks of editors and. subscribers for their 
assistance in the entei-pi'ise. The cost for 
the three years has been nearly |800, most 
of which has come from those who adver- 
tised. 

The editors lay down their self-imposed 
task with the consciousness of having made 
an honorable effort to further the town's 
truest interests, and with the belief that the 
fruit of their work will be found in a deeper 
loyalty to the development of the great pos- 
sibilities of Wellesley. 



THE CLAIMS OF RELIGION 



I. Upon the Enthusiasm 

64 A M I alive today or am I dead? Is it 
r\. only that I have the name of living, 
a sort of directory existence, a page in the 
college records, a place in the list of my 
class, while in fact there is dry rot in my 
soul? Or, is thei'e any movement of the life 
of God in me, of quickening and refreshing 
life, of generous activity and transmissive 
vitality?" These are questions, says a well- 
known college professor, which a man may 
well ask of himself any morning. There is 
a general impression among teachers, and 
otheis who have to deal with youth, that we 
have arrived at a period which is peculiarly 
and alarmingly lacking in enthusiasm, in 
quick and glad response to the summons of 
high ideals. "Your call to action is met 
with indifference, you cannot light within 
them the divine fire. They look at you with 
stolid faces and glassy eyes. The age 
of Ecclesiastes has come already and 



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all is vanity." That such a condition of 
things is alarming is realized by every stu- 
dent of human nature. It is a sure sign of 
moral, and probably of physical, deficiency. 
It is the symptom of an abnormal condition 
which demands seriousness and the search 
for a remedy. 

Enthusiasm is natural to the healthful 
life. Tliere is within every normal human 
soul the capacity to light up in response to 
high and noble appeals, or in the presence 
of the great Masters of life. Hero-worship 
is an inborn, healthful characteristic. The 
desire to achieve great and good deeds 
springs up instinctively in every undebased 
life. The spirit of chivalry is only a symp- 
tom of clean, pure and strong manliness. 
" The glory of young men is in their strength," 
says the proverb; and it has been wisely 
noted that the word translated "strength" 
has in it the picture of one who is exerting 
every power in some splendid contest. Its 
root meaning is "to pant for breath," as one 
does who is straining every endeavor to win 
the athlete's prize. The glory of young life 
is in its earnest effort after some noble end. 
The glory of any life is in its unselfish ardor, 
in the vigor of its noble affections, the lire 
of its exalted enthusiasm. This is life — this 
glow of hope, this joy in good things, this 
sparkle of expectation, this certainty that 
there are noble ends yet to be attained, this 
alertness to the victorious march of events, 
this responsiveness to duty, this gladness in 
work, doing with the might what the hand 
finds to do, this love for the vision of the 
highest, this enthusiasm — this is life, Man 
is made for such an existence. These are 
the marks of him, and of nothing else on this 
ear h: He walks erect; his face is set for- 
ward and upward; his heart can rejoice, and 
he can make his fellows glad with his own 
contagious joy. He can love and be loved, 
and rejoice in the giving and the receiving. 
This is normal man. lirutalize him, and it 
is in these respects tnat he will suffer and 
be seen to be deficient. 

Now it is to this natural, God-given capac- 
ity that religion supremely appeals. "To 
liiiht up the spirit that is in a boy," says Mr. 
Gladstone, "that is the great necessity." 
And the value of religion is in this: its un- 
equalled tapacity to light up the spirit that 
is within men. This indeed is the test of 
any theory of education, or social life or 
religion — its ability to light up the inner 
life, to awaken the dormant and divine ca- 
pacities of man's being. And, above all. 



religion, rightly presented, should do this. 
The modern student of psychology, the stu- 
dent of child life especially, is giving elo- 
quent testimony to this effect. Pres. G. 
Stanley Hall says: "Christianity provides 
just the influences that are needed for the 
best development of the brain and of the 
soul. There is nothing which so meets the 
need of youth as the life and the teaching of 
Jesus, with the enthusiasm which they 
arouse." 

As, therefore, the Christian religion is 
thus fitted to arouse and inspire our enthusi- 
asm, it has a moral claim upon us which can- 
not be rightl}' ignored. It places before 
men the highest conceivable ideals, the larg- 
est hopes, the richest promises, to arouse their 
enthusiasm. If any life is worth striving 
after, it is the kind of life to which we are 
summoned. If any leader should inspire 
devotion it is the one whom we follow. If 
any exhibition of love should call forth en- 
thusiastic gratitude it is the love revealed in 
Nazareth and Bethany, in Jerusalem and on 
Calvary. If any work is worth the doing it 
is the work entrusted to us. There is noth- 
ing which should so arouse enthusiasm as the 
religion of Jesus Christ. And there is nothing 
so incongruous as an indifferent, uninterested 
Chi-istian. Indeed, the summons is to every 
man, whether he calls himself Christian or 
not, for the ideal is set before us all, the 
appeal is to us all, the life is within the 
reach of everj' one. To lack enthusiasm for 
any noble cause is to invite condemnation; 
and because the appeal of the Christian faith 
is the highest aud the most human conceiv- 
able, our failure to respond is most deplor- 
able and most inexcusable. 

PARRIS T. FARWELL. 

11. Upon the Intellect 

ONE of the most marked characteristics 
of the thought in the closing years of 
the nineteenth century is its increasing or- 
derliness under the unity of law. Men do 
not think so much at random. Tliough tak- 
ing different points of vi<'w and approaching 
truth by different methods the^' expect now 
to come into harmony ratln'r than into con- 
flict with each other. For they have learned 
that truth is one and that different elements 
in this unity cannot be in conflict. Religion 
and science do not antagonize each other as 
they were once accustomed to do. Religious 
thought has admitted scientific processes and 
scientific inquiry has ceased to claim the 
field of faith. 



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The time has come, therefore, when the in which religion expresses itself. Behind 

claim of religion upon the intellect can be ail these forms is the human spirit ever 

pressed with assurance of a wide recognition, yearning to be freer and to rise to greater 

Faith no longer consists in "b'elieving what heights of power. Man is destined for 

you know isn't true," to quote a child's un- greater things. His earthly possibilities as 

expected definition. On the contrary it is a spiritual being are but in their childhood 

the supplement to reason, found essential to stages. He is a child of royal inheritance, 

all true thinking by the serious mind. No He has yet to enter into his birthright, 

earnest philosopher can be content with the Sometime he will find his Father and his 

limitations of ids range of material investi- brother. Then his very life will be in per- 

gation. He is constantly being led from the feet harmony with the perfect plan in the 

seen to the unseen. Not even things are universe. Such })ossibilities and such a 



what they seem, much less personalities. 

The demand that faith shall be based in 
reason, and not cling to that which is direct- 
ly contrary to reason, is certainly fair. And 
religion is being purified of many corrup- 
tions under this demand. There will con- 
tinue to be more or less difticulty in deciding 
what is contrary to reason, since contradic- 
tions are sometimes only apparent and dis- 
appear under the clear light of a more pen- 
etrating wisdom. But it is quite possible to 
recognize with the light now |)ossessed many 
of the supei'fiuous and misleading notions 
which have been incorporated by faith. 
These having been eliminated the way is 
open with the new century for a more intel- 
lectual religion which shall take a far 
stronger hold of the life of humanity 



result claim the deepest attention of the pro- 
foundest intellects. 

EDWARD HERRICK CHANDLER. 



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III. Upon the Time 

KITING to one of his churches the 
great apostlu to the Gentiles says: "I 
seek not yours but you." A most significant 
summing up of the vital demand which relig- 
ion makes upon every individual soul. Men 
have tried to evade this strenuous demand. 
In the earlier days when religion and mor- 
ality were mare loosely associated than now, 
and when there was no essential and neces- 
sary relationship between the two, men fre- 
quently paid their debts to the former with- 
out making any sacrifices to the demands of 
the latter." All the ancient religions pro- 



The religious life is simply a human life vided means for satisfying the' gods that 



fulfilling all its relations, the highest as well 
as the lowest. A man is not quite a man 
when he fulfils only his relations to the ani- 
mal world and fails to find himself in the 
higher relations of this personality. To eat, 



should not affect the conduct and character 
of the individual worshipper. The splendid 
altars were gorged with costly offerings, the 
heavens stuffed with fervent prayers, by men 
and women wdio saw no inconsistency be- 



drink and be merry is animal; to possess tween fervid piety and and a morally disrep- 

self-control, rejoice in justice, love mercy, utable life. This feeling has pervaded Chris- 

and delight in gentleness is man; to give tianity. Louis XIII. of France and Philip 

one's lifefor the sake of others is God." Is II. of" Spain were not hypocrites in our ac- 

not this a rational development of personal cepted meaning of the term. They were 

life? Surely the intellect can have no sincere, devoted, bigoted believers in their 

greater subjects upon which to exercise itself creed. And while they deceived, defrauded 

than the facts of the change from the ani- and murdered their fellowmen, they would 

mal to the divine under the infiuenc-e of have been honestly shocked and amazed if 

religion which are furnished in the personal any man had questioned their claim to the 

histories of millions of human beings. title of Christian. So the Italian bandit who 

So long as religion was supi)osed to be a devoutly attends mass and commends him- 

routine ceremonial, or an adherence to a tra- self to the care of the Vii-gin befcue plun- 

ditional scheme of belief based on an inade- dering the unwary traveller, is not making a 

quate knowledge of the universe and the hypocritical pretence of a religion which he 



forces woi-king within it, or an emotional 
outburst, oi- mere hero worshij), it was not 
strange that it lost the cordial support of 
many intellectual headers. Bi;t religion will 
be recognized in the coming century to be 
somethinijj more than these thino;s. They 
are merely forms, more or less evanescent, 



uses as a cloak for his rascality. All of nis 
religious associates show the nature of his 
profession; none of them question the sin- 
cerity of his piety. In truth, if we exclude 
from'considei-ation some of the utterances of 
the great Hebrew prophets, we may almost 
say that the conviction that true religion 



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must have an ethical basis is the creation of 
modern protestantism. But such a convic- 
tion is now a part of our fundamental be- 
liefs. Society really makes no allowance for 
the curious paradoxes of self-deception. 
Every man is regarded as a simple hypocrite 
whose moral life is out of harmony with his 
religious profession. Therefore, we raa}^ say 
tliat every man agrees wnth Paul in his feel- 
ing; that relisjion demands ourselves rather 
than our possessions or our activities. Re- 
ligion demands self-consecration, and will 
be satisfied with nothing less. How then do 
we respond to this demand? A little ti-ace 
of surviving heathenism remains with us 
yet. We try to satisfy the religious sense by 
sacrificing upon its altar our money, even 
the energies, activities and interests of our 
wives and children. But the Christian faith 
demands a, personal priesthood. It asks for 
personal service, and will be satisfied with 
no vicarious sacrifices. Sam Jones used to 
say, in his quaint fashion, "A good many 
men in this town are expecting to go to 
heaven on the strength of their wives' pew 
rents." Generally speaking, we have no 
such expectation. But we do act as if the 
interest our families manifest in religious in- 
stitutions may make up measurably for our 
own shortcomings. Men and brethren, God 
wants you, not yours. If He has you then 
he must have yours in the noblest sense. 
And especially will he have a part of that 
great commonwealth which all men share in 
common — the commonwealth of Time. 
There is nothing so precious. As Franklin 
saj's, "it is the stuff out of which life is 
woven." Must it all be consumed in busi- 
ness and pleasure? Must a small, devoted 
minority do the work of making the world a 
better place to live in? Are you willing to 
enjoy the fruits of their consecrated labor, 
and do nothing to add to the common store? 
The religious institutions of this town make 
more secure the moral welfare of every 
household, and add to the value of every 
dollar of nuiterial wealth. And yet a large 
percentage of its men withhold from such 
institutions, not their money, but what no 
money can purchase — the precious wealth 
of personal service. 

.TOHX SNYDER. 

IV. Upon the Pocket-book 

IF religion is only an individual affair, then 
it has no claims on the pocket-book. But 
if religion includes love to man as well as 



love to God, then it has imperative claims 
on the pocket-book. A man cannot love his 
neighbor as himself, in any complete sense, 
who is unwilling- to make sacrifices for him. 
Self-sacrifice, however, does not mean sui- 
cide. A man may die for another, in a 
crisis, but in ordinary circumstances it is 
his duty to live for him. How to supply all 
one's own needs, in the three departments 
of his being, how to enrich himself for the 
enrichment of others, that is the problem of 
life. Each man must solve it conscientiously 
for himself. 

The first claim of religion on the pocket- 
book, therefore, is to spend upon one's self 
only what will equip one for the largest so- 
cial efticiency. The second claim is to con- 
secrate the surplus that remains, after per- 
sonal needs have been satisfied, to the well- 
being of others. There can be no question 
about the reasonableness of this claim. The 
question comes as to the method of carrying 
it into effect. There is always a right 
method and a wrong method. The princi- 
ple itself is not to be confounded with the 
method. 

Let us illustrate the principle: 

1. In the work of charity. If a man love 
his felh^wman, he will desire to provide him 
with the necessaries of life, when through no 
fault of his own he is so situated that he can- 
not provide them for himself. 

2. In tiie field of missions. If a man love 
his fellowman, he will want him to know 
that he is the son of a Father in heaven who 
loves him, and if he cannot carry this mes- 
sage to him himself, he will provide for the 
sending of some one in his place. 

3. In the home church. If a man loves 
his fellowman, he will want him to have the 
spiritual uplift that conies from worship, 
and the fellowship of earnest souls. 

3. If a man loves his fellowman, he will 
want him to share all the advantages which 
make for the cultivation of the finer graces 
of mind and character. That means public 
libraries, art museums, good music at reas- 
onable prices, and other agencies which ele- 
vate a man, in the place of those influences 
which demoralize him. 

Now it is not to be expected that men will 
expend their sur])liis equally in all these 
directions. Some they will naturally subor- 
dinate to others according to their concep- 
tion of what is most needed at a particular 
time and under particular circumstances. 
It will still be true, however, that the claims 



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of religion upon the pocket-book can only 
be fully met when a man consecrates himself 
and all that he has to the service of God 
through the service of man. His unwilling- 
ness to make this consecration proves that 
he has not taken his religion seriousl}'. He 
is only playing at being religious. He would 
be far more consistent if he frankl}' acknowl- 
edged that he did not believe in relioion, 
and therefore felt none of its claims. And 
yet, is it not significant that some of the 
very men whom the pi'ofcssed believer in 
religion denounces for this frankness are 
giving generously of their substance for the 
benefit of others. Instead of criticising them, 
therefore, their generosity in meeting some, 
if not all, of the claims of religion upon the 
pocket-book ought to be recognized and 
emulated, 

WILLIAM E. HAYES. 



WELLESLEY COLLEGE NOTES 



UNIQUE CHRISTMAS GIFTS 

TWO missionaries among the Indians in 
Oklahoma — the Rev. and Mrs Walter C. 
Roe — sent to the Indian Industries Leajiue 
specimens of Indian beadwork, so beautifully 
wrought that the League has secured for 
these missionaries an order for about $700 
worth of Indian moccasins, chatelaine bags, 
scissors cases and other articles. All these 
things will be found at the Henry II. Tattle 
Co.'s shoe store, at the corner of Washing- 
ton and Winter streets, Boston. In speak- 
ing of this work of the Indian eamp women, 
it will give greater interest to say that to 
the workers it means, not luxuries but actual 
food. But no sucii inducement need be held 
out to buyers, for the work in itself is very 
beautiful, entirely beyond that sold at 
traders' stores. The beads are sewed on, 
not with thread, which readily breaks, but 
with sinew. There are mocassins for men, 
for women, for children, and the daintiest 
tiny mocassins for babies, all shaped in ac- 
coi-dance with nature's foot. There are also, 
as has been said, bags and other things. 
All this Indian work will well repay a visit, 
for Christmas gifts as useful, tasteful and 
unique as these would make are not easily 
found. The Indian Industries League asks 
earnestly that you will go to see them, and 
it hopes that you will buy. 

FRANCES C. SPARHAWK, 
Secretary of Indian Industrial League. 



COLLEGE HOLIDAYS. The Thanksgiving 
recess extended from noun Wednesday, Nov. 28, to 
the following Friday noon. Christmas holidays 
will begin Wednesday, Dec. 19, and the winter 
term will open on Jan. 10. Thursday, Jan. 31, 
will be the Day of Prayer tor Colleges. 

RECENT LECTURES. Mr. George A. O. 
Ernst, ot Boston, gave the lecture in the business 
methods course last Saturday alternoon, his subject 
bemg " Women and the Law." Another College 
appointment which attracted many hearers was the 
"Conversation " by Prof. Macdougall at the Col- 
lege music hall, Saturday afternoon, on the sixth 
symphony of TsJiaiUowsky. Portions of the sym- 
phony were played on the piano and organ by Mr. 
Macdougall and Miss Hurd, producing much vari- 
ety of tone color, it is hoped that Mr. Macdougall 
will give a series of similar conversations. Prof. 
George H. Palmer, of Harvard University, spoke 
recently before the Philosophy Club on the life and 
work of the late Henry Sidgwick. 

MUSICAL MATTERS. The musical season 
was opened Nov. it) with a brilliant and scholarly 
interpretation of Wagner by Carl Ambruster, as- 
sisted by Miss Pauline Cramer. The subject of the 
lecture was ''The Wagner Festival Performances at 
Bayreuth." On Sunday evening, Nov. 26, a special 
musical service was held in connection with chapel 
vespers, Mr. Wulf Fries, 'cellist, assisting. A 
commemorative service for Sir Arthur Sullivan as a 
composer of church music has been planned to take 
place Sunday afternoon, December 2, in the Hough- 
ton Memorial chapel, when selections from Sulli- 
van's oratorios and song writings will be given. 

Two delightful concerts have been arranged for 
approaching dates. The first of these, on Dec. 3, 
will be by the Hoffman string quartette (composed 
of symphony members), who will play the string 
quartette by Haydn and Mozart. Miss Gertrude 
Edmands, contralto at Arlington Street church, 
Boston, will sing ; also songs by Haydn, Mozart 
and Gluck. The second concert, Dec. 17, will be a 
historical song recital, by Miss Edith Torrey, so- 
prano, and Mr. J. Melville Horner, baritone, as- 
sisted by Mr. Wulf Fries, 'cellist. 

WELLESLEY COLLEGE RECORD. This 
new publication, now being distributed to till orders, 
gives in epitome the College personnel, of trustees, 
officers, instructors and graduates, together with all 
other students, for the twenty-five years of the 
College history — from 1875 to 1900, — and contains 
also a large amount of information, together with 
valuable reference materials. The work of compil- 
ing the Record has been done by Miss Marv Cas- 
well, Secretarv to the President, Miss Ellen F. Pen- 
dleton, secretary of the College, and Miss Minnie A. 
Morss. It is felt that two important ends will be 
served by this Record: that of putting into touch 
with one another college members in widely differ- 
ent parts of the world, and that of affording inform- 
ation by which the officers of local organizations 
will be able to make for themselves lists of former 
students who are in their own region. 



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WELLESLEY CHURCH NEWS 



Wellesley Congfregationol Church 

THE CLOSING SUNDAY. On Sunday, Dec. 
30, the Pastor will preach in the morning on "The 
Contribution of the Nineteenth Century to Religious 
Faith," and in the evening on "The Call ot the 
New Century." 

A SPECIAL OPPORTUNITY will be given on 
Sunday, Dec. jo, to any who desiie to unite with 
the church, either by letter or on confession ot faith. 
As this is the last Sunday of the present Pastor's 
stay in Wellesley, it would be most gratifying to 
him to have all who wish to unite with the church 
in the near future take this opportunity. The 
Church Committee will meet ail candidates on Fri- 
day evening, Dec. 23. 

MUSICAL LECTURE. Mrs. Helen L. Thayer- 
Bryant has kindly offered to give her " Music talk" 
on the subject: " The History and Development of 
Church Music" in the church on Wednesday even- 
ing, Dec. 12. The talk will be illustrated by chor- 
uses and solos sung by Misses Diamond Donner, 
Hetty Wheeler, Katharine Benner, Myra Marshall, 
and Evelyn Robbins, and Messrs. i. B. Hazelton. 
R ibert Anderson, Charles H. Palmer and Edward 
H. Chandler. 

THE LATER PROPHETS. The Pastor will 
give three more Sunday evening talks on the later 
prophets, as follows: Dec. 2, The Second Isaiah; 
Dec. 9, Haggai and Zechariah ; Dec. 16, The Clos- 
ing period. 

CANTATA. The choir, with the assistance of a 
quartet of solo singers, produced on Sunday even- 
ing, Nov. 18, the Cantata of Abraham, arranged 
and composed by Mr. F. L. Stone, our organist. 
Much pleasure was taken in the music by the large 
audience present. 

REMOVALS. Miss Agnes E. Fairlee, now teach- 
ing in Jackson, Miss., has been granted a letter of 
dismissal. Mr. Winsor and Miss Lucy Winsor are 
spendmg the winter in Sandwich, Mass. Mrs. H. 
W. Burrill and Miss Katharine Burrill are with Rev. 
George H, Burrill in Claverack, and Miss Mary 
Brown is in Newburyport. Mr. Joseph Clements 
is in California. Mrs. Katharine Hagar is in the 
training school for nurses at the Waltham Hospital. 

Wellesley Hills Congfregfotional Church 

THE MONTHLY PRAISE SERVICE in which 
the churches unite will be held on Dec. 2nd, in the 
Congregational Church at 4.30 P. M. Special 
music, contralto solo and male quartette. Brief 
address by the Pastor. 

THE ANNUAL MEETING and supper will be 
held on the evening of Jan. i, 1901. 

ON CHRISTMAS SUNDAY a special musical 
service will be held at 4.30 P. M., under the aus- 
pices of the Sunday school, at which time the usual 
Christmas offering of books, toys, clothing or 
money will be received for the Children's Hospital 
at Baldwinville. 



WOMEN'S MEETINGS. Dec. 4, at 3.00 P. M. 
Address by Miss Sparhavvk, Secretary of Indian 
Industrial League, at Mrs. J. W. Oldham's. Dec. 
1 1, at 10.00 A. M., All-dav sewing circle, at Mrs. J. 
W. Oldham's. Dec. 13, at C.30 P. M., at church 
vestry, under joint auspices of Ladies' Society and 
Y. P. S. C. E., chicken pie supper and entertain- 
ment, cradle songs of the nations. Entertainment, 
15 cents. Supper and entertainment, 40 cents. 

St. Andrew^s Church 

EXCHANGE. The Rector will exchange Dec. 9 
with the Rev. R. T. Loring, of Newtonville. 

ADVENT SERVICES. Special Friday evening 
services will be held during Advent at 7.15. There 
will be brief addresses on phases of missionary work. 

ST. MARY'S GUILD. The students of the col- 
lege who attend St. Andrew's, have formed an in- 
formal organization which meets at the rectory on 
Thursday evenings from seven to eight. 

THE CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL of the Sunday 
school will be held on Christmas eve, Monday even- 
ing, December 24. The Sunday school of Trinity 
Mission will also be present. There will be a pro- 
cession with cross and banners, the singing of carols, 
the usual Christmas trees with gifts, and Christmas 
games in the guild room. 

Wellesley Hills Unitarian Society 

EXCHANGE. Rev. E. F. Hayward, of Marlboro, 
exchanged with the Pastor Nov. 25. The same 
evening Mr. Snyder preached for Rev. Mr. Thacher, 
of Needham. 

THE PASTOR spoke to the Woman's Alliance 
on Tuesday, Nov. 27. Subject: " The New Wom- 
an ; What Does She Want? 

BUTTERFLY BAZAAR. The Entertainment 
Committee of the Woman's Alliance ot the Unitar- 
ian church will hold, on Thursday, Dec. 6, a novel 
entertainment called a Butterfly Bazaar. They will 
expect their friends from two o'clock till ten in the 
church parlor. At 4.30 o'clock the children will es- 
pecially be expected. 

Mrs. S. Bartlett will have charge of a large table 
containing useful and fancy articles. Miss Alice 
Smith will have charge of the candy table. Mrs. 
Wentworth serves shrub. Mrs. Perkins and Mrs. 
Dudley oversee the cake table. Mrs. Hunneman 
will have a well of treasures for the young folks; 
while the ice cream, coffee, etc., will be dispensed 
by Mesdames Lawrence and Livermore. The 
ladies welcome all their friends. 

THE PASTOR preached his first anniversary 
sermon on Nov. 11. 

THE CHILDREN of the Sunday School held a 
Thanksgiving social. There was singing and speak- 
ing (if appropriate selections and the illustration of 
" Miles Standish' Courtship" by by means of effec- 
tive tableaux. The best part of the entertainment 
was the display of good things which the little 
ones and their parents and friends, sent for the ben- 
efit of those less favored than themselves. 



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ELM PARK HOTEL 

Wellesley Hills, Hass. 

An attractive winter resort conducted on 
the American plan. Kates $8.00 to $12,00 
per week. Table unexcelled; rooms large, 
light, well ventilated, and steam heated; 
High elevation, picturesque surround- 
ings, perfect roads, spacious grounds, pure 
air and spring water, everything conducive 
to health. Fourteen miles from the city, 275 
feet above the sea. Fare by steam 12 1-2 
cents, time 27 minutes; 20 trains per day 
each way; electrics pass hotel every 15 min- 
utes. Dinners for bicycle, trolley, or driv- 
ing parties, clubs, etc., a specialty. 

Z. Taylor Harrington, Manager 

PRIVATE TUTORING 

by Radcliffe Graduate 

Apply to ELM PARK HOTEL, Wellesley Hills 



BUTTERFLY BAZAAR 

Unitarian Church 

Thursday, December 6, 1900 



EDWARD L KETSON 

Expert Piano Tuner 

1 Regent Sq. With Chickering & Sons 

Boston Boston 

^ylll orders protnptly attended to 



SUMHER STOVES 
REFRIGERATORS, SCREENS 

The season is now demanding tliese goods. Before 
you buy, call and see our line. Our prices are as low 
as IJoston prices and invariably less. Gasolene and 
Kerosene stoves. Blue flame, vvickless stoves. 
"Maine" and "White Mountain" Refrigerators. 
Screens in different grades. All goods delivered 
without charge. 

HARDWARE, PLUnBINQ AND HEATING 

FISKE & CO., 

7 South Ave. - - Natick, flass. 



For the FACE, the HANDS and the 

FULL BATH 




Does what other soaps can do and MORE TOO 

MAKES THE HANDS CLEAN, SOFT ^ND WHITE 

Removes Stains Destroys Germs 

leaves the skin "soft as satin" 

PRICE t5 CENTS TWO CAKES 25 CENTS 
FOR SALE BY 

E. C. STEVENS AND H. E. CURRIER, WELLESLEY 
CALL FOR FREE SAMPLE 

KENDALL-T)AKIS CO., BOSTON, MASS., U. S. ^. 



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DANA HALL— A NEW DEPARTMENT 

A boarding and day school for girls from five to 
fourteen years of age will be opened in Wellesley, 
October second, igoo. 

This school will be under the management of the 
Dana Hall School, and in charge of resident 
teachers of long and successful experience with 
children of primary and intermediate grades. Boys 
will be admitted to the day school- 
in addition to the usual English branches, French 
and German, vocal music and drawing will be 
taught, and especial emphasis will be laid on nature 
study and manual training. 

For further particulars apply to the Principal, 
HELEN TEMPLE COOKE, 

DANA HALL, WELLESLEY, MASS. 



Rock Ridge Hall 



A 
SCHOOL 



For Boys 



A New Building. 
High and Dry Location. 

Preparation for College, Scientific SchooL and 
Business. 

A Home for boys from a distance. 

School Life for boys whose homes are near. 

Georg:e Rantoul White^ Ph.D., Principal, 
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts, 



F. A COOLIDGE 



O. E. STEVENS 



F. A. COOLIDGE & CO., 



DEALERS IN 



Choice Meats and Provisions 

Fi-esh Fruits, Vegetables, Canned Goods, etc. 
WASHINGTON ST., WELLESLEY 



F. DIEHL, JR. 
Livery and Boarding Stable 

Central Street, Wellesley 

Meet all trains Telephone No. 16-2 



HRS. E. W. ILSLEV 

Dry and Fancy Goods 

Magazines 

Ladies' Gent's and Children's 
RUBBERS 

BuTTRicK Patterns 

Wellesley Hills Square 
niLLlNERY 

A complete assortment of Fall and Winter 
Millinery. Latest novelties and Parisian 
designs. Opening Sept. 25, 1900. 

KRAIIPA SHAW S BLOCK 

^ WELLESLEY SQUARE 

PROF. F. L. STONE 

Teachei- of 
Organ, Piano and Harmony 

studio 623, Massachusetts Ave., Boston. 

niSS E. n.KN0WLE5 

Ladies' Tailoring and Dressmaking 

PARTRIDGE BLOCK 

Central St. Wellesley 



OYSTERS 



OYSTERS 



OLIVER BROTHERS 

WHOLESALE AND RETAIL 

Wellesley and vicinity Market: So. Avenue. Natick 



LOBSTERS 



FISH 



DR. J. P. MURPHY 

Surgeon Dentist 

Crown and Bkuxie Work a Specialty 

Clark's Block, Natick, Mass. 

Rooms 35 and 86 



SATISFACTIOX OUARANTEEI) 



SATISFACTION (iUA RANT BED 




WATERMAN'S IDEAL FOUNTAIN PEN 

For sale by Flora A. Dobbin, or write for catalogue to L. E. "Waterman Co., 

** The Fiske,^ Wellesley 157 Broadway, New York, N. Y. 



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Our Ladies' Special (the Mizpah) is 
attracting: much attention in its style, fit and 
wearing: qualities, and is made on the man- 
nish lasts in all styles and all leathers. 

For sale only by 

Mead & Morrill 

3 CLARK'S BLOCK 
NATICK 

F DIEHL & SON 

Dealers in Coal, Wood, 
Hay and Grain 

Telephone No. 16-4 
Wellesley, Mass. 

"ALL ABOARD" 

ThoS. B. Griffin (for fourteen years driver of the College 
coach) maybe found near the WELLESLEY POST OFFICE 
on arrival of all trains 

Alumns carried at same rates as undergraduates 

B. & A. Trip Tickets to Boston, 20 cents each 
Order box at north door of College Hall. 
P. O. address, Box 132, Wellesley, Mass. 



AGNES G. DOWNS 
nUlinery 

24 South Main St. 



Notick 



For Christmas 

Toys, Blocks, Games, Fancy China and 
Lamps. OdJ Chairs and Rockers, Tables 
and Desks. 

CLELAND & UNDERWOOD 

7 and 9 West Central Street 
Free Delivery Natick 



DANA HALL SCHOOL - WELLESLEY 

Courses preparatory to college 
General Course for non-collegians 
Special advantages in English Literature, 
Art, History of Art and Music 

Miss Helen Temple Cooke, Principal 

Mrs. Harriett E. Page | . . „ ■ . , 
Miss Jeannie Evans } Associate Principals 



N. F. nURCH 

Ladies' and Gent's Quick Lunch 

East Central St., opposite Morse Institute. 

NATICK 

GOOD WORK 
AND LOW PRICES 

in Engraved Visiting Cards and 
Wedding Invitations and Recep- 
tions You will find at 

J. E. DeWITT'S 

Stationer and Picture Dealer 
Savings Bank Building; - - Natick 

Board and Rooms for friends of students at 
Dana Hall and Wellesley College 

MRS. A. M. BANCROFT 

22 Church Street Wellesley 

MISS M. E. FITZPATRICK 
Dressmaker 

Cor. Cross and Central Streets, Wellesley 

MISS MARGARET CAMPBELL 

Grove St. Fuller Block Wellesley 

Order Cooking, Ice Cream and 
Home-made Candies a specialty 
Light Lunches served 



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J. ESSELEN, successor to 



School 



HRS. J C. WHITE 
Artists' Materials 

Supplies, Kindergarten Goods, 
Children's Novelties 



Embroidery Mounted. Frames to Decorate. 

Pictures and Picture Framing. 

Passepartout Materials 

tine Stationery 
Engraved Plate and 50 cards, $1.00 

Sunday School and Day School Reward Cards Birthday Cards, etc. 

19 BROHFIELD ST., B05T0N 



H. C. Bigelow, Pres't. 



T. \V. Travis, Sec'y and Treas. 



Citizens' JVlutual jns. Qo, 

OF BOSTON 

...Incorporated, 1846.... 

Of i ice. No. 8 Exchange Place 

INSURES DWELLING HOUSE 
PROPERTY ONLY 

This Company is ncv paying Dividends of 
60% on 5 years' policies. 40% on 3 years' policies. 
20% oil I years' policies. 
Dividends Paid in 1899 . $48,197.76 

LEE CATERING CO. 

Joseph Lee, Manager 

410 B0YL5T0N ST., BOSTON 

First Class Restaurant and Lunch Room 
for Ladies and Gentlemen. Fine Candies, 
Cakes of all kinds. Orders for Catering 
Solicited. China, Tables, Chairs and Silver 
to Loan. Send for Price List. 



J. TAILBY&SON 

THE WELLESLEV 
FLORISTS 

Artistic Floral Decorators. Choice Cut Flow- 
ers and Plants 

LINDEN STREET, OPPOSITE B. & A. R. R. STATION 
TELEPHONE CONNECTION 

DENTIST 

Edavard E. Henuy, D. M. D., 

Shattuck's Block - Wellesley, Mass. 

Hours, 9 A. M. to 5 p. m. 

MAGAZINES 

SOULFS PHOTOGRAPHS 

PERRY PICTT^RE BOOKS 

WELLES, y PINS 

HRS. H. E. CURRIER 



GROVE ST, 



WELLESLEY 



Hose Supporters 

Clasp to the Corset 
Same as to the stocking 

No Pins! No Buttons! 

For sale at leading stores in 
Boston and by 

HRS. H. E. CURRIER 
WELLESL6Y 




Telephone, 

Newton, 257=3 



28 Hair. Street 
Watertown 



BUCHANAN BROTHERS 
LAUNDRY 

CLEANSING AND DYEING 

We solicit your patronage for LAUNDRY which we do entirely by hand. We feel 
sure that our work is as good as can be obtained and far exceeds steam laundry work. Our 
prices are not higher than for machine work. Flat work '25 cents per dozen. 

Clothing, Curtains, Blankets, Carpets, etc., CLEANSED or DYED to look like new. 

Send a postal and our wagon will call Tuesday and deliver the same week. 



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